Events

Join the ATLAS Lounge for Ask ATLAS Office Hours. 

Passcode to join the meeting: lounge2026

Welcome to a new endeavor for ATLAS – open office hours! Join the Zoom on Monday, September 14, between 2:00-3:00 pm. This office hour is dedicated to Language & Literacy, and Kristine will be sipping coffee, awaiting a conversation with you! (Learn more about Kristine Kelly and her experience below.)

What is Ask ATLAS in the ATLAS Lounge?
ASK ATLAS is an “office hour”—simply time for an informal, drop-in conversation with an ATLAS staff member. Each of us at ATLAS holds interests and expertise in different areas, and we are eager to talk about teaching and learning with you. Come to connect with others doing similar work and chat with ATLAS folks! Bring your questions, new resources, successes & frustrations. We’re eager to hear more about your classroom and program.

[Note: CEUs not available for these informal, drop-in events]

Kristine Kelly is the Language & Literacy Coordinator for the Minnesota Adult Education system, where she leads statewide professional development, coaching, and support focused on evidence-based adult literacy instruction and standards-based teaching practices. With 30 years of teaching experience in alternative, adult and higher education, she has extensive expertise in adult reading and writing instruction, standards implementation, high school equivalency, and postsecondary preparation. As an educational consultant and national presenter, Kristine frequently provides workshops, conference sessions, literacy coaching, and instructional support for adult education programs and state systems. She is working very slowly on her doctoral dissertation about adult writing instruction and will finish…eventually. 

Kristine is always interested to learn about innovative language and literacy instructional practices that are happening in adult education classrooms across Minnesota! 

Fun fact: Kristine has been volunteering as the Book & Resource Editor for ProLiteracy’s Adult Literacy Education Research Journal since October.