Kristine Kelly

Kristine is the Language & Literacy Coordinator for the MN Adult Education system. During three decades of teaching, she has worked extensively in the areas of language arts, high school equivalency, diploma, and evidence-based reading and writing instruction in both adult education programs and in higher education. She is the ELA content expert for the Minnesota Standard Adult High School Diploma. As an educational consultant and subject matter expert, she frequently offers workshops and literacy coaching for other state systems in adult literacy topics and standards-based instruction and has partnered with numerous software and publishing companies to align ELA/ESL instructional material and assessments to the College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS). Kristine holds an MAEd from Hamline University with concentrations in reading and alternative education, as well as a B.S. in English and a B.A. in Russian Studies from Minnesota State University, Mankato. She is currently a doctoral candidate at Hamline with a dissertation focus on studying the landscape of writing instruction in the MN Adult Education system to inform future professional development efforts to increase the quantity and quality of writing instruction.

As the Language & Literacy Coordinator, Kristine presents workshops locally and nationally, provides ELA instructional coaching, coordinates work around integration of the MN Adult Education Content Standards, leads the ATLAS Writing Study Circle and the ATLAS Teaching Reading to Adults Mini-Cohort and facilitates the MN Language & Literacy Advisory Team (LLATe).