Events

Registration Deadline: THU. 4/27/23 Time is flying by!  Mark your calendar for our annual webinar to help you get ready for the state and federal ABE reporting. This session is […]

Registration Deadline: FRI. 4/28/23 If you require ASL Interpretation, please contact Gail Rutan at [email protected] Schedule:  9:00am - Welcome and State PD Updates 9:30am - Session 1 (1-hour sessions) These sessions […]

Registration Deadline: None The publisher of TABE is hosting a virtual Focus Group to answer practitioner questions and receive input. All ABE programs, whether users of TABE or CASAS, or a combination of both, are invited to participate. There is no registration required; simply view the informational flyer and click on the link below. View […]

Registration Deadline: WED. 5/3/23 If you need ASL interpretation for this event, please contact Wendy Her at [email protected] by Monday, April 24, 2023. Web Chat with MN ABE is a webinar discussion led by state ABE staff from the Minnesota Department of Education. Web Chat webinars provide updates from the state ABE office on new and […]

Registration Deadline: WED. 5/3/23 Edmentum Courseware is a state-supported distance learning platform (i.e., available at no additional cost) with courses in language arts, math, science, social studies, career and technical education, and more! Attend this webinar with our new Edmentum trainer, Andrew Kappel, to learn about (or review) using this platform with your students.

Registration Deadline: THU. 5/4/23 This will be the second of three Teaching Online: Support and Idea Swap sessions. Participants can attend any or all of these sessions; there’s no requirement to attend all three. Participants should be prepared to articulate their current and urgent instructional issues and questions, as well as be willing to provide their […]

Registration Deadline: THU. 5/4/23 Join a cohort of Minnesota adult educators participating in the new LINCS Course – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI): From Awareness to Action. This course leads participants to think through and evaluate DEI at the classroom and program level and culminates in an equity audit.  After completing this 6-hour self-paced course, […]

Registration Deadline: FRI. 5/5/23 If you require ASL interpretation, please contact Gail Rutan Join Marn Frank this winter and spring for the EBRI Webinar Series! There are 6 webinars, each on Friday from 1:00-2:30pm CST. Participants may choose to attend some or all of the webinars. This 6-part series of webinars will provide the background […]

Registration Deadline: TUE. 5/9/23 In this session, we will explore the speech and pronunciation features in Burlington English. We will go over the Speech Trainer, speech in the Vocabulary Practice, and the tutorials. NOTE: Attendees must have current login credentials for their BE account.

Registration Deadline: WED. 5/10/23 Exact Path is a feature within Edmentum Courseware that offers diagnostic assessments and individualized learning paths to fill in learners’ skill gaps in math, reading, and language arts. It is available to all Minnesota adult education teachers and students through our state-supported Edmentum license. Attend this webinar with our new Edmentum […]

Registration Deadline: WED. 5/10/23 Teaching and tutoring very beginning level ESL readers can be intimidating for volunteers and professional teachers alike. Attend this webinar to get practical activities and ideas for one-on-one, remote and in-person instruction with tech and no-tech options. Leave feeling ready to provide your learners with meaningful and effective reading activities.

Registration Deadline: MON. 5/15/23 Jessica Horning, citizenship teacher for the Literacy Minnesota Open Door Learning Centers, will share multiple ways to teach and review the content of the citizenship interview in fun, interactive ways. Participants will receive links to online resources that can be used in one-on-one or small group teaching settings. Please note that […]

Registration Deadline: TUE. 5/16/23 In this session, we will explore the English for Specific Careers tile and the Career Exploration and Soft Skills course. These resources are here to help your students build vocabulary for a career field they are interested in pursuing and also to gain the soft skills needed for working here in […]

Registration Deadline: TUE. 5/16/23 Come and review the important role of fluency in reading instruction. We will discuss the three key components of reading fluency and look at a variety of activities tutors and teachers can try. We will talk about the mechanics of doing fluency practice via Zoom, Google Meet, Teams or any other […]

Registration Deadline: WED. 5/17/23 Teaching intermediate alphabetics (syllables, prefixes, suffixes, root words) is a great way to help students build their decoding and comprehension skills. Come learn a variety of fun and easy-to-use routines and activities for helping intermediate-level readers develop these important tools.

Registration Deadline: THU. 5/18/23 This will be the last of three Teaching Online: Support and Idea Swap sessions. Participants can attend any or all of these sessions; there’s no requirement to attend all three. Participants should be prepared to articulate their current and urgent instructional issues and questions, as well as be willing to provide their […]

Registration Deadline: FRI. 5/19/23 Phonics–the knowledge of the sounds letters make when they are combined to make words–is essential to beginning literacy and beginning level English language instruction. But, many teachers and tutors lack the knowledge, confidence and resources to teach the topic. Attend this session to learn why phonics instruction is important and leave […]