ATLAS ABE

Volunteer Foundations Training - Core Training Module 1: Overview of MN Adult Education & Program Accountability
2021-12-06 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Online
Registration Deadline: MON. 12/6/21
Participants learn about Adult Basic Education programming in Minnesota, demographics of learners, instructional content standards, initial and on-going assessment and other accountability measures.
Learn more about Literacy Minnesota’s Volunteer Foundations Training at https://www.literacymn.org/volunteer-foundations-training.

Volunteer Foundations Training - Core Training Module 1: Overview of MN Adult Education & Program Accountability
2021-12-07 10:00 - 12:00
Registration Deadline: TUE. 12/7/21
Participants learn about Adult Basic Education programming in Minnesota, demographics of learners, instructional content standards, initial and on-going assessment and other accountability measures.
Learn more about Literacy Minnesota’s Volunteer Foundations Training at https://www.literacymn.org/volunteer-foundations-training.

Making the Most of Your Edmentum Courseware
2021-12-08 14:00 - 15:30
Registration Deadline: WED. 12/8/21
This session is for experienced Edmentum Courseware users who would like to learn about new features and strategies for making the most effective use of the system.

Volunteer Foundations Training – Core Training Module 2: Understanding Adult Learners
2021-12-08 18:30 - 20:30
Registration Deadline: WED. 12/8/21
Participants develop their personal cultural awareness and learn how expectations around school culture shape how people teach and learn. Motivations and barriers to learning are also covered, as well as guiding principles for effectively delivering instruction to adults. Participants also increase their sensitivity to the challenges of learning English/developing literacy as an adult.
Learn more about Literacy Minnesota’s Volunteer Foundations Training at https://www.literacymn.org/volunteer-foundations-training.

Volunteer Foundations Training – Core Training Module 2: Understanding Adult Learners
2021-12-09 10:00 - 12:00
Registration Deadline: THU. 12/9/21
Participants develop their personal cultural awareness and learn how expectations around school culture shape how people teach and learn. Motivations and barriers to learning are also covered, as well as guiding principles for effectively delivering instruction to adults. Participants also increase their sensitivity to the challenges of learning English/developing literacy as an adult.
Learn more about Literacy Minnesota’s Volunteer Foundations Training at https://www.literacymn.org/volunteer-foundations-training.

Responding to Community Trauma in the Classroom (Part 2 of 2)
2021-12-09 16:00 - 17:30, 2021-12-16 16:00 - 17:30, 2021-12-23 16:00 - 17:30, 2021-12-30 16:00 - 17:30, 2022-01-06 16:00 - 17:30, 2022-01-13 16:00 - 17:30
Registration Deadline: THU. 5/27/21
NOTE: If you were unable to attend Part 1 (on May 20), please watch the recording prior to this meeting.
The second part of the training will consist of small group discussions led by ABE teachers that will focus on adapting the practices for adult classrooms to better serve ABE learners of all backgrounds and levels.
If you require ASL Interpretation, please contact Gail Rutan at grutan01@hamline.edu

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Recorded Webinar Training - DEADLINE
2021-12-10
Registration Deadline: FRI. 12/10/21
Universal Design for Learning is an approach that minimizes barriers and maximizes learning for all students. Based on scientific insights into how humans learn, UDL can help refine why you teach, what you teach and how you teach.
Training details:

Recorded UDL Webinar
Access to the recording will be available throughout the month of January. Take it at your own pace, at your convenience! Viewing the webinar and stopping to do some recommended activities should take approximately one to two hours.
Classroom Implementation Assignment
The assignment enriches the training and involves implementing UDL principles into your teaching practice and classroom. A short reflection paper about your experience is required. The assignment is due in February.
Follow-up Live Webinar
Participate in a one-hour live webinar to share what you learned with other UDL participants. The live webinar occurs in March.
Upon Successful Completion
Sixteen CEUs intended to address the re-licensure area of Positive behavior interventions and accommodating, modifying, and adapting curriculum, materials and strategies will be awarded upon completion.

Developing and Practicing Reading Fluency
2021-12-10 13:00 - 15:00
Registration Deadline: FRI. 12/10/21
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 remote tutoring tool (including the phone!). Participants will have plenty of opportunity to ask questions and share resources.
This workshop will be most useful for instructors working with low-intermediate to advanced readers.

Supporting ACES in the One-Room Schoolhouse
2021-12-13 15:00 - 16:30
Registration Deadline: MON. 12/13/21
Online classes, hybrid classes, independent distance learning assignments, emails, schedules, caregiving, tech troubleshooting… Everyone is juggling A LOT nowadays, including ABE learners! Join us to discuss strategies for supporting learners with diverse needs and goals in the essential skills of self-management, critical thinking, and effective communication. We’ll hear from Stephanie Sommers, ACES Coordinator, and from Elizabeth Bennett, one-room schoolhouse teacher, about how they approach teaching the TIF in a multilevel classroom.

Volunteer Foundations Training – Core Training Module 3: Instructional Best Practices: Working with Learners
2021-12-13 18:30 - 20:30
Registration Deadline: MON. 12/13/21
Participants learn how to apply teaching practices that support language and skill development for all learners. These practices include checking comprehension of all learners, using an appropriate level of teacher talk, delivering error correction and feedback, facilitating learner questions, and ensuring that instruction is learner centered.
Learn more about Literacy Minnesota’s Volunteer Foundations Training at https://www.literacymn.org/volunteer-foundations-training.

Volunteer Foundations Training – Core Training Module 3: Instructional Best Practices: Working with Learners
2021-12-14 10:00 - 12:00
Registration Deadline: TUE. 12/14/21
Participants learn how to apply teaching practices that support language and skill development for all learners. These practices include checking comprehension of all learners, using an appropriate level of teacher talk, delivering error correction and feedback, facilitating learner questions, and ensuring that instruction is learner centered.
Learn more about Literacy Minnesota’s Volunteer Foundations Training at https://www.literacymn.org/volunteer-foundations-training.

HyFlex Community of Practice Group
2021-12-14 14:30 - 15:30
Registration Deadline: NONE; please click the Join Meeting link below to join on the day of the webinar:
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Hybrid-Flexible (HyFlex) classes (classes that are taught synchronously in-person with a remote synchronous option) offer students the opportunity to participate online or in the classroom, but can be intimidating for teachers to implement. Literacy Minnesota and the Support Services Distance Learning team would like to invite you to join a new HyFlex Community of Practice facilitated by Cathy Grady from Hubbs Center (Saint Paul Public Schools) and Kirsten Collins from Literacy Minnesota.
This informal group will be a fun place to share and build on our collective knowledge and experience in this new and growing area. We will decide as a group areas for future exploration, but some options are: exploring HyFlex technology options, hearing from teachers currently using HyFlex, and classroom management tips for the HyFlex class.
This group will meet online periodically throughout the school year and our next meeting is set for December 14 at 2:30.
All meetings will be held in Google Meet and are open to both teachers and managers. No need to sign up, just use the link above to join! We look forward to seeing you then!

Volunteer Foundations Training – Core Training Module 4: Instructional Best Practices: Working with Materials
2021-12-15 18:30 - 20:30
Registration Deadline: WED. 12/15/21
Participants learn about the types of materials that they may be working with, including prepared texts and realia. Participants also learn about the practice of explicit instruction, how to effectively give instructions, and suggestions for extending worksheets to maximize understanding and practice.
Learn more about Literacy Minnesota’s Volunteer Foundations Training at https://www.literacymn.org/volunteer-foundations-training.

Volunteer Foundations Training – Core Training Module 4: Instructional Best Practices: Working with Materials
2021-12-16 10:00 - 12:00
Registration Deadline: THU. 12/16/21
Participants learn about the types of materials that they may be working with, including prepared texts and realia. Participants also learn about the practice of explicit instruction, how to effectively give instructions, and suggestions for extending worksheets to maximize understanding and practice.
Learn more about Literacy Minnesota’s Volunteer Foundations Training at https://www.literacymn.org/volunteer-foundations-training.

Core Training Module 1: Overview of Minnesota Adult Education and Program Accountability
2022-01-04 18:30 - 20:30
Registration Deadline: TUE. 1/4/22
Participants learn about Adult Basic Education programming in Minnesota, demographics of learners, instructional content standards, initial and on-going assessment and other accountability measures.

MN Lunch & Learn: Using Progress and Reports
2022-01-11 12:30 - 13:15
Registration Deadline: TUE. 1/11/22
In this session, we will explore how to use the Progress component in Burlington Core and also how to run reports.
NOTE: Attendees must have current login credentials for their BE account.

Core Training Module 2: Understanding Adult Learners
2022-01-11 18:30 - 20:30
Registration Deadline: TUE. 1/11/22
Participants develop their personal cultural awareness and learn how expectations around school culture shape how people teach and learn. Motivations and barriers to learning are also covered, as well as guiding principles for effectively delivering instruction to adults. Participants also increase their sensitivity to the challenges of learning English/developing literacy as an adult.

Web Chat with MNABE
2022-01-12 13:00 - 14:30
Registration Deadline: WED. 1/12/22
Web Chat with MNABE 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 emerging issues and an opportunity for local ABE staff to ask questions and provide information to the Minnesota.
If you need ASL interpretation for this event, please contact Neill Allard (neill.allard@state.mn.us) by Monday, January 3, 2022.
Topics will include:

Federal ABE Competition and IELCE Competition
2021-2022 Additional ABE Funding
Professional development
Additional topics TBD

Anyone who has specific topics they would like to see addressed during the Web Chat is encouraged to submit those items as well as any other questions via email to Neill Allard (neill.allard@state.mn.us).
For those unable to attend, the meeting and materials will be available on the Literacy Action Network website after the meeting: http://literacyactionnetwork.org/supplemental-service-activities/web-chat-with-mnabe.

Teaching Online: Support and Idea Swap #1
2022-01-12 14:30 - 15:30
Registration Deadline: NONE; please click the Join Meeting link below to join on the day of the webinar:
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This will be the first 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 expertise and advice, and share resources with others. Consider these sessions as a informal support group for teachers from which you’ll leave with advice, resources, and a productive perspective. Possible topics for support and discussion during these sessions include:

Communication in a blended environment: Google Voice, email, Remind, Whats App, etc.
Integrating approved DL platforms with synchronous instruction (online or in person)
Teaching digital literacy skills to participate in blended and online classes
Prioritizing and setting expectations for hybrid/blended teacher responsibilities and workloads
Setting up and/or best practices for using an online website or class in an LMS (Classroom, Schoology, etc.)
Best practices and tips & tricks using instructional tech tools (EdPuzzle, Jamboard, Flipgrid, Mentimeter, Kahoot, Padlet, etc.)
Making and using instructional screencasts

Adam Kieffer (DL Team/St. Paul ABE) will be facilitating and hosting these sessions.
Two subsequent sessions are scheduled for Wednesday, February 16, and Wednesday, March 9. You can get the links to attend on the ATLAS Events page: https://atlasabe.org/events/

ABE-DevEd Affinity Group
2022-01-13 14:00 - 15:15, 2022-01-14 10:00 - 11:15
Registration Deadline: NONE; please click the Join Zoom link below to join on the day of the meeting:

JOIN ZOOM (the passcode is Partners!)

The ABE-DevEd Affinity Group was established in academic year 2020-21 and will continue in 2021-22, meeting via Zoom. The group consists of Minn State (Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system) faculty and staff, ABE teachers and administrators currently engaged in DevEd classroom partnerships, and educators with an interest to establish successful partnerships.
The group shares effective practices, including the creation of a partnership toolkit, and discusses topics of common interest. The intent of the collaborative work is to increase the quality and quantity of partnerships to improve Dev Ed student outcomes and help students to advance to credit-bearing courses in the most expedient fashion, having gained the confidence and competence to move forward with their higher education goals. This statewide effort is led and funded by the Northwest Transitions Region.
Note: The Affinity Group meeting schedule for 2021-22 includes 5 sessions starting in late September and ending in late April. Each of the five sessions offers two options (same topics) – one on Thursday from 2:00-3:15 pm and one on Friday from 10:00-11:15 am – as follows:

Session One – Sep. 30 or Oct. 1
Session Two – Nov. 18 or 19
Session Three – Jan. 13 or 14
Session Four – Mar. 3 or 4
Session Five – Apr. 21 or 29

In all cases, use this JOIN ZOOM link to join the meeting; the passcode is Partners!
Interested in more Information? Contact Russ Fraenkel, Regional Transitions Coordinator, at rwfraenkel@gmail.com

MN Lunch & Learn: Pronunciation Feature in Burlington English
2022-01-18 12:30 - 13:15
Registration Deadline: TUE. 1/18/22
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.

CCRS Support Webinar: Exploring the Power of Math Language Routines
2022-01-18 14:30 - 16:00
Registration Deadline: TUE. 1/18/22
Literacy and numeracy are often interwoven, so why do we tend to treat them solely as isolated subjects? Join us for an interactive webinar where we will continue to explore the powerful relationship between literacy and numeracy! We will discuss math language routines that highlight reading, writing and speaking skills as an integral part of the math classroom. During this webinar, participants will get to experience a math language routine as a student, hear from an instructor who has implemented this routine with learners, and discuss the relevance of these routines in different teaching contexts. Whether you identify as a math or literacy instructor, you won’t want to miss this webinar!

Core Training Module 3: Instructional Best Practices: Working with Learners
2022-01-18 18:30 - 20:30
Registration Deadline: TUE. 1/18/22
Participants learn how to apply teaching practices that support language and skill development for all learners. These practices include checking comprehension of all learners, using an appropriate level of teacher talk, delivering error correction and feedback, facilitating learner questions, and ensuring that instruction is learner centered.

ABE Federal Grant Application Informational Webinar
2022-01-19 09:30 - 11:30
Registration Deadline: TUE. 1/18/22
This webinar will go over the ABE Federal Grant Application and address questions from participants about the process. It is open to any eligible Minnesota entity planning to apply for federal ABE funding (as part of a consortium or directly).
About the ABE Federal Grant Application
The Minnesota Department of Education has posted the competitive grant application materials for federal adult education funding. Any entity wanting to receive federal adult education funding from the Minnesota Department of Education must either apply directly or apply as part of a consortium application.
Federal Adult Basic Education Grant Opportunity (Formula FIN 438, CFDA 84.002A-State Fiscal Year 2023) application materials can be found on the Minnesota Department of Education website on the grants page: https://education.mn.gov/MDE/DSE/PROD047197
Submit all required application documents to mde.compgrants@state.mn.us by March 25, 2022, 3:30 p.m. Central time.
Questions and Answers
If you have questions about this grant, please email your questions to the MDE Program Representative Neill Allard at neill.allard@state.mn.us by February 11, 2022. Questions and answers will be published on the MDE federal adult education grant posting page (https://education.mn.gov/MDE/DSE/PROD047197) on February 18, 2022.
