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, August 31, between 2:00 - 3:00 pm. This office hour is dedicated to Transitions, and Carly will be sipping coffee, awaiting a conversation with […]

Registration Deadline: WED. 9/2/26 Venue: Online (see details below) 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 […]

Registration Deadline: WED. 9/9/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Presenters: Carly Voshell (ATLAS), Sonji Davis (Office of New Americans) and additional panelists  The Recredentialing Pathways (RCP) assists internationally trained professionals reconnect with careers in Minnesota by recognizing the education and experience they earned outside the United States. Since launching in December 2025, the pilot has […]

Registration Deadline: WED. 9/9/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Participants learn about Adult Basic Education programming in Minnesota, demographics of learners, instructional content standards as well as initial and on-going assessment. This session wraps up with learner motivations, barriers and persistence.

Registration Deadline: THU. 9/10/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Learn what research has to say about how adult brains learn a new language, how trauma and stress impact learning, and how this influences the teaching practices that we use in the language classroom. Participants will leave the webinar with suggestions for ways teachers and tutors […]

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 Friday, September 11, between 9:30 and 10:30 am. This office hour is dedicated to those new to ABE, and Lindsey will be sipping coffee, awaiting […]

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 […]

Registration Deadline: MON. 9/14/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Many of us were taught that students learn best when instruction matches their "learning style." In this webinar, we’ll take a closer look at where that idea came from, why it stuck, and what research actually tells us. We’ll explore how learning‑style labels can end up […]

Registration Deadline: WED. 9/16/26 Venue: Online (see details below) WebChat with MN ABE is a webinar discussion led by state ABE staff from the Minnesota Department of Education. WebChat 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 […]

Registration Deadline: WED. 9/16/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Participants develop their personal cultural awareness and learn how expectations around school culture shape how people teach and learn. Guiding principles for effectively delivering instruction to adults are also covered. Finally, participants increase their sensitivity to the challenges of learning English and developing literacy as an […]