Events

Registration Deadline: WED. 5/6/20 This Web Chat will be focused on the Annual ABE Grant Application. Web Chat with MN ABE is a quarterly webinar discussion hosted by Literacy Action Network and led by state ABE staff from the Minnesota Department of Education. Web Chat webinars provide updates from the state ABE office on new […]

Registration Deadline: WED. 5/6/20 Presented by Rodolfo Gutierrez, executive director of HACER (Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research), this is the story of millions of people residing together in the United States from diverse origins. We’ll look at how Latino communities are seen in the U.S. and in Minnesota, and how the single label […]

Registration Deadline: THU. 5/7/20 Join ATLAS and Literacy Minnesota, with hosts Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt and Andrea Echelberger, for a panel presentation of ABE educators who are making the most of their online instructional time.

Registration Deadline: THU. 5/7/20 Therese Badenoch and Jessica Jones, teachers at Literacy Minnesota, will facilitate this webinar will be a follow up to the Intro to Moby Max webinar held in February 2020. You can find that webinar recording on the MN ABE Professional Development YouTube channel. If you're just past the "newbie" stage of […]

Registration Deadline: THU. 5/7/20 Join Literacy Minnesota ABE and ESL trainers for a virtual workshop on how to be an effective tutor from a distance! Learn best practices for connecting and communicating one-on-one with learners on the phone or online, get suggestions for correcting errors and giving feedback in a virtual setting, and discover language […]

PLEASE NOTE: this event will take place virtually. You will need access to a strong internet connection and audio. Please keep this in mind when registering. Registration Deadline: WED. 5/6/20 Are you a CCRS leader in your program?  Join us for a half day of professional learning about instructional leadership, focused on CCRS! Training Materials […]

Registration Deadline: MON. 5/11/20 It may not seem like it, but you’re already doing the work. This difficult time calls for critical literacy, a heightened need for strong numeracy, and extraordinary soft skills just to get through the day! Join CCRS leads Kristine Kelly and Lindsey Cermak (as well as special surprise guests) to talk […]

Registration Deadline: TUES. 5/12/20 Join Literacy Minnesota ABE and ESL trainers for a virtual workshop on how to be an effective tutor from a distance! Learn best practices for connecting and communicating one-on-one with learners on the phone or online, get suggestions for correcting errors and giving feedback in a virtual setting, and discover language […]

Registration Deadline: WED. 5/13/20 In this session you will learn what kinds of teacher-created courses can be approved for distance learning, what the approval process looks like, and walk through the applications. Get help and get your questions answered!

Registration Deadline: WED. 5/13/20 Dig into a specific English pronunciation feature (word stress, intonation, etc.) and learn how the feature contributes to meaning and intelligibility. Learn about activities that can be used to practice the pronunciation feature in your classroom, and hear from other teachers who have worked with pronunciation instruction. FEATURED TOPIC: Intonation NOTE: […]