ATLAS Lounge - ESL with Patsy!
2026-08-28 09:30 - 10:30 (America/Chicago) | Online
Registration Deadline: FRI. 8/28/26
Venue: Online (see details below)

Welcome to a new endeavor for ATLAS – open office hours! Join the Zoom on Friday, August 28, between 9:30-10:30am, for the inaugural virtual “ATLAS Lounge.” This first office hour is dedicated to language teaching, and Patsy will be sipping coffee, awaiting a conversation with you! (Learn more about Patsy Egan and her language experience below)
What is the ATLAS Lounge?
ATLAS Lounge time is meant to be an informal, drop-in conversation with an ATLAS staff member. Each of us holds interests and expertise in different areas, and we are eager to talk about teaching and learning with you. Come to connect with others doing similar work and chat with ATLAS folks! Bring your questions, new resources, & frustrations. We’re eager to hear more about your classroom and program.
[Note: CEUs not available for these informal, drop-in events]

Patsy Egan, PhD, is the ATLAS Director. She has been involved with language teaching & learning in various ways since she began teaching English in Russia in 1994. She holds a BA in Russian, an MA in ESL, and a PhD in Curriculum & Instruction in the area of Second Languages & Cultures. After her time abroad, Patsy returned to her homebase in Nebraska and worked as the Refugee Coordinator for the Lincoln Literacy Council. After relocating to Minnesota in 1998, she taught English and composition at the U of M in the late 90’s, and she taught adult ESL in the early 2000’s at Lao Family Community Center and Metro North-Brooklyn Center. While she is enamored with all things related to ESL, her particular wheelhouse is lower levels, those who with emergent print literacy.
Fun fact: Patsy just returned from Brno, Czech Republic, where she attended the LESLLA Symposium! (www.leslla.org) This year at LESLLA, Patsy and colleague Janet Issleris (Brown University) offered a workshop on the legacy and learnings from Dr. Heide Wrigley, a beloved LESLLA colleague who passed away last December.
Fun fact #2 – Patsy was the first President of LESLLA.

WebChat with MN ABE
2026-09-16 13:00 - 14:30 | Online
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 to the Minnesota Adult Ed state team.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
If you need ASL interpretation for this event, please contact Wendy Lindblom at info@literacyactionnetwork.org by Monday, August 31, 2026.

Topics are to be determined.
For those unable to attend, the recording and slide deck will be available on the LAN and MN ABE websites.

Math Institute 2026
2026-10-09 08:30 - 15:30 | Online
Registration Deadline: FRI. 10/9/26
Join us for a day of purposeful PD grounded in effective math instructional practices.
Guest Speaker: Heidi Schuler from TERC, and our CALM facilitator.
More information forthcoming!
NOTE! Also, join us for the Math Institute Follow-up Webinar on THU. 1/14/27 – REGISTER!
If you require ASL Interpretation, contact Lindsey Pust at lpust01@hamline.edu

CSI - Content Standards Integration Cohort, 2-Day in-person training
2026-11-05 08:30 - 15:30, 2026-11-06 08:30 - 15:30 | _OTHER
Registration Deadline: FRI. 9/4/26
Venue: (see details below)

NOTE: This event is a 2-day in-person training for the Content Standards Integration (CSI) cohort. Participation is by application only.
More information: https://atlasabe.org/apply-content-standards-integration-csi-cohort-fy27/
Applications available here, due September 4, 2026: https://atlasabe.org/applications/

Math Institute - Follow-up Webinar
2027-01-14 14:30 - 16:00 | Online
Registration Deadline: THU. 1/14/27
Information forthcoming!
If your require ASL Interpretation, contact Lindsey Pust @ lpust01@hamline.edu

Language & Literacy Institute 2027 - 2-day, IN-PERSON EVENT!
2027-01-28 08:00 - 16:00
Registration opens December 2026!
Location: Plymouth Community Center, 14800 34th Ave N, Plymouth, MN 55447
More information forthcoming!
If you require ASL interpretation, contact Patsy Egan at pegan02@hamline.edu

Language & Literacy Institute 2027 - 2-day IN-PERSON EVENT!
2027-01-29 08:00 - 16:00

WebChat with MN ABE
2027-02-10 13:00 - 14:30 | Online
Registration Deadline: WED. 2/10/27
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 to the Minnesota Adult Ed state team.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
If you need ASL interpretation for this event, please contact Wendy Lindblom at info@literacyactionnetwork.org by Monday, January 25, 2027.

Topics are to be determined.
For those unable to attend, the recording and slide deck will be available on the LAN and MN ABE websites.

WebChat with MN ABE
2027-05-05 13:00 - 14:30 | Online
Registration Deadline: WED. 5/5/27
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 to the Minnesota Adult Ed state team.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
If you need ASL interpretation for this event, please contact Wendy Lindblom at info@literacyactionnetwork.org by Monday, April 19, 2027.

Topics are to be determined.
For those unable to attend, the recording and slide deck will be available on the LAN and MN ABE websites.
