Events

Registration Deadline: TUE. 1/27/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Join us for an in-depth webinar about how to set up classes in SiD. We’ll cover the basics of creating, duplicating, and removing classes. We’ll also dig into how to build specialty classes like IET, Workplace, and Distance Learning. If you’re new to the process of […]

Registration Deadline: TUE. 1/27/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Participants learn how to apply teaching practices that support language and skill development for all learners. These practices include ensuring that instruction is learner centered, using an appropriate level of teacher talk and delivering error correction.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: THU. 1/29/26 IMPORTANT NOTE: You must register for EACH day you plan to attend! If you require ASL Interpretation, contact Gail Rutan at [email protected] TENTATIVE AGENDA: Thursday, January 29, 2026 Friday, January 30, 2026 8:30 Welcome & General Updates & Community 8:30 State Updates & Announcements & Community 9:30 Break 9:30 Break 9:45 […]

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: FRI. 1/30/26  IMPORTANT NOTE: You must register for EACH day you plan to attend! If you require ASL Interpretation, contact Gail Rutan at [email protected] TENTATIVE AGENDA: Thursday, January 29, 2026 Friday, January 30, 2026 8:30 Welcome & General Updates & Community 8:30 State Updates & Announcements & Community 9:30 Break 9:30 Break 9:45 […]

Registration Deadline: TUE. 2/3/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Participants will engage in a couple of classroom activities to experience scaffolding, checking comprehension and the gradual release of responsibility. These aspects of teaching and tutoring are then defined, explained further and participants get opportunities to practice them.

Registration Deadline: FRI. 2/6/26 Venue: Online (see details below) 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: WED. 2/11/26 Venue: Online (see details below) WebChat with MN ABE is a webinar discussion led by state ABE staff from the Minnesota Department of Education. 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 […]

Registration Deadline: THU. 2/12/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Research shows that explicitly teaching a set of comprehension strategies is a great way to help intermediate-level readers maximize their understanding of texts. Come learn a handful of great comprehension tools that will help students develop critical thinking skills and comprehension skills.

Registration Deadline: MON. 2/16/26 Venue: Online (see details below) Vocabulary is everyone’s favorite reading component! And helping students master reading vocabulary is a key to helping them master comprehension. But how many words should you teach? And which words are the most important? What strategies are best for helping students learn new words? How do […]

Registration Deadline: TUE. 2/24/26 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 […]