Core Training Module 3: Instructional Best Practices: Working with Learners
2023-09-20 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Online
Registration Deadline: WED. 9/20/23
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.

Edmentum Courseware: New User & Refresher Training
2023-09-21 15:30 - 17:00 | Online
Registration Deadline: THU. 9/21/23

Attend this training for an introduction to using Edmentum Courseware as a distance learning platform. The course catalog contains a wide variety of content for teaching reading, language arts, math, science, social studies, GED/HiSET preparation, and career pathways classes.
It will be helpful if you know your login credentials prior to the training. If needed, you can complete the form here under Key Information to request an account on the statewide license. Edmentum is a state-supported platform, so there is no additional cost to you or your learners!

BASE for Distance Learning
2023-09-26 16:00 - 17:00 | Online
Registration Deadline: TUE. 9/26/23

BASE is a state-supported distance learning platform with content supporting social and emotional learning (SEL) and the ACES/TIF standards.
Attend this session to learn about using BASE modules with learners who are working asynchronously (outside of class time). We’ll cover creating learner accounts, organizing learners into “rooms,” assigning specific modules (courses), monitoring progress, and running reports for distance learning proxy hours.
This session will be recorded.
Another session on October 31 will focus on using BASE resources for in-class instruction (contact hours).
If you need a staff account on the statewide license, please use the form here under Key Information: https://www.literacymn.org/distancelearning/dl-platforms/base-sel

Working with Literacy and Beginning Level ESL Learners
2023-09-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Literacy Minnesota – main office, 700 Raymond Ave., Ste. 180, Saint Paul, MN, 55114, United States
Registration Deadline: TUE. 9/26/23
Learners with limited English and literacy skills have unique needs for in-person and remote instruction. Participants will learn best practices and tips for success at this level. They’ll also get several ideas for routines, activities and resources to use in their tutoring sessions.

Core Training Module 4: Instructional Best Practices: Working with Materials
2023-09-27 18:30 - 20:30 | Online
Registration Deadline: WED. 9/27/23
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.

Math Institute 2023 Virtual Conference
2023-09-29 09:00 - 15:00 | Online
Registration Deadline: FRI. 9/29/23

If you require ASL Interpretation, please contact Gail Rutan @ grutan01@hamline.edu.

Math Institute 2023 will feature a morning keynote and workshop by Heather Buskirk, Director of Professional Learning for Citizen Math, as well as afternoon concurrent sessions. The overarching theme is helping learners view math as a powerful tool for understanding the world.
WHO is Math Institute for?

Math instructors and volunteers AND…
ABE teachers of ANY content who want to incorporate numeracy into their instruction in a meaningful way!

9:00 am – 12:30 pm – Morning Keynote & Workshop – Heather Buskirk

Description: Too often, traditional math instruction exists in a world apart from the real life experiences of our students. Even traditionally successful students come to view math as separate or other. How can we turn around the perspective to view math as a powerful tool for understanding the world? Great math learning is so much more than rigor. Let’s explore how math can and should be more meaningful, relevant, and fun.
Heather Buskirk is the Director of Professional Learning for Citizen Math and a National Board-certified teacher with over 12 years of classroom experience. In her work at Citizen Math, she develops and implements professional learning opportunities for math teachers looking to bring real world conversations into their math classrooms. Additionally, she serves on the Professional Standards and Practices Board for the New York State Department of Education and as a Trustee for the Knowles Teacher Initiative. She earned her B.A. in astronomy-physics and her M.A. in teaching from the University of Virginia.
1:15 – 3:00 pm – Afternoon Concurrent Sessions
Session #1: Where Shall I Begin?! Repurposing My Classroom Materials – Andy Albee & Marcie Vaiphei
Do you get overwhelmed by the thought of creating more rigorous and engaging math experiences for your students? Do you feel the pressure to always try something new? Join us as we take a look at commonly used resources and brainstorm ways of supplementing a core math text to enhance both student engagement and critical thinking in the math classroom.
Session #2: Exploring a Rigorous and Versatile Routine – Katy Chiqui & Meagan Hymes
Are you new to slow reveal graphs and interested in experiencing the power and versatility of this routine? Are you a user of slow reveal graphs who would like to dig deeper and explore the possibilities that this routine has to offer your students? If you said yes to either of these questions, then this session is for you!
Join us as we (1) experience connections to CCRS math practices and ELA standards (Let’s be real; we don’t teach math in a vacuum!), (2) discuss teacher moves for differentiating based on classroom context and student needs (including no-tech options!) and (3) highlight ways to increase student critical thinking about “math” topics that are interesting and relevant…and all of this using slow reveal graphs!

Understanding and Interrupting Microaggressions
2023-09-29 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
Registration Deadline: FRI. 9/29/23
This class will expose how institutional racism and stereotypes can lead to microaggressions. The session will provide learners with a framework for understanding, identifying and disrupting microaggressions. Participants will be introduced to the various types of microaggressions and how to use interventions to promote safer and more equitable environments.
Learning objectives:

Articulate the connection between institutional racism and microaggressions.
Examine the connection between white privilege and white fragility and microaggressions.
Understand the different types of microaggressions.
Develop interventions for disrupting microaggressions.

Edmentum Exact Path New User & Refresher Training
2023-10-02 15:00 - 16:30 | Online
Registration Deadline: MON. 10/2/23

This training will provide an overview of using Exact Path for individualized remediation. This tool, which is a feature within Edmentum Courseware, can help teachers “fill the gaps” that adult learners may have in reading, language arts, and math.
It will be helpful if you know your login credentials prior to the training. If needed, you can complete the form here under Key Information to request an account on the statewide license. Edmentum is a state-supported platform, so there is no additional cost to you or your learners!

CASAS Implementation Training for New Staff (Virtual)
2023-10-03 15:00 - 18:00 | Online
Registration Deadline: TUE. 10/3/23
Register now for a virtual CASAS Implementation Training!
Join your state trainers virtually for a CASAS Implementation training on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, from 3:00 to 6:00 pm. This training provides an overview of the approved CASAS tests. It will cover selection and administration of the appropriate CASAS test, interpretation of test scores, and measurement of student progress. This training is geared toward newer users of the assessments. Participants who complete this training will be certified to administer CASAS multiple choice assessments.
For more information on this training, contact Marty Olsen – martha.olsen@gmail.com

Core Training Module 1: Overview of Minnesota Adult Education and Program Accountability
2023-10-03 18:30 - 20:30 | Online
Registration Deadline: TUE. 10/3/23
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.

WIOA Wednesday for ABE—Focus on the WIOA Adult Program
2023-10-04 15:00 - 15:30 | Online
Registration Deadline: WED. 10/4/23
Join these three short 30-minute webinars—”WIOA Wednesdays for ABE” series!
WIOA Workforce Programs, operated by local workforce development boards, help jobseekers develop education, training, and career goals and provide the support needed to reach those goals! Join three webinars to better understand the program eligibility, services, and supports that your adult learners can access through co-enrollment in a program. The webinars are sponsored in partnership with the Minnesota Association of Workforce Boards and will be led by local area program managers. This first webinar will focus on the WIOA Adult Program, which serves low-income adults with barriers to employment.

Teaching Intermediate Alphabetics
2023-10-04 18:30 - 20:30 | Online
Registration Deadline: WED. 10/4/23
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.

North ABE Fall 2023 Regional
2023-10-05 - 2023-10-06 | Sanford Center Bemidji, 1111 Event Center Dr NE,, Bemidji, MN, 56601, United States
Registration Deadline: FRI. 9/29/23
GUEST ROOM ACCOMMODATIONS: MUST BE REQUESTED BY THU. 9/21/23!
Please note the room block is now closed. You will need to secure your own lodging and ATLAS will reimburse you for the negotiated room block rate of $140 plus tax.
PROGRAM FLYER
COST:

$25 for both Thursday and Friday (get Thursday for free!)
$25 for Friday only
$15 for Thursday only
$15 late fee will be incurred for registrations submitted after 9/29/23

PAYMENT:
Need to pay for multiple registrations at once? Or need to pay for a registration that was already submitted?

By credit card/PayPal: Have your staff mark “Please bill my organization” when registering, and use this payment form.
By organizational check/PO: Have your staff mark “Please bill my organization” when registering, and ATLAS will invoice your program. Please do not send checks until you are invoiced.

TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT:
In addition to covering lodging expenses directly with the hotel, ATLAS will again reimburse North ABE programs or individuals for mileage over 50 miles one-way to and from the venue. Simply submit an ATLAS invoice (and Form W-9 if applicable) after the event. Please direct any questions to Marisa Geisler at mgeisler02@hamline.edu.
If you require ASL Interpretation, please contact Gail Rutan at grutan01@hamline.edu

SCHEDULE:
Thursday, October 5 – 5:00-7:30 pm
Light Dinner – 5:00-6:00 pm
Concurrent Session 1 – 6:00-7:30 pm

Digital Skills for Teachers: Self-Assessment Tools for Professional Growth
Think Before You Ink (pre-writing)
Putting our Heads Together: Administrator Sharing Time

Friday, October 6 – 8:00 am-3:00 pm
Welcome – 8:00-8:15
General Session: Equity in ABE – 8:15-9:00
Concurrent Session 2 – 9:15-10:45

Everyone Benefits: Multisensory Instruction for Students with and without Disabilities
Racial Equity Grant Update
Syllable Types – Not Just for the Lower Levels!

Concurrent Session 3 – 11:00-12:30

Exploring the CCRS Math Practices Through Origami
Regional Workforce Trends: Utilizing DEED Data and the Career Pathways Toolkit to Build Strategic Partnerships
Dandy Dialogues! Using Daily, Weekly & Monthly Routines to Teach Conversations in the EL Classroom

LUNCH – 12:30-1:30
Concurrent Session 4 – 1:30-3:00

Unlocking Success: Strategies for Science and Social Studies in HSE Prep
Attention ESL Teachers! Let’s Talk about What Matters
Teaching Essential Gmail Skills and Digital Resilience

MobyMax Training: Meet the New Moby! Session 2
2023-10-09 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
Registration Deadline: MON. 10/9/23

This will be a repeat of the training offered on September 19.
Now that the Classic MobyMax interface has been retired, this session will help teachers and staff transition to the New Moby layout. Learn about the Home, Curriculum, Tools, and Help tabs; running proxy hour reports; managing your roster; customizing your Dashboard; and more tips to make things easier.
It will be helpful if you know your login credentials prior to the training. If needed, you can complete the form here under Key Information to request an account on the statewide license. MobyMax is a state-supported platform, so there is no additional cost to you or your learners!

Tips and Strategies for Adult Education Math Tutors
2023-10-09 18:30 - 20:30 | Online
Registration Deadline: MON. 10/9/23
Join us for this interactive session and pick up some ideas that will maximize your impact as a math tutor. This webinar will be appropriate for volunteers assisting a teacher in a math classroom as well as those leading their own classes, small groups or one-to-one sessions. Topics covered will include:

Levels of Math Knowing
Procedural vs Conceptual Understanding
Strategies for Fostering Independent Learning
Asking Facilitating Questions
Productive Struggle

Core Training Module 2: Understanding Adult Learners
2023-10-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Online
Registration Deadline: TUE. 10/10/23
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 adult.

SiD 2023 Fall Data Cleanup
2023-10-11 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
Registration Deadline: WED. 10/11/23
In this interactive session, we’ll talk about data cleanup and answer some of our most popular user questions. Make plans to run SiD reports and examine your own program data as we go along. We’ll take general software-related questions during the Q & A segment at the end.

WIOA Wednesday for ABE—Focus on the WIOA Dislocated Worker Program
2023-10-11 13:00 - 13:30 | Online
Registration Deadline: WED. 10/11/23
Join these three short 30-minute webinars—”WIOA Wednesdays for ABE” series!
WIOA Workforce Programs, operated by local workforce development boards, help jobseekers develop education, training, and career goals and provide the support needed to reach those goals! Join three webinars to better understand the program eligibility, services, and supports that your adult learners can access through co-enrollment in a program. The webinars are sponsored in partnership with the Minnesota Association of Workforce Boards and will be led by local area program managers. This webinar will focus on the WIOA Dislocated Worker Program, which serves people who have been laid off or are long-term unemployed.

South ABE Fall 2023 Regional
2023-10-13 08:00 - 16:00 | Country Inn & Suites – Mankato, 1900 Premier Dr., Mankato,, MN, 56001, United States
Registration Deadline: FRI. 10/6/23
If you require ASL Interpretation, please contact Gail Rutan at grutan01@hamline.edu
PROGRAM FLYER
COST:

$25/person
$15 late fee will be incurred for registrations submitted after 10/6/23

PAYMENT:
Need to pay for multiple registrations at once? Or need to pay for a registration that was already submitted?

By credit card/PayPal: Have your staff mark “Please bill my organization” when registering, and use this payment form.
By organizational check/PO: Have your staff mark “Please bill my organization” when registering, and ATLAS will invoice your program. Please do not send checks until you are invoiced.

TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT:
ATLAS will again reimburse South ABE programs or individuals for mileage over 50 miles one-way to and from the venue, as well as lodging if needed. Simply submit an ATLAS invoice (and Form W-9 if applicable) after the event. Please direct any questions to Marisa Geisler at mgeisler02@hamline.edu.

SCHEDULE:
Friday, October 13 – 8:45 am-3:45 pm
Welcome – 8:45-9:00
General Session – 9:00-9:45
Concurrent Session 1 – 10:00-11:30

Syllable Types – Not Just for the Lower Levels!
Everyone Benefits: Multisensory Instruction for Students with and without Disabilities
Racial Equity Grant Update
Financial Literacy

LUNCH – 11:30-12:30
Concurrent Session 2 – 12:30-2:00

Teaching Essential Gmail Skills and Digital Resilience
Think Before You Ink (pre-writing)
Attention ESL Teachers! Let’s Talk about What Matters
Regional Workforce Trends: Utilizing DEED Data and the Career Pathways Toolkit to Build Strategic Partnerships

Concurrent Session 3 – 2:15-3:45

HSE Science/Social Studies
Dandy Dialogues! Using Daily, Weekly & Monthly Routines to Teach Conversations in the EL Classroom
Digital Skills for Teachers: Self-Assessment Tools for Professional Growth
Administrator Session

Burlington English Lunch and Learn: Burlington Readers!
2023-10-17 12:30 - 13:15 | Online
Registration Deadline: TUE. 10/17/23
In this session, we will explore the Burlington English Readers and brainstorm different ways to use them in class and outside of class. We will go through ways of introducing the Readers into your class and activities you can do with your students.
NOTE: Attendees must have current login credentials for their BE account.

Core Training Module 3: Instructional Best Practices: Working with Learners
2023-10-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Online
Registration Deadline: TUE. 10/17/23
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.

WIOA Wednesday for ABE—Focus on the WIOA Youth Program (young people up to age 24)
2023-10-18 13:00 - 13:30 | Online
Registration Deadline: WED. 10/18/23
Join these three short 30-minute webinars—”WIOA Wednesdays for ABE” series!
WIOA Workforce Programs, operated by local workforce development boards, help jobseekers develop education, training, and career goals and provide the support needed to reach those goals! Join these three webinars to better understand the program eligibility, services, and supports that your adult learners can access through co-enrollment in a program. The webinars are sponsored in partnership with the Minnesota Association of Workforce Boards and will be led by local area program managers. This webinar will focus on the WIOA Youth Program which serves young people (ages 16-24) who have barriers to employment.

Developing and Practicing Reading Fluency
2023-10-18 18:30 - 20:30 | Online
Registration Deadline: WED. 10/18/23
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.

Core Training Module 4: Instructional Best Practices: Working with Materials
2023-10-24 18:30 - 20:30 | Online
Registration Deadline: TUE. 10/24/23
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.

Burlington English Lunch and Learn: Pronunciation and Recording
2023-10-25 12:30 - 13:15 | Online
Registration Deadline: WED. 10/25/23
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.

Phonics in Beginning ESL: Recommendations, Activities and Resources
2023-10-25 18:30 - 20:30 | Literacy Minnesota – main office, 700 Raymond Ave., Ste. 180, Saint Paul, MN, 55114, United States
Registration Deadline: WED. 10/25/23
Phonics–the knowledge of the sounds letters make when they are combined to make words–is essential to beginning literacy and beginning level English language instruction. But, many teachers and tutors lack the knowledge, confidence and resources to teach the topic. Attend this session to learn why phonics instruction is important and leave with several ideas for phonics activities and resources to bring back to your teaching and tutoring sessions.
This session will be most useful to tutors and teachers working with beginning literacy, low beginning and high beginning English language learners.

Essential Zoom Skills for Online Instruction
2023-10-27 13:00 - 15:00 | Online
Registration Deadline: FRI. 10/27/23
Join this hands-on session to learn and practice essential Zoom skills for the virtual classroom that may not be in your repertoire if your experience with the platform is limited to meetings with friends and colleagues at work.
The workshop will cover:

Turning off participants’ cameras and microphones.
Re-naming participants.
Sharing your screen.
Annotating your screen.
Setting up and visiting breakout rooms.

Low-Literacy Adult ESL Study Circle
2023-10-27 13:00 - 16:00 | Online
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: FRI. 10/20/23 (registration is now closed)

The Low-Literacy Adult ESL Study Circle I is for teachers of low-literate Adult Basic Education ESL students – those learners with little or no first-language literacy. With a special focus on reading development for these learners, teachers explore relevant research and its implications for best practices in the classroom.
Like our other language instruction study circles, it involves reading a selection of relevant research and completing various classroom-based reflection. During the 3 meetings of 3 hours each, participants discuss the readings and tasks and explore together how research can inform classroom practice.
This fall the study circle will be facilitated by Andrea Echelberger from Robbinsdale Adult Academic Program.
Find out more about the Low-Literacy Adult ESL Study Circle >>
DATES: ALL ARE VIRTUAL ZOOM EVENTS!

Friday, October 27, 1-4 pm
Friday, November 10, 1-4 pm
Friday, December 1, 1-4 pm

How to Work Effectively with Muslims
2023-10-30 18:30 - 20:30 | Online
Registration Deadline: MON. 10/30/23
Join Jaylani Hussein of CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) MN for a proactive diversity training that bridges the gap of misunderstanding and provides resources to employers, attorneys, community leaders and educators.
This single diversity training will cover three different sections.
1. First, the presentation will open with a brief introduction on how to effectively work with Muslim learners by bringing awareness and eliminating a potential bias. This session will also include an interactive polling exercise. Participants will answer questions to both learn about Muslim culture, while also learning ideas about unconscious bias.
2. The second segment highlights Muslim demographics worldwide, in the United States and in Minnesota. This section includes an in depth explanation of the religion and cultural norms, including keywords, holidays, and customs held in Muslim culture, and concludes with a discussion on how Muslims practice their beliefs, emphasizing the continuum of diversity of practice within the religion.
3. The third part of this presentation will include how to provide religious accommodations in an educational setting. It emphasizes:
a) the main practices for which school staff should expect a request for accommodation
b) practices to be mindful of when interacting with Muslim learners

Burlington English Lunch and Learn: Career Content!
2023-10-31 12:30 - 13:15 | Online
Registration Deadline: TUE. 10/31/23
In this session, we will explore the English for Specific Careers tile and the Career Exploration and Soft Skills course. These resources are here to help your students build vocabulary for a career field they are interested in pursuing and also to gain the soft skills needed for working here in America.
NOTE: Attendees must have current login credentials for their BE account.
