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2026 Language & Literacy Institute: Registration Now Open!
Join us for the 2026 Language & Literacy (virtual) Institute on January 29-30, 2026! This two-day conference offers language and literacy-related workshops that you will NOT want to miss, including featured presentations by Jayme Adelson-Goldsten, Betsy Parrish, and Michelle Benegas. If you teach any aspect of language and literacy—at any level—this event is for you! Read More
Healing-Centered Adult Education to Address Stress and Trauma
Stress and trauma don’t just affect individuals—they ripple through organizations, classrooms, and communities. This fall, ATLAS is offering a NEW video and two powerful webinars to help adult educators recognize these patterns and respond with healing-centered practices that foster resilience, belonging, and growth. Read More
Join Us for the North ABE Fall Regional on October 9-10!
Attention all northern Minnesota adult educators! Join your colleagues from across the northern parts of our beautiful state for a rich time of professional learning. ATLAS is again covering lodging and mileage for those who work in North ABE programs and are traveling over 50 miles to the venue. Read More
Instructional Routines: A Powerful Tool for Adult Education Math Classrooms
The folks at the Adult Numeracy Network (ANN) have built a collection of resources to help adult education teachers bring instructional routines into their math classes. Learn about instructional routines and how they benefit both instructors and students! Read More
Introducing ATLAS Grant & Budget Coordinator Eva Zewdie!
ATLAS is delighted to announce its newest staff member, Eva Zewdie! Eva fills a brand new position for us, that of Grant & Budget Coordinator, as long-time Operations Manager Marisa Geisler prepares to retire from ATLAS at the end of June. Read More
Congrats to the Latest ACES/TIF Foundation Course Completers!
The ACES/TIF Foundations course is designed to provide a thorough introduction on how to integrate academic, career, and employability skills (ACES) into your instructional context through the use of the Transitions Integration Framework (TIF). Fifteen Minnesota educators have completed the course in Canvas this school year and earned 6 CEUs – give them a round of applause, and consider joining them! Read More
Google Sheets for Data Analysis – Part 2
Google Sheets is an incredibly powerful spreadsheet software that you can leverage to do data analysis for you. (Don't worry, if you're a Microsoft team, almost everything I'm explaining here can be done in Excel, too.) In this article, we look at Pivot Tables in Google Sheets. Read More
ABE, ACES, and CCRS Foundations Online Courses All on Canvas: New and Improved!
We are so excited that our revamped online ABE, ACES, and CCRS Foundations courses are up and running on Canvas! All of these courses have revised content, more opportunities for interaction, and the most updated information to support your work in the MN Adult Education system. Read More
ACES Updates: New Lesson Plans, TIF and Online Course
Check out all the recent updates in the realm of ACES (Academic, Career & Employability Skills)! Eighteen new standards-aligned ACES/TIF lesson plans are now available, along with an updated TIF (Transitions Integration Framework) and a new ACES/TIF Foundations course hosted on the Canvas platform. Read More
Changes Are Coming to the USCIS Test for Naturalization (“The Citizenship Test”)
USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration Services) is proposing two significant changes to the Citizenship Test. Find out what they are and how they will directly impact Citizenship classes and the students they serve. Read More