Professional Development
Recent Newsletter Articles
Teacher, Only You Understand Me
All adult EL teachers have heard stories from learners of struggling to make themselves understood outside of the classrooms, but it can be difficult to know where to begin to help. Pronunciation is such a large topic; how can a teacher tackle it in a multicultural classroom when there are already a hundred other skills to teach? Read More
Free Training Opportunity: Creating and Maintaining a Comprehensive Adult Citizenship Education Program
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Office of Citizenship is hosting a training opportunity on May 8, 2019, to provide adult educators and program administrators with ideas and best practices for creating a comprehensive adult citizenship education curriculum and program. Read More
CCRS Cohort Applications Due May 31!
Is your program ready to dig into implementing the College & Career Readiness Standards? Would you benefit from a team of teachers and an administrator from your site working together throughout the year with face-to-face workshops, focused time to plan together, and technical assistance from CCRS specialists? Apply for the CCRS Cohort beginning fall 2019! Read More
Free Online Training for ESL Classroom Volunteers
To get new classroom volunteers started off on the right foot, Minnesota Literacy Council has updated their free online training course for adult ESL classroom volunteers. The new course, Volunteer in the Adult ESL Classroom provides a clear and engaging introduction to the knowledge and skills that classroom volunteers will need to support adult ESL learners. Read More
Scholarships Available for ABE Practitioners to Attend the 2019 MCTM Spring Conference!
The MCTM Spring Conference is a two-day event with national keynote speakers and workshop sessions led by math leaders at all academic levels (Pre K-12, ABE, and College), focused on a variety of math topics, teaching methods, resources, and more. ATLAS is offering scholarships of up to $500 each to help offset the cost of attending the conference. Read More
The Change Agent: Upcoming Webinar and Call for Articles
The Change Agent, a biannual magazine for adult educators and learners, is a low-cost teaching resource that features writings by adult learners and inspires adult educators and learners to make civic participation and social justice part of their teaching and learning. Read More
2019 Summer Institute Call for Proposals Open
Literacy Action Network and the Minnesota Community Education Association are now seeking presentation proposals for the 2019 ABE State Summer Institute, which will be held August 14-16, 2019 at the St. Cloud Civic Center, St. Cloud, MN. We hope that new and experienced ABE staff will consider sharing their ideas and expertise with their colleagues at this regional conference. Read More
Professional Development via Adobe Connect
Imagine joining in on an all day conference without having to pack your suitcase and driving X number of hours to expand your knowledge on ABE-related topics. At the Language & Literacy Institute in January, Southwest ABE was able to pilot technology that could make this a possibility in the near future! Read More
Best Practices and Strategies for Success in Numeracy: Let’s Continue the Conversation with Cynthia Bell!
Learn about the 8 Practices for Teaching Effective Mathematics and join the online Minnesota Numeracy Instruction Networking Group. Read More
Upcoming Webinar for One-Room Schoolhouse Practitioners!
Do you teach ABE in a one-room schoolhouse, where students drop in for instruction, or where students are working at different levels on various content areas in one class? Learn about routines for optimizing teaching and learning in the multilevel settings and join the online One-Room Schoolhouse group. Read More