Teaching Strategies
Recent Newsletter Articles
Remote Tutoring Using Volunteers at the Franklin Learning Center
Interested in starting a remote tutoring program using volunteers? Learn how the Franklin Learning Center, a one-room schoolhouse in south Minneapolis, quickly mobilized nearly 70 volunteers to provide remote tutoring to learners during the pandemic. Read More
ParaPro Training through Zoom
When offering ACP training in remote areas of Southwest Minnesota, it is often a challenge to get enough students to run a class. This spring, Mankato ABE and Glacial Lakes ABE worked cooperatively to pilot a ParaPro course over Zoom. Find out how they make the class a success! Read More
The Sudden Pivot to Move Adult Career Pathways Classes Online
Covid-19 restrictions have caused all of us in Adult Basic Education to suddenly pivot from face-to-face classes to online classes. Although there is so much uncertainty about how we will continue to serve our ABE students in an equitable way through this next year, there remains much promise to continue distance learning options for students. Read More
Teachers Helping Teachers: Visit a Virtual ABE Classroom
"What we (my students and I) are learning now will make our class stronger in the future. Necessity has pushed us into an educational space we should have already been operating in." In the webinar “Teaching in Real Time: Maximizing Instructional Time Online”, you heard that Minnesota teachers are doing a tremendous job of making online classes happen for their learners. Now you can see them in action! Read More
ABE Voices Across the Distance: Snapshot of the New Normal from Mankato Area Adult Education
MN ABE Connect is featuring a series of interviews with Minnesota ABE practitioners on how they are delivering instruction and support during this time. This week, we hear from Liv Musel-Staloch, the ESL Program Supervisor at the Mankato Area Adult Education Program. Read More
To “Packet” or Not to “Packet”? That Isn’t the Question: Part 2
Part 2 of this article focuses on the key question introduced at the end of Part 1 about learning packets: Is what I am giving students contributing to learning or merely keeping them busy? Read more useful tips for creating learning packets that include important components of instruction. Read More
ABE Voices Across a Distance: Teaching and Learning Inside County Jails
MN ABE Connect is featuring a series of interviews with Minnesota ABE practitioners on how they are delivering instruction and support during this time. This week, we hear from four teachers working in one-room schoolhouse settings in county jails: Jessica DeGrote, Randee Edmundson, Meagan Hymes, and Abby Roza. Read More
What’s Trending in Distance Reading Instruction?
As educators have been forced to move their instruction online in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, this article shares “trending” ideas, platforms, and resources for distance reading instruction collected recently from Minnesota Adult Education reading teachers. Read More
ABE Voices Across a Distance: Snapshot from a Rural One-Room Schoolhouse
MN ABE Connect is featuring a series of interviews with Minnesota ABE practitioners on how they are delivering instruction and support during this time. This week, we hear from a teacher working in a rural, one-room schoolhouse setting: Pamela Dane. Read More
To “Packet” or Not to “Packet”? That Isn’t the Question.
Many teachers and programs are putting learning packets together right now to mail to students or to have on hand for pickup. However, packets are not a new learning tool in ABE. In this two-part article, we will take a look at learning packets and share some best practices we’ve collected from twenty-five teachers around the state. Read More