MN ABE Connect Archive
Recent Newsletter Articles
Watch Literacy Minnesota’s Awards Ceremony and Journeys Readings and Order Journeys Today!
Congratulations to the inspiring award winners and student authors who made this year’s Awards Ceremony and Journeys Readings event on June 4 one of the highlights of the year! Watch a recording of the event and order your copies of the 2021 edition of the Journeys anthology. Read More
Join the ACP PD Advisory Team and Help Guide Professional Development in MN Adult Ed!
We are currently seeking applications for ABE teachers and administrators to serve on the Adult Career Pathway (ACP) Professional Development (PD) Advisory Team. This team is tasked with designing relevant, meaningful, and effective PD for practitioners around career-related programming, with a focus on Integrated Education & Training (IET) in the coming year. We need representatives who are both new AND experienced with IET to make the advisory team as effective as possible! Read More
Suicide Prevention and Awareness
As we grieve the loss of our colleague and previous MDE State Director of ABE, Todd Wagner, this is a time to raise awareness about suicide, become knowledgeable about mental health resources, and reduce stigma about this topic that is often seen as taboo by many. Read More
Evidence-Based Reading Instruction (EBRI) in the 2021-2022 School Year
While ATLAS will not be running a STudent Achievement in Reading (STAR) cohort in the upcoming school year, there will be a variety of regional, program, and statewide trainings on Evidence-Based Reading Instruction (EBRI) that cover the essential components of reading. Check out what's in store! Read More
Summer Institute 2021: We Need YOU!
Preparations for Summer Institute 2021 are in high gear, and now is your opportunity jump on board! You can now register, submit a workshop proposal (due May 31) or poster session proposal (due August 5), and sign up to provide some tech co-hosting at the virtual Institute. Get a brief preview of what's in store, and find out how to contribute YOUR expertise to make it another great conference this year! Read More
Join an Advisory Team and Help Guide Professional Development in MN Adult Ed!
Do you like thinking about how we grow as professional educators in ABE? Interested in helping design workshops, study circles, job-embedded cohort-experiences, conferences, and other professional development (PD) events? Five advisory teams are assembling now, and YOUR expertise may be just what we need! Read More
Using Classkick in the Virtual ABE Classroom
Classkick is an ed tech tool that allows an instructor to build web-based slides that can be presentations, assessments, interactive assignments, or all three at once. Classkick has proven to be extremely helpful for introducing many of the digital skills that are so critical for teaching and learning during the pandemic. Read More
Increasing Student Persistence and Retention at Adult Education Center-Columbia Heights/Fridley
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Adult Education Center-Columbia Heights/Fridley (CHF) was faced with the challenge of pivoting to online classes without any preparation or training. What seemed at first to be a daunting task turned out to be a positive experience after the program decided to adopt and implement BurlingtonEnglish as a core curriculum for lower level ESL classes. Read More
Assist your Learners in Applying for Emergency Broadband Services
Many jobs and schools moved to distance work during the pandemic, resulting in the need for households to be better connected to the internet. This further brought out the country's struggle with digital equity. Learn more about the Emergency Broadband Benefit, a temporary benefit from the FCC for people affected by the pandemic. Read More
I Think My Student Has Dyslexia
"I think my student has dyslexia." This is a statement often heard in PANDA’s office. Read on to find out facts and symptoms of dyslexia, as well as best practices in teaching an individual with dyslexia and next steps if you have a student you suspect has dyslexia. Read More