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More ELA and Math CCRS Teacher Workouts!
The next group of CCRS Teacher Workouts is here - this time with a focus on academic vocabulary and more math content. These are quick and focused support activities for CCRS ELA and math instruction. Check them out to strengthen your knowledge of vocabulary and Math Shifts and Practices! Read More
Free (To You) Online Testing Administrations
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a major disruption in our lives, and the lives of our students. The pandemic even forced our Minnesota Adult Education Support Network to cancel or postpone many events last spring. But we discovered other ways to provide similar services, and unspent funds were used to purchase online test administrations for both CASAS and TABE. Read More
Enrolling New Students? Update Your Hotline Description to Let Everyone Know!
The Adult Literacy Hotline has continued to take inquiries from prospective students during the pandemic – and we need your help! These instructions will show you how to easily update your Hotline description and make it easier for new learners to find you. Read More
ABE Summer Institute Information & Updates
Join your ABE colleagues August 19-20, 2020 for Minnesota’s first virtual ABE Summer Institute! The following is a list of important news, deadlines, and handy links. Be sure and check them all out so you don’t miss anything! Read More
Remote One-to-One Tutoring Keeps Learning Going at Open Door Learning Center
Learn how Open Door Learning Center instructor Lloyd Brown has created a one-to-one volunteer tutoring program to keep students learning remotely and progressing during the pandemic. Read More
Recording Distance Learning Contact and Proxy Hours
The migration of ABE classes online has created many challenges in terms of counting and recording proxy hours. In coordination with MDE staff, the DL Support team is providing some clarifications. Read More
Virtual Poster Sessions – Summer Institute 2020!
Has the memory of a tragic glue stick “incident” in first grade kept you from doing a Summer Institute Poster Session in the past? Well, this is your year! Poster sessions (along with the rest of the conference) have gone virtual. No glue sticks or construction paper required! Read More
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
Integrated Education & Training – Tools of the Trade!
Integrated education and training (IET) is a proven approach to building effective adult career pathway programs. We have lots of great information, guidance and tools to assist MN ABE programs in building IET programs and defining an integrated single set of learning objectives. Check them out! Read More
At the Beginning & At a Distance: ESL Teachers at Lower Levels Share Virtual Teaching Wisdom
Literacy and Beginning Level ESL teachers are finding creative ways to continue to deliver high-quality instruction to their learners from a distance! On May 29, 2020, a trio of beginning level teachers ESL shared their approaches to distance education in an ATLAS webinar attended by participants from as far away as Australia! Read More