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![Do you know about PANDA’s Supplemental Disability Registration Form?](https://atlasabe.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/panda-forms-screenshot.png)
Do you know about PANDA’s Supplemental Disability Registration Form?
PANDA's Supplemental Disability Registration Form can help determine if a student has a disability. Simply add this question to your current registration form. The supplemental form is available in English, Spanish and Somali. Read More
![Skills Commons for Developing a Future Pathway](https://atlasabe.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/skills-commons-homepg.png)
Skills Commons for Developing a Future Pathway
As ABE teachers we want to help our students achieve their individual goals, but we often struggle with a lack of time and resources. Check out this repository of free online resources that highlight innovation and out-of-the-box thinking for helping adult learners reach their career and training goals. Read More
![Distance Learning Best Practices and Success Stories: PART 2](https://atlasabe.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/distance-learning-student-pexels.jpg)
Distance Learning Best Practices and Success Stories: PART 2
Learn from other MN ABE practitioners as they share stories about a distance learning (DL) decision, practice, learner, programming change, teacher, or administrative action that made a positive impact and could benefit the field. Read More
![Distance Learning Best Practices and Success Stories: PART 1](https://atlasabe.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/distance-learning-student-pexels.jpg)
Distance Learning Best Practices and Success Stories: PART 1
Learn from other MN ABE practitioners as they share stories about a distance learning (DL) decision, practice, learner, programming change, teacher, or administrative action that made a positive impact and could benefit the field. Read More
![New! CCRS Video Discussion Guides: Free Professional Development Resource!](https://atlasabe.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jessica-esl-video2.png)
New! CCRS Video Discussion Guides: Free Professional Development Resource!
Check out the Video Discussion Guides that accompany the new CCRS in the ABE Classroom videos. These guides provide teachers, volunteers, and educators with targeted, thoughtful questions that will enable viewers to get the most out of the CCRS videos. Read More
![Word-Level Focused Activities to Help Low-Literacy ESL Learners Decode: PART 1](https://atlasabe.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/magnifying-glass-investigate-pixabay.jpg)
Word-Level Focused Activities to Help Low-Literacy ESL Learners Decode: PART 1
Focusing on word beginnings and word families can help learners recognize patterns, which can improve their ability to decode words. Help your adult ESL learners recognize word patterns with this alphabetics routine. Read More
![Build capacity. Invest in new leadership. Host a Minnesota Literacy Leader!](https://atlasabe.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/americorps-vista.png)
Build capacity. Invest in new leadership. Host a Minnesota Literacy Leader!
Learn how you can increase organizational capacity at minimal cost, increase your impact, and invest in the next generation of literacy leaders with the Minnesota Literacy Leadership program. Read More
![Register Now for the Technology Integration Initiative 2019 Cohort!](https://atlasabe.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cellphones-adults-pexels.jpg)
Register Now for the Technology Integration Initiative 2019 Cohort!
The 2019 Technology Integration Initiative (TII) Cohort will focus on using mobile devices for learning, both in and out of the classroom. Sign up now for this 5-month PD initiative! Read More
![Diana’s ELL Writing Routine: Days 1-5](https://atlasabe.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/notetaking-writing-pexels.jpg)
Diana’s ELL Writing Routine: Days 1-5
A small body of writing research supports a set of principles for effective writing instruction. Learn more about what a multi-day writing routine looks like, so you can adapt and adjust it to the reality of your class schedule and student population. Read More
![Lunch & Learn: Pathways to College Success](https://atlasabe.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/online-meeting-pixabay.jpg)
Lunch & Learn: Pathways to College Success
Join the One-Room Schoolhouse (ORSH) Group in Schoology on Nov. 29 at noon as Melissa and Jodi discuss the Lake Superior College's collaborative program with ABE, Pathways to College Success. Join them "live" or come back to view and partake in the discussion after the fact. Read More