Distance Learning: Expanding and Strengthening
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Distance Learning: Expanding and Strengthening
The pandemic has changed our service delivery methods virtually overnight, as distance learning (DL) has become the exclusive means by which we teach students. The DL Support Team has been working overtime with state staff to help develop policies, practices, and resources to support everyone during this challenging time. 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
ACEing Your To-Do List with Trello
With COVID-19 we have all had new responsibilities added to our plates. We are learning to manage as homeschoolers, as caregivers, as remote workers, and as distance learners. I wanted to find a tool that could help with keeping all of these new moving parts organized, and what I found is an app called Trello. 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
ABE Voices Across the Distance: Snapshot of the New Normal from a Beginning Level ESL Teacher
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 Amy Van Steenwyk, a Beginning Level teacher working at the Cedar-Riverside Adult Education Collaborative in Minneapolis. Read More
Updates and Information from the Distance Learning Support Team
The DL Support Team is working to help ABE staff make a successful transition to serving learners online. Read on for resources and updates which can help you and your students be successful in this new and challenging environment. Read More