Registration Deadline: THU. 5/7/20 Join Literacy Minnesota ABE and ESL trainers for a virtual workshop on how to be an effective tutor from a distance! Learn best practices for connecting and communicating one-on-one with learners on the phone or online, get suggestions for correcting errors and giving feedback in a virtual setting, and discover language […]

Registration Deadline: THU. 5/7/20 Therese Badenoch and Jessica Jones, teachers at Literacy Minnesota, will facilitate this webinar will be a follow up to the Intro to Moby Max webinar held in February 2020. You can find that webinar recording on the MN ABE Professional Development YouTube channel. If you're just past the "newbie" stage of […]

Registration Deadline: THU. 5/7/20 Join ATLAS and Literacy Minnesota, with hosts Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt and Andrea Echelberger, for a panel presentation of ABE educators who are making the most of their online instructional time.

Registration Deadline: WED. 5/6/20 Presented by Rodolfo Gutierrez, executive director of HACER (Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research), this is the story of millions of people residing together in the United States from diverse origins. We’ll look at how Latino communities are seen in the U.S. and in Minnesota, and how the single label […]

Registration deadline: MON. 5/4/20 ABE Teacher Virtual Coffee Break: Classes may be cancelled, but learning isn’t! Join Literacy Minnesota's ESL Training Coordinator, Andrea Echelberger, and ATLAS Director Patsy Egan on Monday, May 4 from 1:00-2:00 pm for an informal virtual coffee break! Let’s connect during these distanced times and check in about the following: How are […]

Registration Deadline: FRI. 5/1/20  Do your students stop thinking about text once they have identified a main idea? Do they struggle to identify what details support an idea? Are they uncertain how to evaluate the quality of details within a text? If so, join us to try guided practice activities designed for ABE students. These […]

Registration deadline: THU. 4/30/20 ABE Teacher Virtual Coffee Break: Classes may be cancelled, but learning isn’t! Join ATLAS Numeracy Coordinator Lindsey Cermak on Thursday, April 30, at 1:00 pm for an informal virtual coffee break! Let's connect during these distanced times and check in about the following: How are you managing to teach math right […]

Registration Deadline: THU. 4/30/20 You are invited to join the Minnesota Department of Education ABE office, some ABE Support Network providers, and program staff from around the state to share key updates on how COVID-19 is affecting our statewide Adult Education system. Key topics will include but are not limited to: Assessment Updates Update on […]

Registration Deadline: WED. 4/29/20 Join PANDA manager and Licensed Psychologist, Wendy Sweeney, on Wednesday, April 29 at 1 pm for a coffee break!  A brief overview of how the COVID-19 pandemic can impact mental health along with strategies to manage stress, anxiety and depression to stay mentally well will be shared.  This will be followed […]

Registration Deadline: WED. 4/29/20 This workshop will prepare staff who are responsible for the ABE annual report. Topics: Upcoming reporting deadlines Clean up and collect student info Clean up and collect staff info Turn in Tables A, B, 7 & 13 MDE policy changes and SiD reminders