See below for upcoming SABES PD events for English Language Arts. Or, check out the ELA Upcoming Events Calendar tab anytime!
Note: you are welcome to request ELA instructional coaching for program staff. If interested, please submit a Contact Us request.
All PD offerings are online and facilitated unless indicated otherwise.
Wednesday, April 17
Project-Based Learning: An Approach That Works
Navigating twenty-first century life seems to involve one complex project after another! Find out how to transfer this reality to the adult education classroom via meaningful classroom projects. These projects not only draw on and develop an array of language and literacy skills, but also enhance "soft" employability skills such as critical thinking, effective communication, ability to collaborate, and self-management.
- 2:00 - 4:00pm
Monday, April 22
Using the ELA Proficiency Guide to Enhance Teaching and Learning - April (Self-Paced Modules)
This online, self-paced course introduces ABE/ASE practitioners and instructional leaders to the ELA Proficiency Guide, which applies the Massachusetts ABE Professional Standards specifically to ELA instruction. The course includes self-reflection activities that culminate in the development of a professional learning goal.
- 8:00am (Self-paced course opens)
Wednesday, April 24
Scaffolded Writing Strategies: From Sentences to Paragraphs
Learn specific instructional strategies for teaching basic writing skills to struggling writers, particularly students with language-based learning disabilities (LBLD), such as dyslexia.
- 2:30 - 4:30pm
Thursday, April 25
Assessing Writing: Diagnostic, Formative, and Summative Strategies (Boston)
In this one-day workshop, learn effective strategies for creating diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments of student writing.
- 10:00am - 2:00pm
Monday, April 29
The Recipe for Success: The CCRSAE and Instructional Shifts for ELA - April (Self-Paced Modules)
What: This engaging, self-paced course provides an overview of the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education for English Language Arts and Literacy (CCRSAE-ELA).
Why: For standards-aligned curricula and standards-aligned teaching, you need to know the standards!
- 7:00am (Self-paced course opens)
