ACLS defines digital literacy as: the skills associated with using technology to enable users to find, evaluate, organize, create, and communicate information. While many of us focus on the ‘literacy’...
The Digital Literacy and Distance Education team at the SABES Program Support PD Center is pleased to announce our new Zoom Resources page, where you will find our new Intro to Zoom Tutorial video for...
ACLS and SABES are developing plans to promote the ABE Teacher's License, support educators who pursue it, and celebrate those who have earned it. To guide our efforts, we are asking all adult...
The National College Transition Network (NCTN) is seeking recommendations for resources to include in a Personal and Workplace Success Skills Digital Library . The library contains resources to guide...
Are you one of the many instructors who will be teaching your math classes from a distance this semester? Wondering how to teach concepts in a concrete way when you can't be in the same place as your...
As programs plan for reconvening classes in the fall, there are many complex challenges that need to be fully addressed in order to resume instruction that is accessible, safe, and meaningful. The...
Support your students with Evidence-Based Reading Instruction tools and strategies. Support yourself / your colleagues in this endeavor with quality professional development from the SABES ELA...
Aztec is offering a free summer webinar series to help those of you who use Aztec or are interested in learning more about this online product. This webinar series will provide administrators...
Since 1993, the Massachusetts Adult Literacy Hotline (Hotline), has connected adults with over 300 adult education programs that offer one-on-one, small-group, or classroom tutoring and instruction to...
During the changing and challenging circumstances of the current COVID-19 shutdowns, it's important to connect to learners. Advisors can use a variety of tools to offer learners support, share...
Is your online PD accessible? If it's within Blackboard, the answer is a resounding “YES!” When you sign up for online professional development with the SABES ELA and ESOL C&I PD Centers, your courses...
Now, more than ever, we need to support caregivers and children by providing opportunities for families to learn together. We know it can be frustrating and overwhelming for adults to be suddenly...
Advising is an integral part of adult education, and an increasing focus on effective advising shows exciting potential to create responsive and persistence-focused adult education programs...
Good day. How are you managing? There is a lot to manage, for us and our students. We will help by sifting through the vast amounts of information related to COVID-19 and to distance teaching and...
During the changing and challenging circumstances of the current COVID-19 shutdowns, it's important to connect to learners. Advisors can use a variety of tools to offer learners support, share...
Looking for ideas to introduce your adult students to online tools? Check out our list of free and fun resources!
Effective teaching in adult ESOL includes many elements, which are conveniently summarized in the Massachusetts Professional Standards for Teachers of Adult ESOL . The seven standards in this document...
When Donna Curry, the director of the Math and Numeracy Curriculum and Instruction PD Center, started teaching many years ago, she says she taught "just as she had been taught." There was only one way...
What makes an effective ELA teacher? How might you recognize it, in yourself or others? There are SO many ways into this question. Countless books and papers exist on this topic. One approach is to...
All adult learners deserve to receive high-quality instruction from effective teachers. There are many factors that impact student learning; however, research has shown that the single most...
