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PSPD offers individual and program-based coaching for staff in any role looking to grow and strengthen their practice in any of our key priority areas, which include educational leadership and program management, advising, career pathways, digital literacy, and ADA coordination. We also offer individual coaching and support for those looking to acquire a professional ABE license. If interested, please submit a Contact Us request.
All PD offerings are online and facilitated unless indicated otherwise.
Professional Development: “On Demand” When Your Schedule Allows! (Self-Paced Modules)
Different times work best for busy adult educators to attend PD. Did you know you can access PD when it’s most convenient for you? Visit our online asynchronous courses, including series that focus on Digital Literacy and Advising. You can find these courses on the Program Support's On-Demand PD Google Site, which offers more than 30 sessions organized according to seven strands.
Advising and Student Support Services
Art of Advising (Online Blended)
Art of Advising introduces practical tools, strategies, and approaches for staff whose primary responsibility is advising. Content and activities focus on effective practices aligned with Indicator of Program Quality #7 (IPQ7). IPQ7 addresses the equitable delivery of advising and support services to help students identify and make progress towards educational and career goals. While this offering is geared towards staff who are new to the advisor role, it can also benefit experienced advisors seeking to refresh their knowledge and skills.
- September 15, 2025 | 8:00 a.m (course opens for pre-work)
Digital Literacy
In this session, you will learn about BurlingtonEnglish’s fully blended, comprehensive curriculum, their innovative and individualized speech-processing, and their training platform that meets every English language learner's needs. This session is a great fit for you if your program has not yet begun to use BurlingtonEnglish and would like to request seats for the next school year!
- September 12, 2025 | 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Aztec for Beginners/Refresher Training
Are you an Aztec user and would like to deepen your skills? Or has it been awhile, and you could use a refresher on all of the Aztec tools available? In this session, you will strengthen your ability to customize support for your learners by exploring both the student and administrative resources in Aztec.
- September 19, 2025 | 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Educational Leadership
Foundations for New Staff (Self-Paced Modules)
No matter what your role or title, if you work in the field of adult education, you are part of a national network of professionals who are working together to make sure that everyone has the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive. You play a critical role in this mission, so this course introduces and connects you to the systems and people that drive this work. The Foundations for New Staff (FNS) asynchronous online course comprises five modules that together will provide you with that orientation, including an overview of the field, an overview of professional development opportunities, effective teaching and advising, and program and practitioner accountability.
- September 15, 2025 | 8:00 a.m. (self-paced course opens)
LACES
This two-part training is an overview of how to use LACES (the statewide data management information system, or MIS) for your student, class, and staff data.
- September 17 and 18, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
This webinar discusses how to utilize scheduled future services as a way to best serve your continuing students while maintaining data integrity.
- September 25, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
