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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.
Advising and Student Support Services
Art of Advising (Self-Paced Modules)
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. *There are only 2 seats remaining for this offering.
- Jan. 20, 2026 | Modules open at 9 a.m.
- March 3, 2026 | Course closes at 11:59 p.m.
RESCHEDULED Advisors Sharing Group
The Advisors Sharing Group is a peer-facilitated space for advisors to provide program updates, discuss and troubleshoot common challenges, and share resources, promising practices, and more. *There are only 2 seats remaining for this offering.
- Jan. 29, 2026 | 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Digital Literacy
KET FastForward® in Corrections
Discover how KET’s FastForward® is removing barriers to high school equivalency in corrections through flexible, secure, personalized, and results-driven online learning.
- Jan. 9, 2026 | 10 -11 a.m.
Newsela Certified Educator Program (Self-Paced Modules)
This three-module, self-paced course is an introduction to the foundations of Newsela.
- Jan. 12, 2026 | Modules open at 9 a.m.
- June 30, 2026 | Course closes at 11:59 p.m.
Engaging Online Instruction for Literacy-Level (January)
Serving learners who are developing literacy in both their native language, English, as well as the digital world, presents unique challenges. Virtual learning has advanced a great deal in recent years, but too often, literacy-level learners don’t receive these services because of the challenges associated with teaching them online. This interactive workshop will equip you with concrete, imaginative strategies to reach and teach these students successfully in a virtual environment.
- Jan. 14, 2026 | 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Join this Aztec Q&A Training for a session on best practices, whether you have a question you would like answered or if you are attending to learn more.
- Jan. 16, 2026 | 10 - 11 a.m.
Embedding Culturally Responsive Practices with Newsela (Self-Paced Modules)
This self-paced course helps you use Newsela to connect diverse adult learners' lives to classroom materials, boost their engagement, and improve their comprehension.
- Jan. 19, 2026 | Modules open at 9 a.m.
- June 30, 2026 | Course closes at 11:59 p.m.
Digital Literacy Sharing Group
Instructors, tech specialists, and directors across all adult education settings (corrections, libraries, adult learning centers, workforce development, and more!) are invited to the peer-facilitated Digital Literacy Sharing Group. Join us to connect with fellow educators, share resources and strategies, ask questions, and explore new ideas and practices to strengthen digital literacy and technology integration in your program or classroom. Let's empower students and staff with essential digital skills!
- Jan. 20, 2026 | 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Supporting Multilingual Learners with Newsela
Join this session to identify and scaffold resources to support the unique needs of multilingual learners (MLLs). Promote word recognition and language comprehension with activities that attend to each language domain: reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
- Jan. 23, 2026 | 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Cross-Curricular Literacy with Newsela
Learn how Newsela supports cross-curricular literacy by offering leveled texts, tools, and strategies for building student comprehension, subject-specific reading, and disciplinary assessment practices.
- Jan. 30, 2026 | 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Educational Leadership & Program Management
Volunteer Coordinators Sharing Group
Volunteer coordinators play a critical role; their work in recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers helps ensure that students have both access to high-quality instruction and support in and beyond the classroom. If your work involves working with volunteers, the Volunteer Coordinators Sharing Group is an opportunity for you to connect with fellow volunteer coordinators, share resources and strategies, ask questions, and explore new ideas and practices to strengthen your volunteer program.
- Jan. 13, 2026 | 12:30 - 2 p.m.
Continuous Improvement Planning (Online Blended)
Imagine your program in a year, or even five years: What will be new or different? What will you have achieved together, and how will you have gotten there? What new insights will you have gained? How will this benefit your students? The Continuous Improvement Planning course is a unique opportunity to bring together students, staff, and partners to answer these questions and more. Join this course to explore collaborative and data-driven strategies for evaluating your program, setting a shared vision, and charting a course for strengthening your program and student outcomes.
- Jan. 19, 2026 | 9 a.m. Session opens for pre-work
Directors must balance complex staff and student needs, local policies and protocols, and state guidance as they design, lead, and adapt programs, instructional practices, and program culture. The Directors Sharing Group is a peer-facilitated opportunity for directors to network, share resources and strategies, ask questions, and learn from and with one another.
- Jan. 22, 2026 | 10 - 11:30 a.m.
LACES
This session discusses the process of managing your waitlist through various searches and features in LACES.
- Jan. 13, 2026 | 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Collaboration Events
Introduction To Teaching Skills That Matter (Self-Paced Modules)
This introduction to the Teaching Skills That Matter in Adult Education provides an overview of the TSTM instructional framework and the TSTM Toolkit. The introduction also provides materials and guidance to train teachers to incorporate the skills that matter into adult education programming by using instructional approaches that work across relevant topic focus areas that are connected to student needs. Using the TSTM project’s tools and training, adult education teachers can teach the transferable skills students need in these critical contexts.
- Jan. 5, 2026 | Modules open at 9 a.m.
- Feb. 13, 2026 | Course closes at 11:59 p.m.
