Is your program interested in hosting a PD session by national expert Mary Ann Corley on formative assessment for reading and writing in May 2019? (In-house—no travel time for your staff!) Please contact the ELA Curriculum and Instruction PD Center director, Evonne Peters, at epeters@qcc.mass.edu...

Read the latest blog by Melissa Braaten of the SABES Math Center on The Case for Statistical Literacy Across Content Areas (Part 1). This special cross-center piece currently appears on the SABES ELA blog Reflect & Connect: The Reflective Practitioner. Parts 1 and 2 of the piece will also appear in...

World Education, Inc. (WEI) is delighted to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Massachusetts Adult Literacy Hotline, which, thanks to funding from ACLS, we have been privileged to develop and coordinate since its inception in 1992. For 25 years, the Hotline has found resources for adult learners...

Are you looking for a job or looking to share an adult education/ESOL job opening in Massachusetts? See the list below for job openings. Job openings are posted in the order that we have received them, with the most recent openings at the top of the list. The date before the name of the job opening...

Critical Friends for ELA is: A facilitated group of teachers that meets several times to analyze assignments and resulting student work A form of professional development with both an immediate effect and a lasting impact on strengthening your teaching and the learning experiences of your students A...

The Adult and Community Learning Services (ACLS) unit of the Massachusetts Department of Education (ESE) is dedicated to helping adult educators improve their practice through participation in High Quality Professional Development (HQPD). Per ESE, HQPD is “a set of coherent learning experiences that...

There are many amazing practitioners across our state. Think of the wisdom, experience, and curiosity represented therein. While our classrooms and students are unique, we have in common the challenges and wonders that we face. There are many, many excellent education blogs in existence, but most...

ADULT EDUCATION: CHANGING LIVES (6:02 - Transcript) How does adult education change lives? This video features three students working toward their dreams by participating in free or low-cost adult education programs in Massachusetts. Hear their stories, as well as interviews with their adult...

The SABES PD Communication Center collaborated with ACLS on a short video entitled What You Need to Know about Getting Your High School Equivalency Credential. Video Transcript | Watch on Vimeo Resources Shared in the Video High School Equivalency Testing Program Info: www.doe.mass.edu/hse...

Overview of the STAR Initiative The STudent Achievement in Reading (STAR) initiative focuses on building the reading skills of intermediate level adult learners (GLE 4.0–8.9). STAR is explicitly listed as one of the ways in which OCTAE “supports states in meeting these new WIOA requirements”. Years...