See below for upcoming SABES PD events for ESOL, or check out the ESOL Upcoming Events Calendar tab anytime!

Note: you are welcome to request ESOL instructional coaching for program staff. If interested, please email Dorothy McCormack, Director (dmccormack@edc.org), Kate Anderson, Assistant Director (kateanderson@edc.org), or Cynthia Faulkner, Adult ESOL and Professional Development Specialist (cfaulkner@edc.org).

All PD offerings are online and facilitated unless indicated otherwise.

Monday, February 16

ESOL Assessment: How Do You and Your Students Know They Are Learning? (Online Blended)

In this series of self-directed and facilitated virtual sessions, you will learn how to use a variety of assessments and the principles of backward design in both remote and in-person ESOL classes. 

• Feb. 16, 2026   |  Course opens at 9 a.m. for independent activities
• Feb. 23, 2026   |   10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
• Mar. 2, 2026    |   10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
• Mar. 9, 2026    |   10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Collaboration Events

Promoting English Learners’ Success Through Scaffolding

Come see how to scaffold learning so that ALL learners can have success with complex tasks regardless of their English proficiency levels! Scaffolding includes building on learners’ prior knowledge, promoting supportive classroom interactions, providing language supports and tools, and assessing when learners are ready to move to the next level of complexity. The examples of scaffolding techniques provided for beginning through advanced English learners enable participants to consider the applications to their settings in both ESOL and ABE classes.

• Feb. 24, 2026  |  1 - 3 p.m.

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. 

• Mar. 2, 2026    |  Modules open at 9 a.m.
• Apr. 17, 2026   |  Course closes at 11:59 p.m.