Adult and Community Learning Services (ACLS) is a unit of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE). SABES is the adult education professional development (PD) system of ACLS. 

The SABES PD System provides PD offerings that are responsive to the Massachusetts AE Standards for High Quality Professional Development (HQPD). View the ALCS monthly mailings, posted each month to the ACLS website. The ACLS monthly mailings contain materials that are important to adult education programs and that will help to serve our current and future students as well.

View our short videos about the Massachusetts Adult Education System and Massachusetts High School Equivalency  options here.

ACLS : Upcoming Events

10/17/2025

BEST Plus 3.0 Webinar and Listening Session (Online Facilitated)

Join Adult and Community Learning Services (ACLS) and UMass Amherst's Center for Educational Assessment (CEA) for a webinar and listening...

ACLS : Videos

ACLS : Resources, Research and Curriculum

Resource

The attached PDF contains important information for all programs using Aztec in FY24.

ACLS: Our Team