Welcome to the SABES English Language Arts Curriculum & Instruction Professional Development Team (ELA PD Team)

What's New?

About Us

The SABES ELA PD Team provides ELA professional development and support, including self-paced courses, online and in-person workshops, coaching, and resources related to ELA curriculum and instruction. Based at World Education, a division of JSI, in Boston, MA, we serve DESE-funded adult education programs throughout Massachusetts.

Have a question or idea? Need a coach? Write to us!

See ALL currently scheduled ELA PD (including online self-paced courses) or search the SABES PD Calendar. See the SABES ELA PD Year-at-a-Glance to help plan your ELA professional development for the year. Note that participants from MA ACLS-funded programs have priority for event registration, but others are welcome as space allows.

Coaching and program-based PD are available to ACLS-funded programs on request. Please write to us to request specific PD or coaching.

Key Resources

Find all ELA resources at ELA: Resources, Research, and Curriculum, or browse our curated pages:

• SABES PD Pathways
• ELA Proficiency Guide for Teachers of ABE
• ELA Curriculum Hub
• Evidence-Based Reading Instruction (EBRI)
• Text Complexity and Text Selection
• Priority Lenses: Assessment; CCRSAE & Standards-Based Teaching; Contextualization and Relevance; Culturally Responsive Teaching; Differentiation; Digital Literacy and Technology; Evidence-Based Instruction
• SABES ELA Video Gallery
• SABES Coaching Hub

Featured Courses and Resources

Back-to-School SABES ELA Resources

English Language Arts Foundations Academy - New for FY27!

SABES ELA PD Team EBRI Series: Complete at least 8 hours of EBRI PD and earn an EBRI Certificate!