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ELA Lens: Culturally Responsive Teaching
Culturally responsive teaching is a framework that guides ELA teachers in connecting with who their learners are and where they come from in order to support students’ academic learning, cultural competence, and understanding of how their communities operate…
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The Integrated Education and Training Design Toolkit guides teams or individuals through the planning process for identifying, designing, and implementing an integrated education and training (IET) program that incorporates learner and employer needs. The toolkit is organized into four…
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ELA Lens: Contextualization & Relevance
Contextualized skill instruction engages adult learners in learning ELA skills while building knowledge in important domains of adult life (e.g., civics, science, health, careers, financial literacy). In this type of instruction, adult learners use and…
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Welcome to the ELA Curriculum Hub
Curriculum Basics
Overview of ELA Curriculum
ACLS' Policy for Curriculum & Instruction
Building and Enhancing ELA Curriculum in ABE - self-paced course. Visit the SABES Calendar to register.
Tools for Building and Enhancing ELA Curriculum
ELA Curriculum…
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The English Language Arts Proficiency Guide for Teachers of Adult Basic Education, often referred to as the ELA Proficiency Guide, is based on the ABE Professional Standards. It contains ELA-specific supporting explanations, essential concepts, and observable teacher and student behaviors. See…
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Watch a 15-minute narrated introduction to the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education (CCRSAE) for ELA. This is an update of the similar video created in 2015.
 
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The resources referenced in this video, and additional resources and PD, are…
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Research has identified four essential components to the process of reading and, thus, to reading instruction: alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. WIOA requires ABE programs to provide explicit and systematic instruction in the essential components of reading to…
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This page is intended to help ABE practitioners embed ELA skill instruction in knowledge-building lessons and units related to social studies, science, careers, and other topics of interest to adult learners. The links below lead to websites that can be helpful for finding background…
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Find strategies, tips and sample test questions for the MA Test for Educator's Licensure (MTEL) in the ABE Test Information Booklet. You can access the booklet from the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's ABE Licensure Requirements and Application webpage.
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Click on the resource below to view a list of the English Language Arts professional development events from October 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. Click on an event title to read more and register.
