Brooke Machado teaches a remote high school level Social Studies/ELA class on the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, using close reading strategies to
Welcome to the SABES English Language Arts Curriculum & Instruction Professional Development Center (ELA PD Center)
What's New?
About Us
The SABES ELA PD Center provides ELA professional development and support including self-paced modules, recorded webinars, live sessions, multi-layered courses, coaching, consulting, and resources related to curriculum and instruction. Based at World Education in Boston, MA, we serve adult education programs throughout Massachusetts.
Have a question or idea? Need a coach? Write to us!
Evonne Peters, Director (evonne_peters@worlded.org)
Karen Greaves, Instruction and PD Specialist (karen_greaves@worlded.org)
Zoe Reinecke, Project Coordinator (zoe_reinecke@worlded.org)
PD Opportunities
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:
- Top 10 SABES ELA Resources for Practitioners
- 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 (incl. STAR)
- Research
- SABES Video Gallery
ACLS-funded programs continue to have access to a statewide Newsela account for FY24.
ELA: Upcoming Events
04/22/2024
Using the ELA Proficiency Guide to Enhance Teaching and Learning - April (Self-Paced Modules)
This online, self-paced course introduces ABE/ASE practitioners and instructional leaders to the ELA Proficiency Guide , which applies the Massachusetts...
04/24/2024
Scaffolded Writing Strategies: From Sentences to Paragraphs (Online Facilitated)
Learn specific instructional strategies for teaching basic writing skills to struggling writers, particularly students with language-based learning disabilities ( LBLD...
04/29/2024
The Recipe for Success: The CCRSAE and Instructional Shifts for ELA - April (Self-Paced Modules)
What: This engaging, self-paced course provides an overview of the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education for English...
ELA : Videos
VIDEO|ELA
Topic:
EBRI (Evidence-Based Reading Instruction), ELA
VIDEO|ELA
Watch and listen to how the teacher builds background knowledge, then models and scaffolds close reading using a complex, primary-source text—the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Find
Topic:
CCRSAE (College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education), EBRI (Evidence-Based Reading Instruction), ELA
VIDEO|ELA
From ABE Professional Standards to the ELA Proficiency Guide View the video above to see how the ELA Proficiency Guide is connected to the Massachusetts ABE Professional Standards and why it is an
Topic:
ELA, New Staff, Professional Standards
ELA: Resources, Research and Curriculum
Resource
The Massachusetts Professional Standards for Teachers of Adult Basic Education (often referred to as the ABE Professional Standards ) outlines what is...
Curriculum
At the beginning of 2024, the SABES English Language Arts (ELA) PD Center partnered with colleagues at World Education to host our first iteration of...
Resource
The SABES ELA PD Center has developed three ELA What-to-Look-For guides (a.k.a., "Look-For" guides) in collaboration with ACLS to support teacher...
