ABE Professional Development Updates

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New opportunity!Career Focused Basic Skills Course

Career Focused Basic Skills Curriculum and Program Development Course for instructors & administrators:

Learn about LaGuardia’s successful, evidence-based contextualized and integrated career training programs

Receive classroom-tested lesson plans and teaching materials (instructors)

Design career-focused lessons (instructors)

Explore LaGuardia's recommended best practices for successful program redesign (administrators)

Develop rationale & strategies for implementing key program features (administrators)

Upcoming PD: Mark your calendars

ACES for Administrators Webinar – Oct. 20, 1:30-3:00

North Regional, Bemidji – Oct. 22-23

South Regional, Mankato – Oct. 30

Volunteer Management Conference – Nov. 13

ABE Support Services Conference – Nov. 19-20

Web Chat with MNABE – Dec. 9, 1:00-2:15

Language & Literacy Institute – Jan. 28-29 Includes a full-day CCRS ELA shifts workshop!

Online UDL training – available in January

ABE Narrative Writers’ Workshop

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Minnesota Department of Education

Conference Center B, Room CC-15

ABE consortia submitting narratives in 2016

1. American Indian OIC

2. DOC

3. Faribault County

4. Freshwater-Staples

5. North Central-St. Cloud

6. RAVE

7. South Washington County

8. SE ABE

1-Room Schoolhouse Project

Goals: Facilitate collaborations among 1-room

schoolhouse practitioners statewide

Identify and share program structures and instructional strategies for meeting student needs and addressing state priorities

Activities: Online collaboration via Wiggio group

Webinars

*Watch for more info on how to get involved in your October 20 issue of ABE Connect!

MN ABE Connect

Changes in response to your feedback… Weekly publication (each Tuesday)

Only 3 articles per issue

New email format

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Meet your ABE Supplemental Service Providers…

Activity FY16 Provider

Professional development ATLAS

Volunteer & outreach Minnesota Literacy Council

Technology training Minnesota Literacy Council

Disability training & support PANDA

DL training & services St. Paul

Assessment training & services

SW ABE

Program quality support Literacy Action Network

GED/diploma PD Minneapolis

Transition services MWCA