Welcome to the SABES ESOL Curriculum & Instruction Professional Development Center (ESOL PD Center)
The SABES ESOL Curriculum & Instruction Professional Development Center provided relevant, innovative, high-quality professional development led by local and national subject matter experts and aligned to the Massachusetts Professional Standards for Teachers of Adult Speakers of Other Languages.
To see dates and register for PD events, visit the SABES Calendar.
FEATURED RESOURCES (Find all ESOL Resources at ESOL: Resources, Research, and Curriculum)
What are educators saying?
"I'm so grateful for the extraordinary resources you provide to the ESOL teaching and learning community! Your work is powerful and life-affirming!"
- Professional Development Menu for MA ESOL Professional Standards, including:
- Self-assessment to evaluate strengths and PD needs
- Professional Development Pathways: a helpful guide to sequencing your plan for PD
- SABES Videos aligned to the ESOL Professional Standards
- Links to teaching resources organized by standard
- MA ELPS (Massachusetts English Language Proficiency Standards) - Document and Overview Videos
- Curriculum Planning tools include: (to make a copy of any of the files included in this folder, please click File > Make copy from the menu of options):
- ESOL Lesson Plan Template and Review Guide
- ESOL Scope and Sequence Template and Review Guide
- Unit Planning Template and Review Guide
- Sample lesson, unit, scope, and sequence plans by level.
- Instructional Videos and Lesson Plan
- Tech Skills for ESOL Instruction Session Recording Library
- Classroom-Based Instructional Video Collection
- ESOL Teaching Resources to Promote Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Interested in a snapshot of our year at a glance? Find it here.
Standards-Aligned Resource Collections
- Second Language Acquisition Teaching Resources (Standard 1)
- Components of Language (Standard 2):
- Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Teaching Resources (Standard 3)
- Curriculum and Instructional Planning Resources (Standard 4)
- Assessment Teaching Resources (Standard 5)
- Instructional Delivery Teaching Resources (Standard 6)
Special Topics of Interest:
- NEW! 10 AI Terms Everyone Should Know https://news.microsoft.com/10-ai-terms/?OCID=lock2
- NEW! How AI Works: An entirely non-technical explanation of LLMs https://every.to/p/how-ai-works?
- NEW! U.S. Department of Education Newcomer Toolkit
While focused on K12 and programmatic issues, this resource provides valuable information about newcomers' backgrounds and needs as well as some guidance for effective adult ESOL instruction.
This resource includes classroom materials that address the topic of family separations, detention centers, and unaccompanied minors, along with related recent news items.
- NEW! Statewide Convening on Providing English Language Learning Opportunities to Newly Arrived Migrants December 8, 2023
How the State is Managing and Planning for New Migrants’ English Learning Needs
- Wyvonne Stevens-Carter, State Director Adult and Community Learning Services/MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Ronnie Millar, Director of Strategic Initiatives, MA, Office for Refugees and Immigrants
- Alexandra Papagno, Director, SABES Program Support PD Center
- ESOL Literacy Teaching Resources
- Translanguaging Resources
- Problem-Based Learning Resources
- Project-Based Learning Resources
- Civics and Citizenship Teaching Resources
- Resources to Develop Career-Contextualized ESOL Curriculum
- Learning Differences-Difficulties-Disabilities and Assistive Technology
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
What are educators saying?
"...thanks for offering the series of Google Workspace meetings with Luis Franco. I am a novice and have learned a lot from his well-honed instruction along with the feedback from other more experienced participants."
"I'm happy to say that I already used some of the strategies with my class today, and it was great. Students enjoyed different types of engagement and were able to work on conversational skills as well as presentation skills."
UPCOMING ESOL PD EVENTS (click for details & registration)
March:
- Collaborative Conversations: Sharing Strategies for Teaching Beginning English Learners, Session 3: Ongoing Assessment
- From Class to Classify: Effective, Research-Based Vocabulary Instruction for English Learners
Collaboration with other C&I Centers:
- The Art of Teaching Adults: Integrating Content and Professional Standards into Instruction
- Supporting and Engaging English Learners in ABE Classes
COACHING AND PROGRAM-BASED PD
We also offer coaching and program-based PD to help you with ESOL instructional approaches and strategies, curriculum development and planning, assessment, culturally responsive teaching, and more.
To inquire about coaching or PD tailored to you or your program needs, don't hesitate to get in touch with ESOL PD Center Director, Dori McCormack at dmccormack@edc.org. We'd love to hear from you to develop your individualized plan for coaching and PD.
THE ESOL PD CENTER TEAM:
- Director: Dori McCormack - dmccormack@edc.org
- Assistant Director: Kate Anderson - kateanderson@edc.org
ESOL: Upcoming Events
Collaborative Conversations: Sharing Strategies for Teaching Beginning English Learners, Session 4: Setting Up An "Extensive Reading" System (Online Facilitated)
Teaching beginning English language learners is rewarding, and not without unique challenges. This series of monthly conversations is an opportunity...
Problem-Based Learning: An Approach That Works (Online Facilitated)
Addressing complex, real-world problems in class is an authentic and relevant context for ESOL and ABE instruction. It creates opportunities...
Cultivating an Equitable Teaching and Learning Environment: Moving to Action (Online Facilitated)
This two-part workshop focuses on equity as it pertains to the adult education classroom. With guidance and facilitation by Dr...
ESOL : Videos
In this 23-minute video, you will be introduced to the critical elements of Instructional Delivery - Standard 6. Feel free to view and re-view this video as part of your work in familiarizing yourself
This brief introductory video focuses on the purposes and benefits of different forms of assessment in the ESOL classroom, with a particular focus on how each form of assessment supports teaching and
ESOL: Resources, Research and Curriculum
In the video series, From Awareness to Action: Culturally Responsive Teaching in the Adult ESOL Classroom, you will see a teacher demonstrating these...
This video viewing guide accompanies the video From Awareness to Action: Culturally Responsive Teaching in Adult ESOL, Standard 3 CRST . It was...
This resource is comprised of two separate components: the Massachusetts English Language Proficiency Standards (MA ELPS) document, and three overview...