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Find it! Prove it! is a contextualized science unit developed for a science/English language arts class at the intermediate level (GLE 4–8). This unit emphasizes evidence-based reading instruction (EBRI) and incorporates important ACLS curricular lenses, including differentiation and…
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Be Your Own Boss is a 10-lesson unit that prepares students to use math and reasoning to make big decisions. It teaches about small business ownership through real stories using authentic student voices. Throughout the unit, students will follow the stories of four adult education students who own…
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Meet the new FY23 Digital Literacy Advisory Group members and a digital literacy tool they use.
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The SABES ELA Center has aligned its professional development and curated resources with the ABE Professional Standards. Click on the Standards below to see related PD and resources. DOMAIN PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE (K) INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE (P) CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT (C) …
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This page gives you information about how to target certain professional standards for your professional learning. The SABES ELA Center offers professional development opportunities and curates resources related to the MA ABE Professional Standards. The Standards and their corresponding Indicators…
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The ELA FOCUS Reflections, available as embedded tools in the ELA Proficiency Guide and as separate documents on this page, provide one means for teachers to self-assess their practice in relation to the ABE Professional Standards. Teachers check off areas that they would like more information…
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ELA Self-Evaluation Tool (ELA-SET) is an online tool that offers an opportunity for MA ELA teachers to reflect on their ELA practice by responding to 30 items. Each item is aligned with an ABE Professional Standard, and teachers receive scores that indicate which Standards seem to be …
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The primary goal of the Integrating Digital Literacy and Problem-Solving into Instruction project was to accelerate learning for adult students by improving their use of technology to solve problems and communicate with others, while increasing their digital literacy. The lessons in this packet…
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Language has a profound influence on how people think about the world as well as how they move through and engage with it. The BBC Future article "The Weird Way Language Affects Our Sense of Time and Space," written by Mariam Frankel and Matt Warren, the co-authors of Are You…
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There are many ways to learn about teaching, and sometimes watching other teachers model effective practices is extremely helpful.  Here is a collection of classroom-based teaching videos showing activities, techniques, and approaches in the ESOL classroom.  Topics include strategies for…