SABES, the Massachusetts adult education (AE) professional development (PD) system, provides high quality PD and support to increase educator effectiveness and strengthen programs.
SABES Professional Development
Curriculum & Instruction PD Centers
- Content knowledge
- Curriculum and instruction
- Instructional leadership
- Learning disabilities and difficulties
- Integration of digital literacy
- Diagnostic, formative, and summative assessment
- Professional standards
- Anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion
Additional Resources, PD, and Support
- Website, calendar, registrations, resources, AE job board, video development, and SABES promotion
UMass Amherst training and support for
- administering and scoring required tests
- interpreting test results
- (re)certification
- Massachusetts adult education system information and resources
- Partner organizations resources and events
What's New at SABES
In this 1.5-hour workshop, you will be introduced to Test Talks, an instructional routine for building student confidence, understanding, flexibility, and familiarity with standardized test questions...
During the workshop, you will be introduced to the materials and will hear recommendations for their use from the teacher who created and used them with her own classes. You will explore some of the...
This 90-minute virtual workshop will help you develop a conceptual understanding of the meaning of positive and negative numbers as well as operations with signed numbers. You will connect signed...
By now, we all have realized how essential digital literacy and digital resilience are for full participation in education, work, and daily life. As adult English language instructors, we work very...
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View upcoming events from the SABES PD Centers and ACLS on the SABES calendar.
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