See below for upcoming SABES PD events on ESOL instruction. Or, check out the ESOL Upcoming Events Calendar tab anytime!

Note: you are welcome to request ESOL instructional coaching for program staff. If interested, please submit a Contact Us request.

All PD offerings are online and facilitated unless indicated otherwise.

Friday, February 28

EdTech Routines: A Strategy for Building Digital Skills With Any Content (Online Blended)

Build on your existing best practices by designing and integrating EdTech routines. EdTech routines are replicable digital activities that can be leveraged regularly regardless of context or content to boost student learning, demystify technology integration, and streamline digital skill-building! Join our four-part series to explore new digital tools, identify evidence-based strategies, and design two EdTech routines that can be a regular part of your instructional practice.

• Feb. 28, 2025    |  2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Mar. 7, 2025     |  2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Mar. 14, 2025   |  2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Apr. 4, 2025      |  2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Monday, March 3

ELA Instructional Strategies and Study Skills for Students with Language-Based Learning Disabilities (Waltham)

People with language-based learning disabilities (LBLD) often encounter difficulties with organizational and academic skills, including reading and writing. In this PD opportunity with the Landmark School Outreach Program, engage with key teaching strategies and materials for addressing those challenges. This will be a blended training, including a six-hour, in-person meeting and follow-up Zoom session. 

• Mar. 3, 2025    |  10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• Mar. 24, 2025  |  3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 5

Supporting and Engaging English Learners in ABE Classes (Online Blended)

This informative and engaging four-part workshop is designed to increase Adult Basic Education (ABE) teachers’ understanding of the needs of English learners (ELs) in the ABE classroom to provide practical strategies and resources to better address these needs.

• Mar. 5, 2025    |  8:00 a.m. (Self-paced course opens)
• Mar. 12, 2025  |  4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• Mar. 26, 2025  |  4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, March 11

Promoting English Learners’ Success Through Scaffolding

Come see how to scaffold learning so that ALL learners can have success with complex tasks regardless of their English proficiency levels! Scaffolding includes building on learners’ prior knowledge, promoting supportive classroom interactions, providing language supports and tools, and assessing when learners are ready to move to the next level of complexity. The examples of scaffolding techniques provided for beginning through advanced English learners enable participants to consider the applications to their settings in both ESOL and ABE classes.

• Mar. 11, 2025  |  1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.