See below for upcoming SABES PD events for ESOL, 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 email Dorothy McCormack, Director (dmccormack@edc.org), Kate Anderson, Assistant Director (kateanderson@edc.org), or Cynthia Faulkner, Adult ESOL and Professional Development Specialist (cfaulkner@edc.org).
All PD offerings are online and facilitated unless indicated otherwise.
Tuesday, February 3
Differentiation by Design: Optimizing Learning for All Learners!
This online facilitated session explores how teachers of adult learners can vary content, instructional processes, and assessments of learning outcomes to assure success for learners with varying backgrounds, levels, and needs. We provide examples for English learners at beginning through advanced levels, as well as for those learners whose first language is English. You will consider applications to both online and in-person classes.
- Feb. 3, 2026 | 1 - 3 p.m.
Wednesday, February 11
Teaching a Second Language to Students with Learning Difficulties
Why do some students struggle to acquire a second language? What can educators do to optimize these students’ learning experience? This two-part workshop will explore the roots of language learning difficulties and effective classroom practices that support language learning for all students.
- Feb. 11, 2026 | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
- Feb. 25, 2026 | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
