See below for upcoming SABES PD events for Math & Numeracy. Or, check out the Math & Numeracy Upcoming Events Calendar tab anytime!
Note: you are welcome to request Math & Numeracy instructional coaching for program staff. If interested, please submit a Contact Us request.
All PD offerings are online and facilitated unless indicated otherwise.
Monday, February 24
Using the Math Proficiency Guide to Become a More Effective Math Teacher (Self-Paced Modules)
The Mathematics Proficiency Guide for Teachers of Adult Education is one of several companion pieces to the MA Professional Standards for Teachers of Adult Education. The Math Proficiency Guide is designed to inform the practice of new, developing, and advanced instructors who teach math to adult learners.
This virtual course will provide participants with practical ways to learn from and implement the material in the Math Proficiency Guide to improve their own math instruction. The course is designed for both new and experienced adult education math instructors.
The instructional strategies and ideas presented in this course are appropriate for all levels of math classes, whether your students are native English speakers or ESOL learners. The material is also designed to identify ways to make math instruction more equitable and culturally responsive for diverse student populations and communities.
- Feb. 24, 2025 | 9:00 a.m. (Self-paced course opens)
Monday, February 24
Introduction to Teaching Skills That Matter (Self-Paced-Modules)
This introduction to the Teaching Skills That Matter in Adult Education provides an overview of the TSTM instructional framework and the TSTM Toolkit. The introduction also provides materials and guidance to train teachers to incorporate the skills that matter into adult education programming by using instructional approaches that work across relevant topic focus areas that are connected to student needs. Using the TSTM project’s tools and training, adult education teachers can teach the transferable skills students need in these critical contexts.
- Feb. 24, 2025 | 9:00 a.m. (Self-paced course opens)
Friday, February 28
BeCALM Benchmark Fractions: Curriculum for Beginning Math Learners (GLE 2-4)
Adults who are beginning math learners can sometimes find themselves left behind by HSE curriculum or stuck trying to memorize their way through calculations they don’t understand. BeCALM (Beginning Curriculum for Adults Learning Math) was designed to be a conceptually focused, cognitively rigorous curriculum that supports beginning math learners in developing math concepts and skills.
This 1.5-hour online workshop will introduce a curriculum specifically designed to help beginning-level math learners develop part-whole reasoning with benchmark fractions. This resource can be used for remote or in-person classes and includes a student packet, teacher’s guide, and other downloadable materials. Units include application activities in the context of financial literacy that integrate TSTM (Teaching Skills That Matter) identified skills. All materials will be available on the SABES website prior to the workshop.
- Feb. 28, 2025 | 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
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
CALM Introduction (Self-Paced Modules)
This course is designed for teachers who are using or want to use the Curriculum for Adults Learning Math (CALM). CALM was created by the SABES Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum & Instruction PD center to give teachers a full, rich, conceptually-based curriculum. CALM teaches conceptual understanding of skills from roughly College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education (CCRSAE) levels B – E (GLE 3-12) and contains thorough unit plans, lesson plans, and supporting materials. Because CALM is different from traditional curricula, it is important to understand its structure and philosophy to be able to use it effectively. This course will introduce you to the logistical elements of CALM and its guiding principles.
- Mar. 3, 2025 | 9:00 a.m. (Self-paced course opens)
