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PSPD offers individual and program-based coaching for staff in any role looking to grow and strengthen their practice in any of our key priority areas, which include educational leadership and program management, advising, career pathways, digital literacy, and ADA coordination. We also offer individual coaching and support for those looking to acquire a professional ABE license. If interested, please submit a Contact Us request.
All PD offerings are online and facilitated unless indicated otherwise.
Professional Development: “On Demand” When Your Schedule Allows! (Self-Paced Modules)
Different times work best for busy adult educators to attend PD. Did you know you can access PD when it’s most convenient for you? Visit our online asynchronous courses, including series that focus on Digital Literacy and Advising. You can find these courses on the Program Support's On-Demand PD Google Site, which offers more than 30 sessions organized according to seven strands.
Advising & Student Support Services
Advisor Sharing Group - Evening Series
Enhance your practice with ASG! Advisor Sharing Groups (ASG) are peer-facilitated, statewide meetings where advisors provide program updates, discuss and troubleshoot challenges, and share resources, promising practices, and more. This group is open to anyone who works in an advising role, regardless of their title. Time will be provided in each ASG meeting for statewide discussion and for more targeted conversations organized by region and/or program type, including corrections.
- May 13, 2025 | 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
The Support Staff Sharing Group is a peer-facilitated opportunity for support staff to provide program updates, discuss and troubleshoot common challenges, and share resources, promising practices, and more. This group is open to anyone who works in an adult education program who provides support staff services.
- May 14, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Join us for a special Advisor Sharing Group meeting, where we will respond to the current climate, focusing on what it looks like to care for your students, your colleagues, and yourselves during this time of uncertainty. You will learn about trauma-informed and healing-centered strategies and practices before connecting with each other through facilitated discussion.
- May 15, 2025 | 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Advisor Sharing Group - Morning Series
Enhance your practice with ASG! Advisor Sharing Groups (ASG) are peer-facilitated, statewide meetings where advisors provide program updates, discuss and troubleshoot challenges, and share resources, promising practices, and more. This group is open to anyone who works in an advising role, regardless of their title. Time will be provided in each ASG meeting for statewide discussion and for more targeted conversations organized by region and/or program type, including corrections.
- May 22, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Career Pathways
MassSTEP Sharing Group (Online Blended)
This is a facilitated sharing group for anyone involved in developing and implementing MassSTEP programs. Meetings are loosely facilitated to encourage peer sharing, resource sharing, and group problem-solving. Topics are based on participant input. All roles are welcome. The topic for this meeting is: Meeting MassSTEP Expectations. This is an important opportunity for MassSTEP programs to share with ACLS their challenges with MassSTEP expectations related to outcomes, restricted training timeframes, and curriculum, as well as other unexpected real-world barriers.
- May 15, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Digital Literacy
Digital Literacy Sharing Group - May
Instructors, tech specialists, and directors across all adult education settings (corrections, libraries, adult learning centers, workforce development, and more!) are invited to the peer-facilitated Digital Literacy Sharing Group. Join us to connect with fellow educators, share resources and strategies, ask questions, and explore new ideas and practices to strengthen digital literacy and technology integration in your program or classroom. Let's empower your students and staff with essential digital skills!
- May 9, 2025 | 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Newsela Certified Educator Program (Self-Paced Modules)
This three-session, self-paced course is an introduction to the foundations of Newsela.
- May 13, 2025 | 8:00 a.m. (self-paced course opens)
Educational Leadership & Program Management
Volunteer Coordinator Sharing Group
We invite both new and experienced volunteer coordinators, as well as others involved in adult education programs who work with volunteers, to join this online facilitated sharing group meeting. This is an opportunity to connect with fellow volunteer coordinators, share resources and strategies, ask questions, and explore new ideas and practices to strengthen your volunteer program.
- May 21, 2025 | 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
LACES
LACES for Mass STEP Integrated Education and Training
LiteracyPro System's Shannon Stangis will discuss the requirements for MassSTEP enrollments and data entry and how to track MassSTEP-specific IETP credentials for state and federal reporting.
- May 9, 2025 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
