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PSPDC 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.

LACES

LACES Managing Your Waitlist (Online Facilitated)

LiteracyPro's Jon Lee will facilitate this LACES session on the process of managing your waitlist through various searches and features in LACES.

• Nov. 14, 2024  |  10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 

Ed Leadership & Program Management

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.

• Nov. 7, 2024  |  11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 

Advising & Student Support Services

Support Staff Sharing Group (Online Facilitated)

Support Staff Sharing and Learning Groups are peer-facilitated meetings where support staff 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. 

• Nov. 20 |  1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Digital Literacy

Targeted Learning with Newsela: Strategies for Program Directors

This session will support your program directors in defining what Newsela implementation looks like with your educators.  

• Nov. 8 |  11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Newsela Certified Educator Program (Self-Paced Modules)

This three-session, self- paced course is an introduction to the foundations of Newsela.  

• Nov. 12 |  8:00 a.m. (Self-paced course opens)