This 5.5-hour workshop explores the ways you can use the new Massachusetts English Language Proficiency Standards for Adult Education (MA ELPS) to increase academic rigor in adult ESOL instruction.
- Novice and experienced adult-ESOL teachers who will use the MA ELPS to support curriculum development and lesson planning
This professional development activity/course is designed for:
The new MA ELPS integrate English language development and college and career readiness into one comprehensive document. In this in-depth, hands-on workshop, you will build on what you learned from the SABES online overview of the MA ELPS and develop more confidence applying the standards to your teaching practice.
You will:
- Analyze the MA ELPS document itself
- Compare the new document with the previously used Massachusetts ABE Curriculum Framework for ESOL and identify examples of increased academic rigor
- Learn how to apply the standards and benchmarks most relevant to your class levels and students' needs
- Practice creating learning activities that will promote both student engagement and academic rigor
- Locate relevant information in the MA ELPS
- Make connections between the MA ELPS and the Massachusetts ABE Curriculum Framework for ESOL
- Match MA ELP standards and threads with learning objectives
- Align MA ELP standards and benchmarks with unit goals within a curriculum scope and sequence
- Use content topics within the MA ELPS to plan lessons and learning activities
Upon completion of this professional development activity/course, you will be able to:
Before attending this workshop, you are required to complete the online overview of the MA ELPS. Its three 20-minute self-paced modules provide key background information about the purpose, development, and organization of the new MA ELPS. Register for upcoming sessions, which open on the first of each month, through the SABES calendar at www.sabes.org/calendar.
MWCC at Devens Learning Center
1 Jackson Place at 27 Jackson Rd.
Devens, MA 01432
United States
