Overview

What: This brief, engaging, online, self-paced mini-course provides an overview of the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education for English Language Arts and Literacy (CCRSAE-ELA).

Why: For standards-aligned curricula and standards-aligned teaching, you need to know the standards!

    Audience

    This professional development activity/course is designed for:

  • New staff
  • Anyone who needs to learn about or review the CCRSAE instructional shifts for ELA
Description

How: This fully online, self-paced, lightly facilitated course is composed of readings, videos, and activities, including the use of Internet resources, informal knowledge checks, and journaling.

When:

  • Offered five times in FY22 (August, October, January, March, May)
  • Stays open for four weeks each time; work at your own pace
  • Takes at least four hours

Earn four PD hours by completing all activities.

Please note: You cannot access this online course from the SABES website. You will receive a separate email from Joanne Harrington at Quinsigamond Community College 1-2 days before the course begins with instructions on how to access the course in Blackboard. 

    Learning Objectives

    Upon completion of this professional development activity/course, you will be able to:

  • Describe the origins and purposes of the CCRSAE
  • Locate and navigate the CCRSAE for ELA
  • Explain the importance of the three instructional shifts prompted by the CCRSAE for ELA
  • Access key resources related to standards-based ELA instruction
  • Incorporate basic teaching approaches that address the three instructional shifts
Prerequisites

This course is designed to be accessed from an internet-connected desktop or laptop computer or a tablet, not a cell phone.

Date
12/27/2021 - 7:00 am
End Date
Location

Online
United States

PD Center
SABES English Language Arts Curriculum & Instruction PD Center
Topic Area
CCRSAE (College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education)
ELA
PDP Eligible
No