Adult education programs funded by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) are required to align their services with ten indicators of Program Quality (IPQ), which includes the following indicator that is specifically relevant to this course: IPQ 2 Equitable Access: Guided by data and a responsibility for diversity, equity and inclusion, the program ensures that all adult learners in the local workforce area have equitable access to high quality educational services.

In addition, ACLS policies require programs to make reasonable accommodations for students and designate an ADA Coordinator whose primary role is to ensure that the program is accessible and in compliance with the ADA. By helping programs comply with policies, this course is designed to help you consider new ways to make your program more accessible. Topics include grievance procedures, disclosure, confidentiality, reporting abuse and neglect, reasonable accommodations, and programmatic consideration and procedures.

Course Format: This is a self-paced course. You can complete it on your own schedule. There are no "real-time" meetings or sessions. The course opens on 2/24/25 and closes on 3/21/25. 

For tech questions, contact jane_brandt@worlded.org. For questions about the content of the course, contact dani_scherer@worlded.org.

Course Requirements: It will take you five hours to review the information in the course and respond to discussions. However, this course includes additional activities to apply the learning within your program, which we estimate at an additional ten hours. Please contact dani_scherer@worlded.org with questions.

Course Access & Support: To register, use the “Register” tab at the top of the SABES Calendar. To ensure that you receive information about your training, please save jane_brandt@worlded.org to your email address book. Several days before the training, Jane will confirm your registration and send you the course login.

Sign up for notifications to receive updates about additional PD related to ADA - Resources & Training. To sign up for notifications, sign into your SABES account, click the “My Account” tab, select the “My Notifications” tab, and make sure ADA - Resources & Training is selected.