See below for upcoming SABES PD events for English Language Arts. Or, check out the ELA Upcoming Events Calendar tab anytime!
Note: you are welcome to request ELA instructional coaching for program staff. If interested, please submit a Contact Us request.
All PD offerings are online and facilitated unless indicated otherwise.
Tuesday, September 3
Introduction to Teaching Skills That Matter (Self-Paced Modules)
This introduction to the Teaching Skills That Matter in Adult Education provides an overview of the TSTM instructional framework and the TSTM Toolkit. The introduction also provides materials and guidance to train teachers to incorporate the skills that matter into adult education programming by using instructional approaches that work across relevant topic focus areas that are connected to student needs. Using the TSTM project’s tools and training, adult education teachers can teach the transferable skills students need in these critical contexts.
- 9:00 a.m. (Self-paced course opens)
Monday, September 9
Introduction to Diagnostic Assessment of Reading - September (Self-Paced Modules)
- 8:00 a.m. (Self-paced course opens)
Thursday, September 19
Teaching Adult Learners with Language-Based Learning Disabilities: An Overview (Online Facilitated)
In this session, learn about common language-based learning disabilities (LBLD—difficulties related to the understanding and use of spoken and written language, such as dyslexia), and about specific strategies to support adult learners with LBLD. This session is the first in a series offered by the SABES ELA, ESOL, and Math Curriculum and Instruction teams on teaching adult learners with learning disabilities.
- Sept. 19, 2024 | 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
