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.

Friday, November 8

Using the ELA Proficiency Guide to Enhance Teaching and Learning - November (Self-Paced Modules)

This online, self-paced course introduces ABE/ASE practitioners and instructional leaders to the ELA Proficiency Guide, which applies the Massachusetts ABE Professional Standards specifically to ELA instruction. The course includes self-reflection activities that culminate in the development of a professional learning goal.

• Nov. 8, 2024  |  7:00 a.m. (Self-paced course opens)

Tuesday, November 12

Multi-Paragraph Writing: From Paragraphs to Essays 

Attend this session to learn how to teach writing skills using a consistent process that can be applied to individual paragraphs, multi-paragraph compositions, and essays. 

• Nov. 12, 2024  |  2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Wednesday, November 13

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. 

• Nov. 13, 2024  |  9:00 a.m. (Self-paced course opens)

Friday, Nov. 15

Overview of EBRI - November (Self-Paced Modules)

This self-paced course is the first step on your evidence-based reading instruction (EBRI) journey, providing an introduction to and an overview of EBRI. (Note: STAR training also covers this information, so STAR-trained practitioners do not need to take this Overview.) 

• Nov. 15, 2024  |  8:00 a.m. (Self-paced course opens)

Friday, Nov. 22

Introduction to Diagnostic Assessment of Reading - November (Self-Paced Modules)

Introduction to Diagnostic Assessment of Reading is an online self-paced short course for anyone who wants to learn more about these diagnostic assessments and why they are so important to evidence-based reading instruction (EBRI). Practitioners who will actually administer these assessments should take the longer course, EBRI: Diagnostic Assessment of Reading - Administration. 

• Nov. 22, 2024  |  8:00 a.m. (Self-paced course opens)