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PSPD offers individual and program-based coaching for staff in any role looking to grow and strengthen their practice in any of our key priority areas, which include educational leadership and program management, advising, career pathways, digital literacy, and ADA coordination. We also offer individual coaching and support for those looking to acquire a professional ABE license. If interested, please submit a Contact Us request.
All PD offerings are online and facilitated unless indicated otherwise.
Know Your Rights for Adult Educators
Wondering how you can best support your students as we navigate the changing landscape of immigration policy and enforcement? Join SABES and the Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition to review Know Your Rights information for interactions with law enforcement, program-wide preparedness, and best practices for creating safe spaces for your students.
- Mar. 4, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Understanding the Latest Immigration Policy Changes
Changes to immigration law and policy have been quickly developing under the new administration. Join SABES and the Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition to discuss the changes that have occurred at the federal and state levels. You will hear what experts expect in terms of upcoming and developing national changes, and how these changes may impact Massachusetts immigrant communities.
- Mar. 5, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Professional Development: “On Demand” When Your Schedule Allows! (Self-Paced Modules)
Different times work best for busy adult educators to attend PD. Did you know you can access PD when it’s most convenient for you? Visit our online asynchronous courses, including series that focus on Digital Literacy and Advising. You can find these courses on the Program Support's On-Demand PD Google Site, which offers more than 30 sessions organized according to seven strands.
Advising & Student Support Services
Advisor Sharing Group - Morning Series
Enhance your practice with ASG! Advisor Sharing Groups (ASG) are peer-facilitated, statewide meetings where advisors provide program updates, discuss and troubleshoot challenges, and share resources, promising practices, and more. This group is open to anyone who works in an advising role, regardless of their title. Time will be provided in each ASG meeting for statewide discussion and for more targeted conversations organized by region and/or program type, including corrections. *There are seven seats available for this offering.
- Mar. 6, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
MassSTEP Sharing Group (Online Blended)
This is a facilitated sharing group for anyone involved in developing and implementing MassSTEP programs. Meetings are loosely facilitated to encourage peer sharing, resource sharing, and group problem-solving. Topics are based on participant input. All roles are welcome.
- Mar. 6, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Career Pathways
EdTech Routines: A Strategy for Building Digital Skills With Any Content (Online Blended)
Build on your existing best practices by designing and integrating EdTech routines. EdTech routines are replicable digital activities that can be leveraged regularly regardless of context or content to boost student learning, demystify technology integration, and streamline digital skill-building! Join our four-part series to explore new digital tools, identify evidence-based strategies, and design two EdTech routines that can be a regular part of your instructional practice.
- Feb. 28, 2025 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
- Mar. 7, 2025 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
- Mar. 14, 2025 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
- Apr. 4, 2025 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Customizing Workplace Education Curriculum Using a Template
This session explores how Workplace Education (WPE) program staff can customize a curriculum template to build contextualized curricula. You will have a chance to explore an existing template and discuss how you might apply it to various industries and class levels, review examples of existing curricula using this template, and spend time applying it to your current workplace education class(es).
- Mar. 13, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Digital Literacy
Newsela Certified Educator Program (Self-Paced Modules)
This three-session, self-paced course is an introduction to the foundations of Newsela.
- Mar. 11, 2025 | 8:00 a.m. (Self-paced course opens)
Digital Literacy Sharing Group
Instructors, tech specialists, and directors across all adult education settings (corrections, libraries, adult learning centers, workforce development, and more!) are invited to the peer-facilitated Digital Literacy Sharing Group. Join us to connect with fellow educators, share resources and strategies, ask questions, and explore new ideas and practices to strengthen digital literacy and technology integration in your program or classroom. Let's empower your students and staff with essential digital skills!
- Mar. 14, 2025 | 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
In this session, you will learn about BurlingtonEnglish’s fully blended, comprehensive curriculum, their innovative and individualized speech-processing, and their training platform that meets every English language learner's needs. This session is a great fit for you if your program has not yet begun to use BurlingtonEnglish and would like to request seats for the next school year!
- Mar. 20, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Newsela: Using Student Insights To Inform Instruction
Discover how to transform student data into actionable insights! In this session, you will explore how to leverage Newsela and Formative to identify strengths, weaknesses, and areas for targeted support. These skills will empower you to provide timely feedback, differentiate instruction, and empower your students to reach their full potential.
- Mar. 21, 2025 | 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Educational Leadership & Program Management
Directors must balance complex staff and student needs, local policies and protocols, and state guidance as they design, lead, and adapt program design, instructional practices, and program culture. The Directors Sharing Group is a peer-facilitated opportunity for directors to network, share resources and strategies, ask questions, and learn from and with one another. In this meeting, we will focus on staff recruitment and retention.
- Feb. 27, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
The Support Staff Sharing Group is a peer-facilitated opportunity for support staff to provide program updates, discuss and troubleshoot common challenges, and share resources, promising practices, and more. This group is open to anyone who works in an adult education program who provides support staff services.
- Mar. 19, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
LACES
LACES Searching Around Class Types
LiteracyPro's Jon Lee will facilitate this LACES session. This webinar will discuss data entry and data output of Class Enroll Types.
- Mar. 18, 2025 | 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
