Adult and Community Learning Services (ACLS) is a unit of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE). SABES is the adult education professional development (PD) system of ACLS. 

The SABES PD System provides PD offerings that are responsive to the Massachusetts AE Standards for High Quality Professional Development (HQPD). View the ALCS monthly mailings, posted each month to the ACLS website. The ACLS monthly mailings contain materials that are important to adult education programs and that will help to serve our current and future students as well.

View our short videos about the Massachusetts Adult Education System and Massachusetts High School Equivalency  options here.

ACLS : Videos

VIDEO|ACLS
What You Need to Know about Getting Your High School Equivalency Credential

(Updated 2024: HSE Transcript - English) Are you interested in getting your high school equivalency credential, or do you know someone who might? This video goes through the steps from practicing for

Topic:
Career Pathways, Connecting Adults with Adult Ed Services, High School Equivalency (HiSET/GED)
VIDEO|ACLS
Changing Lives (Updated 2022)

(6:02 - Transcript) How does adult education change lives? This video features three students working toward their dreams by participating in free or low-cost adult education programs in Massachusetts

Topic:
Advising and Student Support, English Language Arts, ESOL/English Learners
VIDEO|ACLS
What you Need to Know to get your High School Equivalency Credential

This video describes the process for getting your high school credential via HiSET or GED. Video Transcript The resources shared in this video are listed below: High School Equivalency Testing Program

Topic:
SABES / ACLS

ACLS : Resources, Research and Curriculum

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Teaching Skills That Matter in Massachusetts Adult Education

News! 2021 Teaching the Skills That Matter in Adult Education (TSTM) Virtual Conference, June 15 and 16, 2021 Over 1,500 adult educators registered...

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Aztec Updates FY24

The attached PDF contains important information for all programs using Aztec in FY24.

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Massachusetts Adult Education Standards for High Quality Professional Development

In our Fall 2022 Newsletter, you read a lot about HQPD—High Quality Professional Development. The SABES Adult Education PD System provides PD...

ACLS: Our Team

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