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Differing Types of Workplace Credentials
Understanding and correctly using workplace credential terminology will enhance our communications with students, employers, workforce agencies and community partners.  This video and write up explains the differences between certificates, certifications, degrees and licenses.
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SABES Professional Development (PD Pathways) Guide
This resource offers suggested PD pathways for staff who are new to their role or new to adult education in general. Whether you are new yourself, or a program leader looking to complement your organization's onboarding process, this document can help you chart a course through the many…
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Top Back to School SABES ELA Courses and Resources
To help sort through the many materials and professional development (PD) options available to you on the SABES ELA website, we have compiled a list of the Top Back to School SABES ELA Courses and Resources. This list describes nine high-quality, standards-aligned ELA PD opportunities and resources…
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Mathematics Proficiency Guide for Teachers of Adult Education
The Mathematics Proficiency Guide for Teachers of Adult Education (August 2022) is one of several companion pieces to the MA Professional Standards for Teachers of Adult Education (2017, revised 2019). Three proficiency guides have been created, one each for ELA, mathematics, and ESOL. This…
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Back to School Math Resource List
This handy resource list contains high-quality math PD opportunities and instructional materials and strategies designed to help engage your ABE, HSE, English learners, and ESOL students. All resources align with the MA Professional Standards for Teachers of Adult Basic Education and the…
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Will This Be on the Test? Inspiration for Tackling Standardized Test Questions Conceptually and Creatively
This packet introduces an instructional routine called a Test Talk. Test Talks will help you create and nurture a classroom culture that values flexible thinking and conceptual understanding and that explicitly prepares students to apply their learning in the context of standardized tests. The…
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LACES Trainings FY25
Here is a list of the scheduled LACES trainings for August, 2024 - June, 2025.
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MACCWDTA Modules Main Page
Transformation Agenda Grant About the Transformation Agenda (2011-2014) The Massachusetts Community Colleges & Workforce Development Transformation Agenda (MCCWDTA or MACCWDTA) brought Massachusetts’ fifteen community colleges, adult basic education and workforce development systems, and…
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BeCALM Measurement and Data: Curriculum for Beginning Math Learners (GLE 2-4)
This collection includes a printable teacher's guide and student packet that can be downloaded below as Word documents or PDFs. The math content is aimed at ABE level math students (approximately GLE 2–4). While adult students at this math level may be at any reading level, the student…
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MACCWDTA - IT Modules
IT Modules Advanced Manufacturing Modules Healthcare Modules MACCWDTA History
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