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Research has identified four essential components to the process of reading and, thus, to reading instruction: alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. WIOA requires ABE programs to provide explicit and systematic instruction in the essential components of reading to…
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Click on the resource below to view a list of the English Language Arts professional development events from October 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. Click on an event title to read more and register.
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Watch a 15-minute narrated introduction to the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education (CCRSAE) for ELA. This is an update of the similar video created in 2015.
The resources referenced in this video, and additional resources and PD, are available at https://www…
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Reading Skills for Today's Adults (RSTA) is an online collection of leveled readings addressing various topics of interest to adult learners. Each reading has a collection of accompanying materials. The SABES ELA PD Center has created a short and long RSTA Navigation Guide and video overview to…
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Curricula created by Massachusetts ABE practitioners with the SABES ELA PD team
ELA Unit Plans, most with sample Lesson Plans (note that some follow the older curriculum templates)
U.S. Immigration Issues Impacting Our Communities (GLE 8+)
Innovations & Society (FOCUS: Second Industrial…
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Amina is learning English at the Worcester Adult Learning Center. Here, she shares her story and her plans for the future.
Transcript - Amina on Learning English (New Window) | See all student student stories.
If you're ready to take your next step, call or visit the…
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ELA Lens: Differentiation
Differentiated Instruction refers to what teachers do to adapt an existing lesson plan or unit for the learners they are actually teaching at any given moment, so that all their learners are engaged in challenging but accessible tasks.
In making decisions about how to…
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ELA Lens: Digital Literacy & Technology
Digital literacy refers to the ability to use technology to find, evaluate, organize, create, and communicate information (MA DESE, 2019). Digital literacy goes above and beyond a focus on the mechanics of technology: it emphasizes the ability to use…
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ELA Lens: Evidence-Based Instruction
Effective ELA teachers in MA use the latest research to guide their practice. They especially stay up to date on the evidence-based practices related to adult learning and ELA instruction. When teaching reading, they focus on the essential reading components—…
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ACLS-funded programs have access to a statewide Newsela account for use in their programs.
What is Newsela?
Newsela takes authentic content from trusted sources and makes it instruction-ready. Each text is published at five reading levels, ranging (roughly) from 3rd to 12th grade. Each leveled…
