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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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ELA Lens: Culturally Responsive Teaching
Culturally responsive teaching is a framework that guides ELA teachers in connecting with who their learners are and where they come from in order to support students’ academic learning, cultural competence, and understanding of how their communities operate…
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Priority Lenses
The Priority Lenses below are drawn from ACLS priorities stated in the Massachusetts ABE Professional Standards, the ACLS webpages for Curriculum & Instruction, and the MA Indicators of Program Quality. Teachers and programs can use these lenses to…
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The policy guide, Guidelines for Serving Students with Learning Disabilities and Other Special Learning Needs Enrolled in Adult Education and Family Literacy Programs, starts with legal and ethical justifications for serving adults with learning disabilities. It covers disability…
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Bridges to Practice: A Research-Based Guide for Literacy Practitioners Serving Adults with Learning Disabilities is a resource with over 1,000 pages of disability-based resources. There are five individual guidebooks included in it that are designed for literacy programs to enhance the…
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Students use project-based learning to explore math topics such as probability, percentages, and fractions. These lessons teach students the basics of organizing data sets and using formulas in Google Sheets.
Note to teachers:
The math skills and content knowledge required in these project-based…
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This document is Section 5 (COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS STANDARDS FOR MATHEMATICS) of the CCRSAE. The full CCRSAE can be accessed in its entirety at https://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/CCRStandardsAdultEd.pdf
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The attached document provides a summary of the resources shared throughout the Foundations for New Staff course.
For questions about the Foundations for New Staff course or resources, please contact Program Support PD Center Director Alexandra Papagno at alexandra_papagno@worlded.org.
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Selecting texts for adult learners involves:
Analyzing text to ensure it is at the appropriate complexity level (based on diagnostic assessments of learners' reading levels)
Ensuring that texts are appropriate for adults in topic and presentation
Organizing texts in a unit or text set so that they…
