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This new online Community of Practice (CoP) is for advisors working in Massachusetts adult education programs. The purpose is to:
increase collaboration and networking,
share resources and materials, and
solve tricky situations together.
The Advising CoP is a Canvas-based discussion…
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Geometry ideas surround us everywhere we look. Check out these packets for ideas on hands-on geometry ideas. Click on the links at the bottom of the page to view/download.
Topic: Angles
The Make a Kite and Measure Stuff packet was created for caretakers and kids.
The Angle Exploration packet is a…
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Looking for digital literacy PD that’s quick, practical, and ready when you are? Try the Innovating Distance Education for Adult Learner (IDEAL) Crash Courses!
The IDEAL Crash Courses are 30-minute, self-paced microlearning experiences, now open to all adult educators. The following Crash Courses…
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Teacher Reflections
Boston Public Schools Adult Education teachers Karen Greaves and Brooke Machado reflect on the financial literacy and civics lessons that they filmed in the summer of 2021 for this series, Instructional Practices in Remote ELA Teaching. They discuss how their teaching…
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Topic: Assessment Methods
Watch and listen to how the teachers use formative assessment methods in their remote classrooms to monitor student understanding and inform instruction.
Video length: 7:31 minutes | Video Transcript (PDF)
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Topic: Vocabulary Instruction
Karen Greaves teaches financial literacy vocabulary, with activities that incorporate technology and provide opportunities for students to make connections to their own lives.
Video length: 8:39 minutes | Video Transcript (PDF…
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Topic: Student Engagement using Digital Tools
Teacher Karen Greaves engages her students during a remote financial literacy lesson using digital polling and a digital whiteboard to foster student discussion.
Video length: 9:25 minutes | Video Transcript (PDF…
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Topic: Close Reading Strategies
Watch and listen to how the teacher builds background knowledge, then models and scaffolds close reading using a complex, primary-source text—the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Video length: 12:39 minutes | Video Transcript (PDF…
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Reading Instruction: Our Rights, Our Freedoms (full lesson)
Brooke Machado teaches a remote high school level Social Studies/ELA class on the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, using close reading strategies to understand the complex text of the First…
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The Just Write! Guide is a downloadable PDF resource guide for ABE teachers, intended to increase familiarity with evidence-based writing instruction and to facilitate translation of research findings into teaching practices and products that will enhance the quality of instruction.
Just Write! is…
