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This article describes how the California correctional system is investing millions of dollars to provide thousands of secure laptops and in-house network infrastructure in order to vastly expand educational opportunities for incarcerated learners. This approach could serve as a model to…
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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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"Since its founding as a discipline, Black Studies has been under relentless attack by social and political forces seeking to discredit and neutralize it. Our History Has Always Been Contraband was born out of an urgent need to respond to the latest threat: efforts to remove content from…
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Literacy Minnesota offers outstanding trainings for adult literacy volunteers and professional development courses for Adult Basic Education teachers and staff. This library of online webinars is a great complement to SABES offerings, and includes topics such as Distance and Blended Learning Basics…
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Voice of Witness is an oral history nonprofit that advances human rights by amplifying the voices of people impacted by--and fighting against--injustice. The organization produces a book series that "depicts human rights and social justice issues through the edited oral histories of people who are…
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Next Gen Personal Finance is a nonprofit dedicated to financial literacy and policy advocacy to bring financial literacy into the middle school or high school classroom, although content can easily be used with adult learners. They have excellent content on just about any topic related to financial…
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Find it! Prove it! is a contextualized science unit developed for a science/English language arts class at the intermediate level (GLE 4–8). This unit emphasizes evidence-based reading instruction (EBRI) and incorporates important ACLS curricular lenses, including differentiation and…
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The SABES ELA Center has aligned its professional development and curated resources with the ABE Professional Standards. Click on the Standards below to see related PD and resources.
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PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE (K)
INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE (P)
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This page gives you information about how to target certain professional standards for your professional learning. The SABES ELA Center offers professional development opportunities and curates resources related to the MA ABE Professional Standards. The Standards and their corresponding Indicators…
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The ELA FOCUS Reflections, available as embedded tools in the ELA Proficiency Guide and as separate documents on this page, provide one means for teachers to self-assess their practice in relation to the ABE Professional Standards. Teachers check off areas that they would like more information…
