AES Teaching and Learning

State Leadership Initiatives

Implementing evidence-based reading instruction for ABE students.

Required for:

  • Programs that do not currently have a STAR Trained cohort or
  • Programs who would like to expand STAR and
  • Administrators who were not part of their programs' STAR cohorts

Important dates:

  • Section 2 Midpoint Webinar on January 26th from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Refresher - Fluency on January 26th from 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
  • Refresher - Vocabulary on February 23rd from 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM

Using Wakelet to Support Reading Instruction with ESOL

Explore how digital tools can be integrated into your classroom with this interactive session! Learn how to use tools such as Wakelet and Reading Skills for Today's Adults (approved for proxy hours), to support reading instruction with ESOL learners. Although the session is tailored to teachers of ESOL students, ABE/ASE teachers can utilize and adapt these tools for their classroom as well.

Presented by Jana Harper (Central Arizona College)

  • Part 1: Wednesday, February 7th | 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
  • Part 2: Wednesday, February 21st | 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Register with this Registration Link for the APLD.


Using Pipeline for Classroom Instructions

Take your Pipeline AZ skills to the next level! Explore this tool as a resource for supporting the integration of career readiness instruction with your curriculum.

This interactive session with presenters JakinDee Kosaka (Maricopa County Adult Probation), Katherine Pappas (Pipeline AZ), and Rebecca Pringle (Pipeline AZ), is designed for ESOL and ABE/ASE instructors.

  • Part 1: Wednesday, March 6th | 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
  • Part 2: Wednesday, March 27th | 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM

Register with this Registration Link for the APLD.


Digital Literacy Integration

Explore digital literacy opportunities and integration with ESOL learners. This interactive session will explore various digital tools and strategies that support instruction with ESOL learners.

This session is presented by Kathy Harris.

  • Webinar: Wednesday, April 10th | 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
  • Coaching: Wednesday, April 24th | 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM

Register with this Registration Link for the APLD.

Learn more about Teaching the Skills that Matter (TSTM) National Initiative and Explore the Toolkit on the LINCS Page.

Important dates:

  • Bi-Monthly Cohort Meetings
    • January 19th from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • March 8th from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Classroom observations to begin in January. Reach out to your mentor for questions.
  • Final Videos for May's Showcase Due on May 3rd, 2024

Learn more about UDL and CAST. Email the teaching and learning team if interested in adding into the 2023-24 cohort.

Distance, HyFlex and blended learning teachers will spend four weeks focusing on how to best support learners. Each participant program collaboratively develops a case study describing an instructional challenge. Together the cohort discusses each of the case studies, building a "community of practice" that remains available as a resource after the course is done. Through the discussion, each participant arrives at a few ideas to pilot. After a month of piloting, each teacher reports on their success in a final webinar.

Important dates:

  • March 7th Kick-Off Webinar from 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
  • April 11th Webinar from 01:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • May 9th Closing Webinar from 01:00 PM - 4:00 PM

 

State Developed Professional Learning

Take a look at our full course and events offering using the Adult Education filter on the APLD system!

NEW! Adult Ed 101

Focus: Get a background of the W.I.O.A. Title II Adult Education system and the role that the Arizona Department of Education has in it. Applicable for anyone new to the system (teachers, administrators, partner organizations, etc.). Register here.

Blended Learning Certification (TVM Requirement)

Focus: Ensure an understanding of blended learning as a mode of instruction. You will also have a thorough understanding, and provide evidence to show as such, of the 'teacher verification model'. Register here.

Building a Google Site for Your Blended Classroom

Focus: Explore how Google Suite can support the learning goal(s) in the blended classroom. Create a Google Site with a curated YouTube video, a Google Form, and some written guidance for students to follow. Register here

Digital Literacy for Teachers (Beginner)

Focus: Introductory training on Microsoft Office Suite and Google G Suite to support Digital Literacy in the classroom. Register here.

Digital Literacy for Teachers (Intermediate)

Focus: Internet security, copyright & fair use, the Creative Commons, creating engaging presentations, utilizing feedback tools, creating surveys, and analyzing survey results. Register here

Instructional Strategies

Focus: Instructional strategies that are often referred to as 'The Marzano 9', along with a range of technology tools that can be integrated into your instruction. Register here

Take a look at the Teaching & Learning Webinar Series playlist on YouTube: Teaching & Learning Webinar Series

Table of Digital Tools & Their Role in Your Classroom

With so many tools and so little time, it can be difficult to narrow down the right tool for the instructional goal. To help with this, we have created a tablethat gives a description about a tool, its corresponding instructional category*, and links to a tutorial video on how to use it to enhance instruction.

*Instructional categories are based on a 2021 COABE session 'The Seven Elements of a Highly Effective Remote Teaching/Learning Program'.

Training Catalog

Browse our catalog of training offerings for both specific tools and instructional strategies. Then, submit your request using the EdTech Training Request form. Refer to the Table of Digital Tools & Their Role in Your Classroom in the section above for more information on a specific tool.

 

External Professional Learning

The Literacy Information and Communication System, or LINCS, is a national leadership initiative of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) to expand evidence-based practice in the field of adult education. A number of valuable, on-demand professional development opportunities are available through their website at lincs.ed.gov.

For further professional growth you might like to consider membership in one or more of the following organizations: