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Available CoursesThis workshop will provide tutors helping in an ABE/GED classroom with background imformation and concrete ideas for helping students.
This course will provide you with a basic understanding of the U.S. citizenship application process and appropriate teaching strategies for preparing ABE/ESL student immigrants to pass their citizenship interview. This online course will introduce you to the basics for a volunteer position in the Adult ESL Classroom. This course will offer volunteers, teachers, and program managers an overview of the curriculum development process and provide tools and resources for evaluating and writing curriculum. This course offers 5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Teaching literacy level students is a rewarding experience, but many instructors lack confidence in their ability to teach literacy level adults. In this course you will learn about the needs of literacy level students and effective teaching strategies. This course offers 4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). This course is open for pilot user testing only. Check back soon! This course will help ABE/ESL/GED teachers and tutors understand mental health disorders common to the adult population by accessing and applying information from the Minnesota ABE Disabilities website. Any class with more than one student is multilevel, whether the source of the "multi" is educational, generational, or cultural. One key in these circumstances is to develop realistic expectations. Another key is to use a number of "multi" strategies. This course will help you find those keys. This course offers 3 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). The New Citizenship Tutor Training educates teachers and tutors to assist students in preparing for the new citizenship exam that began on October 1, 2008. This course offers 4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). This course is currently open only to pilot users. This course is a workshop module for participants registered for the MinneTESOL pre-conference workshop Putting Technology to Work for Your Students. Participants should complete this module before attending the workshop for orientation and background on the technologies to be covered. This interactive course will help ABE/ESL/GED teachers and tutors understand the purpose and use of a variety of adult reading assessments - including CASAS, TABE, and other informal reading tests. This course offers 3 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). This interactive course will help ABE/ESL teachers and tutors improve their understanding and use of research-based beginning reading instruction strategies and activities. This course offers 3 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Open for pilot users only. Check back soon! This course will provide teachers and tutors with practical ways to teach grammar as an integrated part of an adult English as a Second Language (ESL) class. This course will give teachers and tutors a basic understanding of the CASAS assessment system, tools to help learners master CASAS competencies, and strategies to help learners succeed on CASAS tests. This course offers 5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). This course will provide practice questions for adult learners who are preparing to take the Accuplacer. In this course you can study for the Civics and Reading and Writing questions of the U.S. Citizenship test and take practice tests with the 100 questions. This course will provide an overview of the National Work Readiness Credential Exam. Sample exams will be included. This course will provide an overview of the National Work Readiness Credential Exam. Sample exams will be included. This course will provide an overview of the National Work Readiness Credential Exam. Sample exams will be included. This course will provide an overview of the National Work Readiness Credential Exam. Sample exams will be included. This course will provide an overview of the National Work Readiness Credential Exam. Sample exams will be included. These discussion boards will provide a forum for continuing the conversation begun in the Summer Institute sessions. Here you can share problems, solutions, and resources to further collaboration with your peers around the state. Find a variety of Discussion Boards on ABE/ESL topics. A place for Professional Development Coordinators to share ideas and collaborate. Find a variety of Discussion Boards here. A discussion board for MLC VISTAs! Moodle is an open-source learning management system (LMS) that is freely available for anyone to use. We will use this course to guide us as we learn about the many features that can be found in Moodle. | Skip LoginLoginAbout MLC Online TrainingThese online courses for adult learners and educators are brought to you by the Minnesota Literacy Council (MLC) through a Supplemental Service grant from the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE). To learn more about MLC, visit our website at: www.theMLC.org. To support MLC and strengthen literacy in Minnesota with a financial gift, click here to Donate! Thank you! Course categoriesAdministration |
