Available Courses

• New ABE Teacher Orientation

  • Teacher: Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt

  This course helps prepare new Adult Basic Education teachers in Minnesota. All sections of the course are open for participation, however the final quiz is still under construction. Completing the course will result in 6 CEUs plus the opportunity to earn an additional 3 CEUs by completing an optional assignment.
  
• ACES Project: Academic, Career and Employability Skills

  

  This course is an important component of the ATLAS ACES Professional Development Project and is open only to practitioners who are currently participating in ACES. To learn more about ACES, please visit the ATLAS website at www.atlasABE.org.
• Explicit Instruction for ABE

  • Teacher: Marn Frank

  This interactive course will help ABE teachers and tutors improve their knowledge and use of explicit instruction, a research-based method for teaching reading, writing, and math. Full completion offers 3 Continuing Education Units (based on approximately 3 hours of course activity time).
• Adult ESL Classroom Volunteer Training

  • Teacher: Burgen Young

  This online course will introduce you to the basics for a volunteer position in the Adult ESL Classroom. Approximate time to complete course: 2 hours.

• ABE/GED Classroom Volunteer Training

  
  

  This course will provide tutors helping in an ABE/GED classroom with background information and concrete ideas for helping students. Approximate time to complete course: 3 hours.
  

• Computer Literacy Curriculum Planning

  • Teacher: Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt

  This course will provide resources and tools for planning and implementing a computer literacy course for adult learners.
  
  This course takes approximately 6 hours to complete and offers 6 CEUs.
  
• Fundamentals of Adult ESL Curriculum Development

  • Teacher: Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt

  
  

  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 for adult English learners.

  This course offers 6 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Approximate time to complete course: 6 hours.
  

• Lesson Planning for Adult Students

  • Teacher: Burgen Young

  
  

  Lesson planning is an art. There are many ways to create a successful lesson plan. This course will walk you through a process that works for many instructors. Like any new skill, the more you practice writing and teaching lessons the better you will become at creating them.
  
  This course offers 3 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Approximate time to complete course: 3 hours.

• Literacy Level Adult ESL Instruction

  • Teacher: Burgen Young

  
  

  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). Approximate time to complete course: 4 hours.
  

• Mental Health in Adult Basic Education

  • Teacher: Wendy Sweeney

  
  

  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.
  

  This course offers 3 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).Approximate time to complete course: 3 hours.

• Multilevel English Language Instruction for Adult Students

  • Teacher: Burgen Young

  
  

  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). Approximate time to complete course: 3 hours.

• Citizenship Tutor Training

  • Teacher: Burgen Young

  The Citizenship Tutor Training educates teachers and tutors to assist students in preparing for United States Citizenship through naturalization.

  This course offers 3 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Approximate time to complete course: 3 hours.

• Peer Mentoring for Adult Educators

  This course prepares adult educators to be effective peer mentors and leads them through the steps needed to take part in the ATLAS Peer Mentoring project. This course offers 5 CEUs.Approximate time to complete course: 5 hours.
  
• Putting Technology to Work for Your Students

  This course was originally developed for participants registered for the 2008 MinneTESOL pre-conference workshop Putting Technology to Work for Your Students.
  
  Although the workshop is long over, these online training materials remain relevant. Please feel free to browse and learn!
• Reading Assessments for ABE

  • Teacher: Marn Frank

  This interactive course will help ABE teachers and tutors understand the purpose and use of reading assessments: CASAS, TABE, and other tests for determining alphabetics, fluency, and vocabulary needs. Full completion offers 4 Continuing Education Units (based on approximately 4 hours of course activity time).
• Beginning-Level Reading Instruction

  • Teacher: Marn Frank

  This interactive course will help ABE teachers and tutors improve their knowledge and use of evidence-based reading instruction (EBRI) for Beginning-level readers. Full completion offers 4 Continuing Education Units (based on approximately 4 hours of course activity time).
• Teaching Grammar in Adult ESL

  • Teacher: Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt

  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 offers 5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).Approximate time to complete course: 5 hours.
• Teaching Pronunciation to Adult ESL Students

  • Teacher: Burgen Young

  
  

  This course is for tutors and teachers who want to help students improve their pronunciation of English.

  This course offers 3 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Approximate time to complete course: 3 hours.

• Understanding CASAS for Student Success

  • Teacher: Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt

  
  

  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). Approximate time to complete course: 5 hours.

• Using Volunteers in the Classroom

  
  

  This class will provide ABE and ESL teachers with ideas for effectively using volunteers in their classrooms.

  This course offers 2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).Approximate time to complete course: 2 hours.

• Accuplacer Test Practice

    

  This course will provide practice questions for adult learners who are preparing to take the Accuplacer.
• Study for the U.S. Citizenship Test

    

  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.

• National Work Readiness Credential Exam Prep (Mankato)

  

  This course will provide an overview of the National Work Readiness Credential Exam. Sample exams will be included.

• National Work Readiness Credential Exam Prep (Pilot Sites)

  

  
  

  This course will provide an overview of the National Work Readiness Credential Exam. Sample exams will be included.

• National Work Readiness Credential Exam Prep (Minneapolis)

  This course will provide an overview of the National Work Readiness Credential Exam. Sample exams will be included.

• National Work Readiness Credential Exam Prep (St. Paul - Learner Web)

    

  
  

  This course will provide an overview of the National Work Readiness Credential Exam. Sample exams will be included.

• National Work Readiness Credential Exam Prep (St. Cloud)

  

  This course will provide an overview of the National Work Readiness Credential Exam. Sample exams will be included.

• MLC Learning Center - Rondo

  

  This is a place where volunteer teachers and tutors from the MLC Rondo Learning Center can access curriculum, report on classes, connect with each other, and get program updates from Erica.
• Use Your Moodle: A Hands on Approach

  

  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.
  
• Collective Intelligence Groups

    

  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.

• ABE Discussion Boards

    

  
  

  Find a variety of Discussion Boards on ABE/ESL topics.

• ABE Professional Development Planning

  A place for Professional Development Coordinators to share ideas and collaborate.

• MLC VISTAs

  

  A discussion board for MLC VISTAs!

Course categories

Trainings for Educators

20

Courses for Adult Learners

2

NWRC Pilot Sites

2

NWRC Minneapolis

1

NWRC St. Paul - Learner Web

1

NWRC St. Cloud

1

MLC Learning Center Sites

1

Moodle Training

1

Discussion Boards

4