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  • State and/or Regional Literacy Resource Center web site(s)
  • State Professional Development Catalog
  • State Professional Development Newsletter
  • Online Calendar of Events, etc.
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Alabama

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Alaska

  • Amy Iutzi, State of Alaska ABE/GED Director, amy_iutzi@labor.state.ak.us

Arizona

email: Beverly.Wilson@azed.gov


Arkansas


California


Colorado


Connecticut

Connecticut Association of Adult and Continuing Education (CAACE): http://www.caace.net/


Delaware


Florida


Georgia


Hawaii

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Idaho

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Illinois

In Illinois, professional development opportunities are delivered through a dynamic network of highly qualified educators and trainers led by the Illinois Community College Board. http://www.iccb.state.il.us/adulted.html

In addition to the Service Center Network, Illinois has led in the development and deployment of online learning for GED ® test preparation. As a nationally recognized project, GED-i provides a professional development component serving hundreds of administrators and instructors annually.


Indiana


Iowa

  • Iowa Literacy Resource Center.

Iowa has a network of staff developers based in the local programs as community colleges. http://www.readiowa.org/ Iowa's state contact for adult literacy professional development is Phyllis Hinton, Iowa Dept. of Education, Adult Literacy Consultant at 515-281-4723 or phyllis.hinton@iowa.gov.


Kansas

  • Kansas State Literacy Resource Center.

Kansas has a state ABE staff member handling professional development.
http://literacy.kent.edu/~kansas/


Kentucky

KYAE Professional Development Home Page http://kyae.ky.gov/educators/pd.htm
KYVAE website for adult learners and adult educators of Kentucky http://kyae.ky.gov/
Kentucky Adult Education PDtrack Home Page https://pdtrack.kyvae.org/


Louisiana


Maine

Updated 10/15/09 by Jeffrey Fantine


Maryland

Karen Lisch Gianninoto, Professional Development Specialist, State of Maryland Department of Labor Licensing and Regulation, Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning 1100 Eutaw St. Baltimore, MD 21201, 410-767-4150, kgianninoto@dllr.state.md.us


Massachusetts

  • System for Adult Basic Education Support (SABES) Home Page http://www.sabes.org
    SABES has five regional centers, each providing professional development. It has a statewide professional development library and a Web-based calendar of all professional development offerings.
  • Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education (MCAE) http://www.mcae.net
  • New England Literacy Resource Center (NELRC) http://www.nelrc.org/

Michigan


Minnesota

Mission: To foster practitioner development and enhance the professionalism of Minnesota ABE.

Values:

  • Promote inclusive, accessible and sustainable learning
  • Model best practices relevant to current needs
  • Encourage collaboration, reflective dialogue, and shared learning within and across communities
  • Respond to changing needs through ongoing assessment and evaluation

Minnesota Adult Basic Education Professional Development Specialist

Minnesota has a state professional development specialist within ABE in the Minnesota Department of Education. This full-time person coordinates state, regional, and local PD initiatives across the state. http://mnabe.themlc.org/Adult_Basic_Education2.html

Regional Professional Development Coordinators (RPDCs)

The state is divided into 9 professional development regions. One or two individuals act as RPDCs; these are teachers or administrators who apply for the two-year position. http://www.hamline.edu/education/academics/centers/sltl/atlas/regional_coord/regional_coordinators.html

ABE Teaching and Learning Advancement System (ATLAS) at Hamline University, Saint Paul: http://www.hamline.edu/atlas

Minnesota Literacy Council (MLC): http://www.themlc.org

Physical and Neurological Disabilities Association (PANDA): http://www.mnabedisabilities.org

Literacy Minnesota: http://www.literacyminnesota.org/


Mississippi


Missouri


Montana

  • Montana Association for Adult and Community Education

http://www.nwlincs.org/mtlincs/maace.htm Norene Peterson 10-16-05


Nebraska

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Nevada


New Hampshire


New Jersey


New Mexico


New York


New England


North Carolina


North Dakota


Ohio


Oklahoma


Oregon


Pennsylvania


Rhode Island


South Carolina


South Dakota


Tennessee


Texas


Utah


Vermont

  • Learning Works, Vermont's system of adult education and literacy, sponsors professional development in collaboration with the Vermont Department of Education:

http://www.learningworksvt.org/html/prof_development.html


Virginia


Washington


Washington, DC


West Virginia

  • West Virginia Adult Basic Education Intructor Handbook: WVABE Professional Development System

http://wvde.state.wv.us/abe/tcher_handbook_pdf/section11.pdf


Wisconsin

  • Wisconsin Literacy's vision is to stregthen Wisconsin's workforce, families and communities through literacy. As a statewide coalition, we pursue this vision by supporting adult, family and workplace literacy through advocacy, program development, information and referral, resource development and training. Our growing network of more than 50 literacy providers offers instruction for basic skills and English Language Learners in community, corrections, workplace family and faith-based settings. This network includes nearly 4,000 trained voulnteer tutors who provide individualized, goal-oriented literacy instruction each year to adults and families in Wisconsin.

For information on Wisconsin-wide trainings and programs please visit our website at http://www.wisconsinliteracy.org

Email info@wisconsinliteracy.org

  • Wisconsin Literacy, 211 S. Patterson St., Madison, WI 53703,608-257-1655
  • Regional Contact for NE:Tristam Westphal,Office in: Green Bay,tristam@wisconsinliteracy.org,920-435-2474
  • Regional Contact for NW:Margarete Cook,Office in: Eau Claire/Chippewa Falls,margarete@wisconsinliteracy.org,715-933-0101
  • Regional Contact for SE: Marsha Connet,Office in: Racine/Milwaukee,marsha@wisconsinliteracy.org,262-930-3465
  • Regional Contact for SW/South Central:Layla Coleman,Office in: Madison,layla@wisconsinliteracy.org,608-250-5130

Wyoming

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