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Upcoming Professional Learning Opportunities
July - September 2025
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Below, you will find a list of upcoming courses that are now available for enrollment in the PD Portal. For more information about any of these courses, please visit the PD Portal, open the course catalog, and review the syllabus.
PD Portal Resources
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Administrators, IHPDSs, and tutor coordinators can request accounts for staff and volunteers.
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Download the PD Portal User Guide, which includes directions for logging in, viewing course descriptions, and enrolling.
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Visit the PD Portal FAQ page for help using the PD Portal.
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PA CASAS Initial Certification Training
This new course replaces the previous versions of the CASAS training. There are two identical sessions of this course. Choose one to enroll in. (Session A or Session B)
PA TABE Initial Certification Training
This new course will replace previous versions of the TABE Training. There are two identical sessions of this course. Choose one to enroll in. (Session A or Session B)
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Data Detective - COMING SOON!
This new course will be offered on demand. It will support agencies’ work using data to monitor performance, plan program improvement efforts, and evaluate program effectiveness. Registration will open when the course is available.
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Supporting Adult Learner Transition to Employment - COMING SOON!
This course will be offered in a new, on-demand format.
Supporting Adult Learner Transition to Postsecondary Education - COMING SOON!
This course will be offered in a new, on-demand format.
| | CUSTOMIZED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT | | |
The courses listed on this document are available to programs using a customized approach. This means that the courses will be provided in-house at a program’s PLC by a PDS coach or facilitator. View an overview of the customized PD approach and descriptions of each course and complete an application to request customized PD.
- College and Career Readiness Standards Protocols:
- Student Work Protocol
- Resource Alignment and Lesson Revision
- Lesson Study
- English Language Proficiency Standards
- Evidence-Based Reading Strategies
- Instructional Routines for Transitioning English Learners
- Peer Observation
- Reading Instruction Strategies for Beginning ELLs
- Teaching Skills That Matter in Adult Education (TSTM)
- Using Assessment to Inform Instruction
- Working with ELLs: The Role of Formative Assessment
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Building Your Digital Skills
This 6.5-hour course will help participants strengthen digital skills that are important for their role.
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COMING SOON! Data Detective
This course will support agencies’ work using data to monitor performance, plan program improvement efforts, and evaluate program effectiveness. It will include online course activities and conclude with action planning. While individuals can take this course, programs may benefit from having a team of participants take the course. If a team approach is used, it is recommended that the team includes staff at the agency who can enact changes and at least one person who is familiar with data. Other agency staff could also participate in the team.
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Goal-Setting Basics with English Language Learners
This course is for any adult education practitioner who wants to learn more about supporting English language learners (ELLs) with developing academic and career goals. Participants will have the opportunity to build upon their knowledge of effective goal setting with adult learners by exploring strategies that help ELLs identify their goals even when they have limited English proficiency.
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Google Applied Digital Skills
Choose from over 200 lessons that can help participants enhance their use of Google tools in their practice and improve digital literacy skills. Participants will have 45 days from enrolling to complete their chosen lesson, apply something they learned, and reflect on how their new skills impact their practice. Enroll anytime.
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Google Certified Educator Level 1
Prepare for the Google Certified Educator Level 1 exam while broadening your capabilities with Google applications in this 15-week course.
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Improving Your Agency's Data Quality and Processes
This course supports agency work in improving data quality. Participant teams should include an agency leader who can enact change at the agency and one person who is familiar with all aspects of the agency’s data entry process. During the course, agency teams will map their agency’s data, identify areas for improvement, and develop an action plan. Enroll anytime and have 60 days from the enrollment date to complete the course.
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Integrated Education and Training (IET) Statewide and Regional Resources NEW
Integrated Education and Training (IET) in Pennsylvania can continue to grow through collaboration with partners. To support sustaining and growing IET in PA, Regional and Statewide IET Resources are now available in the PD Portal. This area of the PD Portal includes the approved statewide Commercial Driver’s License IET that was shared at the June Division Webinar. Please contact Chrissie Klinger at cok5111@psu.edu if you would like to be added to the Regional and Statewide IET Resources.
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Introduction to Workforce Preparation Skills
In this 4.5-hour course, participants will learn about the Transferrable and Digital Literacy Skills (part of the PA Foundation Skills) and work with a student to identify skills they need to work on to reach their employment goal.
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Motivating Adult Learners to Persist
Complete the course on the LINCS website and upload your certificate of completion to the PD Portal within 30 days of enrollment for professional development credit.
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New Administrator Training
This online course provides important information for new adult education program administrators and will be available to new administrators as needed throughout the program year. To enroll in the course, please email your ProLO consultant.
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Staff Induction Verification Course
New staff members who are participating in the staff induction process can enroll in this course after they have completed the required activities. Administrators can review the staff induction process by downloading the 2024-2025 Staff Induction Implementation Guide.
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Teaching With Illustrative Mathematics® Lessons
Enroll anytime and have 10 weeks to complete the course.
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Trauma-Informed Instructional Practices for Adult Educators
Enroll anytime and have 45 days to complete the course.
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Introduction to Universal Design for Learning: Learning that Works for All
Learn about the core UDL principles and consider ways to apply them to your practice to increase engagement and accessibility with students or other staff members.
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Universal Design for Learning: It All Starts with a Goal
Examine various goal-setting techniques the participant can use to create their own goals or help others establish and monitor meaningful and attainable goals.
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Universal Design for Learning: Making Math Matter
Studying math can produce strong emotions, as many individuals feel they suffer from math anxiety, which hinders their ability to learn. This course will explore math anxiety, how it is often displayed, and the best practices to reduce it.
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Universal Design for Learning: Making Reading and Writing Matter
Reflect on and develop new strategies for teaching literacy in adult education classrooms, with an emphasis placed on the importance of making literacy content relevant for all students.
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PA CASAS Initial Certification Training
Enroll anytime and have 45 days from the enrollment date to complete the course.
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PA TABE Initial Certification Training
Enroll anytime and have 45 days from the enrollment date to complete the course.
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Remote Test Administration Certification
Enroll anytime and have 45 days from the enrollment date to complete the course.
- PA BEST Plus Remote Test Administration Certification
- PA CASAS Remote Test Administration Certification
- PA TABE Remote Test Administration Certification
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Staff Induction Modules
This series of modules is designed for new agency staff members as part of a customizable onboarding process. Existing staff may also choose to complete these modules at any time.
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On-Demand Modules
On-demand modules are offered in the PD Portal to provide participants with flexible learning opportunities on a variety of topics. Please note that these on-demand modules are not part of the series of modules designed for staff induction.
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Tutor Training Modules
These modules cover the foundational skills needed by volunteers working in adult education programs. The nine modules serve as a component of volunteer tutor and classroom aide training and can be completed at any time.
| | RESOURCES IN THE PD PORTAL | |
Friday Lunchtime Webinar Resources
The Professional Development System offers Friday Lunchtime Webinars most Fridays at noon. Enroll in Friday Lunchtime Webinar Resources in the course catalog to access the complete schedule of webinars, the webinar link, presentation slides, and recordings.
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Program PD Team
Administrators, IHPDSs, and digital literacy specialists can enroll in the Program PD Team course in the PD Portal to access essential tools and resources related to professional development at their agency.
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Student Support Coordinator Professional Development Resources
Any adult education staff person who provides student support services can enroll in this space in the PD Portal. Participants will gain access to resources, including the Student Support Coordinator Hub and networking events.
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Tutor Coordinator Resource Hub
This hub contains documents and resources to support tutor coordinators. Any staff who train or work closely with volunteer tutors or classroom aides can enroll in this space in the PD Portal to access the resources.
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Partnering and collaborating with our workforce development partners is critical for successfully supporting our adult learners’ transition to postsecondary and the workforce. These online, on-demand trainings take about an hour and will help you learn more about how to collaborate with our partners. They’re perfect for new staff, as well as for current staff who want to learn how they can better collaborate with workforce development partners.
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Introduction to the PA CareerLink® System Referrals and Best Practices
- Collaborating for Success: A Shared Customer-Centered Approach to Service Delivery
| | Visit the PA Adult Education Resources (PAAER) website to access resources to support your work. | | | | |
