DESE-Funded
Online Products
As SABES offers additional webinars, they will be added here.
Aztec
In this session, Aztec Representative, Nicole Guerra, will review the administrative functionalities of the Aztec platform including the Admin and Class Centers. She will show you how to enroll teachers and students in your classes. You will also learn how to use the Reporting and Analytics features in the Class Center to gather the student and class information you need for teaching and reporting purposes.
Did you know that the Massachusetts Aztec platform has been restructured so that program administrators have more autonomy over their staff and student accounts? There are also changes regarding reporting and managing data. Come to this session to learn more about all of the new administrative functionalities.
In this session, Aztec Representative Nicole Guerra will review the updated administrative functions of the Aztec platform. We will be discussing tier separation, the account set up, the main point of contact on each account and their purpose in this new system, and how to create teacher and student accounts with assigned roles.
BurlingtonEnglish
In this session, teachers will learn about BurlingtonEnglish features such as student orientation, messaging tools, student progress reports, usage reports, and certificates. Come learn about ways to use these features to bolster student engagement on the platform and in your program. There will be time to make a customized plan to implement the best practices and ideas you learn about in the workshop.
KET FastForward
Come learn about FastForward, offered by KET Adult Education. FastForward is an online high school equivalency study system that students can access anytime, anywhere to strengthen skills in all test subject areas: language arts, math, science, and social studies.
KET licenses are available at no cost for programs with DESE funding. Please use this Request Form to request program licenses.
As part of our partnership with KET, Massachusetts has 1000 GED vouchers for student use. You can reach out to Paula Jurigian for information about accessing the vouchers.
KET is Kentucky Educational Television, a PBS affiliate. KET is an official partner of both GED® Testing Service and HiSET®.
Newsela
During this workshop, you will gain an understanding of the seven modules of the Newsela Massachusetts Adult Basic Education (ABE) Collection:
Literacy Skills Development
High School Equivalency Exam Preparation
Career Pathways
Workforce Preparation
Digital Literacy
Civics Education
Problem-Based and Project-Based Learning
Teachers will learn strategies and tools for using Newsela differentiated text levels, annotations, and lesson sparks. This session will include facilitator modeling and guidance, time to work and plan within your Newsela account, and opportunities to share experiences, ask questions, and seek platform and implementation support.
Are you wondering how to integrate Newsela content and resources into your classroom instruction? In this workshop, we will review effective practices for designing and integrating digital assignments that support academic engagement with Newsela reading content. Working within Newsela, we will examine instructional practices for leveraging multiple levels of a text to support student learning that is focused on a common goal.
Click for helpful information and, for ACLS-funded programs, to access a free subscription.
In this interactive workshop, Newsela Professional Learning Specialist, Alyssa Lipuma, will demonstrate how you can help students build background knowledge using Newsela content. You will learn about and practice using Newsela features such as creating annotations and quizzes to help scaffold and differentiate instruction. Come with your Newsela account open and ready to use!
Do you want to sign up for a DESE-funded Newsela account with access to the full Newsela catalog? Follow the instructions on our website.
In this workshop, Newsela Professional Learning Specialist Alyssa Lipuma will show you how you can engage English language learners in language practice while supporting their access to complex texts and concepts. You will walk away with impactful and easy-to-implement strategies to differentiate content and instruction for ELLs and all adult learners.
Northstar
Great news! ACLS has purchased a state license for Northstar Digital Literacy, which means that now students and teachers in all ACLS-funded programs can benefit from Northstar assessments, curriculum, training, and certificates. All you need to do is complete two easy steps:
1. Get a site license for your program by completing this Request Form. For questions about ACLS Northstar licenses, please contact Paula Jurigian at paula.jurigian@mass.gov.
2. Join us for this training to learn what the paid/licensed Northstar platform has to offer programs, teachers, and students. (Note: This is significantly more than what the “free access” offers.)
In this workshop, you will learn about the Northstar Digital Literacy standards, assessments, ready-to-go curriculum, self-directed online learning, and reporting features. Use this training to plan how your organization can strategically use Northstar to reach your digital literacy goals.
In this workshop, Northstar expert Theresa Sladek will take you through the first steps you should take to get ready to use Northstar. She will describe how to accomplish the tasks needed to begin using Northstar effectively and efficiently, such as how to register students, run reports, and find and use the curricula and resources available to Northstar subscribers.
To view the first webinar in this series, see Introduction to Northstar above.
Join Northstar trainer Theresa Sladek for the third in a series of three Northstar Digital Literacy workshops to learn how you can orient your learners to the Northstar assessments, the student dashboard, and self-directed online curricula that are included in your program’s state-funded subscription to the Northstar Digital Literacy platform. She will review how to proctor assessments and provide examples of how instructors can use the classroom curricula in a remote learning environment.
DESE-funded programs can request a site license by completing this request form. Note that the requests are processed in batches so please plan ahead.