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SABES TO DEVELOP ABE LICENSURE-SUPPORT MODEL The five SABES Regional Support Centers (RSCs) in coordination with the Central Resource Center (CRC) will conduct a two-part field test of a support system for ABE teacher's license seekers. While most of the details of the field test will be determined by the planners themselves, some thought has been given to using a highly collaborative model in which practitioners from each region will work together in groups. Part 1: Planning the support model:The first part of the field test will be a planning phase to run from July through September of 2001. Carey Reid of the SABES CRC will convene a planning group composed of RSC staff members and one practitioner from each region, to be chosen by the RSCs.
Part 2: Testing the support model: SABES Resource Development SABES CRC has also begun to identify resources that license-seeking teachers might need. Because the new ABE licensure process is competency-based, teachers who identify gaps in knowledge and skills in relation to the ABE teacher's standards can address those gaps in a range of ways--school-based courses, staff development training, self-directed study, study circles, on-line courses, and so forth. SABES has begun to identify resources for each standard of the ABE teacher's license that license-seeking teachers might find useful. At this point, SABES is building annotated lists of resources--books, articles, course offerings, videos, web-sites--recommended by other practitioners and will eventually make these lists widely available. PILOT COURSE DEVELOPMENTS Over the next year, five additional pilot courses will be offered that are compatible with the ABE teacher's license. The proposed courses are:
The "Foundations" course will be hosted by NE SABES in the Fall, with Saturday sessions tentatively scheduled for the following dates: September 22 & 29; October 6, 20, 27; and November 3 & 17. Persons interested in enrolling should contact Sharon Klufts at 978-738-7302 or Klufts@aol.com to request an application. Dates, times, and locations will be identified for the remaining pilot courses. Be sure to watch for further information in the Updates and on the ESE or SABES web-sites for further course developments. These last five pilot courses are the culmination of almost three years of work developing and piloting a group of 15 courses designed to be compatible with the ABE teacher's license. If you are interested in these courses and would like to find out more about them, please contact your SABES RSC. Courses that have already been piloted are:
The Department recently posted RFRs (Requests for Response) on the COMM-PASS system to solicit bids from interested developers for the remaining two pilot courses (asterisked). To view the RFRs, go to www.comm-pass.com, select "Open Solicitations" by Procuring Agency, and select ESE then professional services.
ESE Offers FREE Summer Institutes The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is offering FREE summer content institutes across the Commonwealth for Massachusetts teachers. Each institute carries PDPs and, for a fee, college credit is available from the host institution. For further information, please check the ESE web-site at http://www.doe.mass.edu/news/news.asp?id=268
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