[Sabeswest] Preparing for Your ABE License

[George Kohout]

Hello WMass teachers, 

SABES has been convening ABE Teacher's License 
support groups for several years now.  License-seeking 
practitioners meet each month on the same day of the 
month (e.g., First Fridays) to work together to develop 
the portfolio they will submit to Mass DESE as part of 
the license requirements.  

Carey Reid, the SABES staff developer for this effort,
provides direct onsite support.  the setting is casual, and 
lunch is on SABES.  Interested practitioners should have 
at least 2,000 hours of classroom teaching experience, 
and a positive attitude.  

There are four groups meeting now, so practitioners can 
pick a place and day-of-month that works best for them:

First Fridays in Western Mass:  from 10-2 PM at the 
Holyoke Valley Opportunity Council
First Saturdays in the Boston Area: from 10-2 PM at the 
Adult Literacy Resource Institute Library at UMass/Boston
Second Fridays in Central Mass:  from 11-3 PM at the 
Worcester Community Action Council
Third Fridays in Southeastern Mass: from 12-4 PM at 
Bristol Community College in Fall River

These hours are open to negotiation by group members.

If you are interested in joining one of these groups, or if you have
any questions to be answered first, please contact Carey Reid at
creid at worlded.org or 617.385.3637.

If the whole concept of an ABE teacher's license is new to you
you can find the basic information on the SABES website at ...

http://www.sabes.org/license/index.htm