Welcome to Literacy Minnesota's online training site.
We offer training for adult literacy volunteers and professional development courses for Adult Basic Education teachers and staff. There are also a few courses that offer content directly to adult learners. If you work or volunteer in another setting, such as K-12 education, you are welcome to browse our resources. Simply keep in mind that the intended audience is adult learners and the practitioners who work with them.
If you are new to this site, you may create a Username and Password by clicking Create new account under the login box to the left. If you have previously used this site but have lost or forgotten your login information, contact Susan Wetenkamp-Brandt at swbrandt@literacymn.org.
Note: if you have not logged in for more than 6 months, you may need to create a new account. Accounts unused for 180 days or more may be deleted to make space for new users.
If you are not a resident of Minnesota, please read the Out-of-State Users Policy document below.
Good Luck! If you have any questions or encounter any problems while using this site, please contact Susan.
Available courses
- Teacher: Wendy Sweeney
- Teacher: Lori Yurick
Northstar Digital Literacy Foundations provides an introduction to the Northstar Digital Literacy standards and how they can be integrated into any adult education course. The Northstar standards are one of three required sets of content standards for adult education in Minnesota (along with the College and Career Readiness Standards and the ACES-TIF standards).
This course is intended for Minnesota Adult Education teachers, managers, program coordinators, and anyone in a role supporting learners or staff with digital literacy instruction (e.g., curriculum specialists, distance learning coordinators, technology integration specialists, digital navigators, volunteer tutors, etc.). The course consists of three modules. Participants will earn 5 CEUs upon completion (2 CEUs for Module 1, 1 CEU for Module 2, and 2 CEUs for Module 3). To receive CEUs, participants must create an account in the Literacy Minnesota Online Training Portal, enroll in the course, complete all three modules, complete and submit the notetaking document, and complete the course evaluation. You may contact ebennett@literacymn.org for assistance.
- Teacher: Elizabeth Bennett
- Teacher: Jason Brazier
This course is for Adult Basic Education practitioners to learn about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
This course offers 3 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
- Teacher: Wendy Sweeney
- Teacher: Lori Yurick
In this course, you will learn the basics about Learning Management Systems (LMS), how and why you should use one with your adult learners, and resources to help you get started.
- Teacher: Jason Brazier
- Teacher: Cathy Grady
Welcome to the new professional development course required for Minnesota adult educators who are offering distance or blended learning options for their adult learners. This course also includes the required training modules for adult education teachers seeking certification for the Teacher Verification Model (TVM) of distance learning.
This course is comprised of 6 modules, all of which can be completed one at a time, at your own pace. Up to 11 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available to teachers who complete all 6 modules. Modules 1- 4 are worth 1.5 CEUs; Module 5 is worth 1 CEU; Module 6 (TVM in Practice) is worth 5 CEUs. For TVM Certification, an additional 2 CEUs/TVM Certification will be issued after you attend a TVM Certification Webinar.
- Teacher: Elizabeth Bennett
- Teacher: Adam Kieffer
- Teacher: Astrid Liden
This course is for Adult Basic Education practitioners to learn about suicide prevention best practices.
This course offers 1.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
- Teacher: Wendy Sweeney
- Teacher: Lori Yurick
This training prepares new volunteers to work in an adult ESL classroom, and provides ongoing development for experienced classroom volunteers. Topics covered include volunteer roles, culture and cultural awareness, responding to errors, and effective floating in the ESL classroom.
Approximate time to complete course: 3 hours.
- Teacher: Andrea Echelberger
This course offers 3 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
- Teacher: Wendy Sweeney
- Teacher: Lori Yurick
- Teacher: Stephanie Sommers
The Citizenship Tutor Training educates teachers and tutors to assist students in preparing for United States Citizenship through naturalization.
This course offers 3 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Approximate time to complete course: 3 hours.
- Teacher: Andrea Echelberger
This interactive course will help ABE/ESL teachers, support staff, and volunteers understand the value, purposes, and processes for conducting informal reading assessments to better inform reading instruction for "struggling" adult readers. Completion of all required course activities and the course assignment will result in 3-5 Continuing Education Units (or CEUs).
- Teacher: Kristine Kelly
This class will provide ABE and ESL teachers with ideas for effectively using volunteers in their classrooms.
This course offers 2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).Approximate time to complete course: 2 hours.
For adult learners who want to work towards a career as a Certified Revenue Cycle Specialist.
- Teacher: Matt Fischer
- Teacher: Mary Kate Lewis
- Teacher: See Moua-Leske
- Teacher: KariJo Pierson
- Teacher: Heather Rickgarn
- Teacher: Jenna Weyer
This course will prepare adult learners for a career as a Certified Nursing Assistant.
- Teacher: Kathy Bjornson
- Teacher: Mary Kate Lewis
This course will prepare adult learners for a career in the care of young children.
- Teacher: Mary Kate Lewis
This course will prepare adult learners for a career in a medical office setting.
- Teacher: Mary Kate Lewis
This course will prepare adult learners for a career in manufacturing.
- Teacher: Mary Kate Lewis
This orientation is for all host site staff who will be involved with recruiting and/or supervising an AmeriCorps VISTA member through the Literacy Leadership Program of Literacy Minnesota. Orientation will cover recruitment, onboarding, and supervision, as well as program details and policies.
- Teacher: Stephanie Lewis
- Teacher: Stephanie Lewis
- Teacher: Courtney Zaato
Required
orientation for Literacy Leadership AmeriCorps VISTA members.
- Teacher: Stephanie Lewis
- Teacher: Stephanie Lewis
- Teacher: Courtney Zaato
Required orientation for Summer Reads AmeriCorps VISTA members.
- Teacher: Honna Brown
- Teacher: Stephanie Lewis
- Teacher: Stephanie Lewis
- Teacher: Courtney Zaato
This course is a teacher resource only. It is not for student enrollment.
This course is a teacher resource only. It is not for student enrollment.
This course is a teacher resource only. It is not for student enrollment.
This semester course is meant to connect the earliest forms of human writing to the kinds of stories we tell and where we might be heading.
Students will work on reading early human literature; exposure to Greek Mythology and British Romanticism. They will also work on the processes of preparing, evaluating, and delivering multiple forms of written communication.
This course is a teacher resource only. It is not for student enrollment.
This course is a teacher resource only. It is not for student enrollment.
This course is a teacher resource only. It is not for student enrollment.
This course is a teacher resource only. It is not for student enrollment.
This course is a teacher resource only. It is not for student enrollment.
This course is a teacher resource only. It is not for student enrollment.
This course is a teacher resource only. It is not for student enrollment.
This course is a teacher resource only. It is not for student enrollment.
This course is a teacher resource only. It is not for student enrollment.
This is a 6th grade, year-long course aligned to MN State Academic Standards. It is a collaborative effort by over a dozen MN School districts.
This version of the course uses embedded Google Docs so that course updates may be made via the MNPCC.
This course is a teacher resource only. It is not for student enrollment.
This course is a teacher resource only. It is not for student enrollment.
This course is a teacher resource only. It is not for student enrollment.
This course is a teacher resource only. It is not for student enrollment.
This course is a teacher resource only. It is not for student enrollment.
- Teacher: Sean Scarbrough
- Teacher: Jon Weiss
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