Opportunities for Teachers
PANDA provides professional development in the areas of disabilities, mental illness and specific learning disorders at all Minnesota ABE events. All PANDA professional development workshops are FREE to Minnesota ABE staff
The following PANDA courses are available on CANVAS. Click on the title of course to access:
The Three L’s: The Difference Between Learning Disability, Low Ability, and Low Literacy workshop is intended to meet the relicensure area of modifying and adapting curricula, materials, and strategies. This course offers 3 CEUs.Â
Understanding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Other Traumas Which Can Impact Adult Student Learning workshop is intended to meet the relicensure area of Understanding Students’ Mental Illness Trauma. This course offers 3 CEUs.
Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illness workshop is intended to address the relicensure area of Understanding Key Warning Signs of Early Onset Mental Illness in Adolescents and Adults. This course offers 3 CEUs.
Suicide Prevention for Adult Educators workshop is intended to address the relicensure area for Suicide Prevention. This course offers 1.5 CEUs.Â
- Universal Design for Learning Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an approach that minimizes barriers and maximizes learning for all students. Based on scientific insights into how humans learn, UDL can help refine why you teach, what you teach and how you teach. This course offers 6 CEU’s.
ATLAS Professional Development Catalog
Provides an overview of all Minnesota Adult Education professional development opportunities in one convenient, searchable place.  https://mnpdcatalog.org/. Scheduled activities are linked to the Minnesota Adult Education events calendar.  https://atlasabe.org/events/
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