Professional Development for Educators Literacyworks Learner Web: Online Courses Web Portal * Offers free online courses (run by the United States Department of Education) for professional development of educators * Courses for teaching both native and non-native speakers of English * https://www.learnerweb.org/LearnerWeb/LearnerWeb.html?region=literacyworks&locale=en&#REGION_HOME_PAGE Proliteracy Education Network: Online Courses * Courses to help instructors learn new teaching techniques * Also offers online resources for students * Includes courses specifically designed for native Spanish speakers * https://proliteracy.org/Professional-Development/Education-Network TEAL Institute * Offers conferences and discussions about professional development topics, with some excerpts of presentations available online * https://lincs.ed.gov/state-resources/federal-initiatives/teal/summer-institute Resources to Share with Students The Center for the Study of Adult Literacy: Library for Adult Learners * Helps teachers to find texts for their students that are engaging and just the right degree of challenging. Offers an online library of reading material, organized by difficulty level * http://csal.gsu.edu/content/library Pumarosa * A bilingual Spanish/English website; useful for teachers whose students are most comfortable in Spanish * http://www.pumarosa.com National Adult Literacy Agency: Literacy Tools * Offers exercises to improve reading and writing that students can print out and work on independently, or as part of classroom time * http://www.literacytools.ie/welcome.cfm