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Registration for the February 11 & 18 Adult Basic Literacy Instructor Training is now closed. Please call Jen Freeman at 512-735-2536 to see if any seats have become available. 

Thanks for your interest in ABE Instructor Training!


The Literacy Coalition's Adult basic Literacy Instructor training program consists of a two-day, 12-hour training session. This evidence-based training for instructors was developed through research and collaboration with leaders in the field of adult education. The training emphasizes the student-centered nature of ABE instruction, and offers a variety of context-based learning activities for reading and writing instruction.

This training is designed to introduce new and volunteer instructors to effective ABE instruction, and can serve as a helpful refresher for veteran teachers. The training offers an overview of research-based lesson planning, a variety of practical, effective teaching strategies, and engaging activities that teachers can adapt for their classroom.

The training has 3 core objectives:

  1. Participants will be able to employ effective ABE teaching strategies.
  2. Participants will know how to use key instructional materials.
  3. Participants will be able to use a research-based ABE lesson-planning framework.

All participants will receive the LCCT's evidence-based ABE Instructional Manual, developed in partnership with Barbara Baird, M.Ed. The manual includes a guide to effective lesson-planning, teaching strategies and activities to engage literacy students, teaching tips for instructors, and additional resources. The interactive training will demonstrate many of the manual's teaching strategies and classroom activities.


There is a $30 registration fee per instructor. LCCT will waive the registration fee for volunteers at a program in the LCCT network.

Please submit $30 registration fee via check to:

          Literacy Coalition of Central Texas

          c/o Jen Freeman

          835 N. Pleasant Valley Rd.

          Austin, TX 78702


In the event of a cancellation, LCCT will notify you by phone 24 hours in advance.

All centralized Literacy Coalition trainings are held at our offices located at 835 N. Pleasant Valley Rd., Austin, TX, 78702.

If your organization would like an on-site training for 8-12 instructors, please call (512) 735-2536 or email Jen Freeman.