Professional Learning

New Mexico literacy programs, including volunteer tutors, have access to all PropelNM professional learning opportunities. Find more information here. Courses include:

• • Training from the Back of the Room (TBR)

  • Motivational Coaching

  • Google Intensive

  • Teaching Skills That Matter (TSTM) Essentials

  • And more!

NMAEA also holds an annual adult education conference in the Fall and adult educators' institutes typically in the Spring. Visit the NMAEA site for updates.

New tutor training is available through our membership with Literacy Works. If you are a New Mexico program and unsure how to access this training, please contact us. 

More content for tutors' ongoing learning is on the way! In the meantime, please check the Resource page for other available workshops.

ReadWest has also offered their hybrid tutor training to any literacy programs in the state. Please contact Cyndy Ratliff for more information at (505) 892-1131 or cyndy.ratliff@readwest.org.

Courses such as The Adult Learner and What Are Content Standards? are available on Propel's PPLP here. Past trainings and recordings are also housed here. While the PPLP is undergoing construction, more courses are in the works, including three ESL Foundations courses and Tutoring Reading and Writing courses. 

If you are a New Mexico adult education program and do not have an nmdelt email, you can request one here. If you are not sure how to access the PPLP, please contact us.

Our literacy program webinar series continues with the following scheduled events in the spring/summer:

• 5/28/25, 12 pm - 2 pm MST: Nonprofit Board Development with Kathy St. John

• 6/9/25, 2 pm - 5 pm MST: Tutor Troubleshooting Tips and Tricks with Jeff Fantine

Register here. 

• 6/25/25 & 6/27/25, 1 pm - 2:30 pm MST:  TPRS™ BASICS for ESL Instructors & Tutors; "The Fastest Way to Fluency."  Link to register.