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.

Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe has also offered their in-person training to interested nearby programs. Please contact Mary DuBose or Amanda Rivera de Garcia for more information at (505) 428-1353.

The Propel Professional Learning Portal is transitioning, but there will be a Components of Reading and Writing for Tutors course coming soon. We will update when it is available in 2026!

If you are with a New Mexico adult education program and do not have an nmdelt email and would like one, you can request one here. 

Stay tuned!