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Author: Patsy Egan

13 November 2018


MinneTESOL Journal, (2018), Vol. 34(Issue 2)

10 Years of ATLAS: Enhancing Instruction and Cultivating Leaders in Adult Education

For the past decade, ATLAS, housed at Hamline University, has been offering innovative professional development for adult basic educators across Minnesota. ESL education has been at the center of these efforts since the beginning! ATLAS cultivates new leaders as they work to…
0 By Patsy Egan and Betsy Parrish 
7 April 2014


MinneTESOL Journal, (2014), Vol. 30(Issue 1)

Adult ESL and Kindergarten: An Unlikely Meeting to Improve Literacy Instruction

Harold B. Allen Award Recipient: Enhancing literacy instruction for adult learners with limited literacy can begin by reaching out and learning from our K-2 teaching colleagues. Reaching out to meet the needs of an overlooked population In a recent study circle, four adult ESL…
0 By Patsy Egan 
Patsy Egan

Patsy Egan, PhD, is the director of ATLAS, Adult Basic Education (ABE) Teaching & Learning Advancement System. ATLAS is housed in the Hamline University School of Education, and its mission is to provide resources and professional development to advance adult education throughout Minnesota. Patsy holds a BA in Russian Language from the University of Nebraska and an MA in Teaching English as a Second Language, as well as a PhD in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Minnesota (read a summary Patsy's dissertation here). She has state-issued teaching licenses in K-12 ESL and also in Adult Basic Education. Patsy’s teaching and research focuses on literacy development and teacher education for adult learners, including adult basic education and English as a Second Language. She is a frequent national conference presenter, invited trainer and author, largely in the area of low-literacy adult ESL.

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