MinneTESOL * Professional Development

Adult Basic Education (ABE) Programs in Minnesota

Name of Program	Location	Contact Person	Phone/Fax/E-mail address
Adult Options In Education	915 Mainstreet Hopkins, MN 55343	Jane Kono	Phone: 952-988-5344
Alexandria ABE	817 Fillmore St. Alexandria, MN 56308	Sandy Schroepfer	Phone: 320-762-0627 Fax: 320-762-8520 sschroep@alexandria.k12.mn.us
Alexandria ABE ESL Program	Alexandria ABE Consortium, 817 Fillmore St., Alexandria, MN 56308	Rollie Finke, ABE/GED/ESL Instructor	Phone: 320-762-0627 rfinke@alexandria.k12.mn.us
Apple Valley ABE	7800 W County Road 42, Apple Valley, MN 56124	Cathy Koering	Phone: 651-683-8585 Fax: 612-683-8568 Cathy.koering@district196.org
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency	702 Third Ave. S. Virginia, MN 55792	Gwen Grell	Phone: 218-327-6749 Fax: 218-327-4179 gwen.grell@state.mn.us
Bloomington SHAPE	2575 West 88th Street, Bloomington, MN 55431	Laurie Elsen	Phone: 952-681-6170 Fax: 952-681-6171
Brainerd ABE	300 Quince Street Brainard, MN 56401	Marlee Larson	Phone: 218-829-2915 Fax: 218-828-8718 aec@uslink.net
Cambridge-Isanti ABE	305 7th Lane NE Cambridge, MN 55008	Vicki Ostrom	Phone: 612-689-2796 Fax: 612-689-6200 vicki_ostrom@cambridge.k12.mn.us
Carver-Scott ABE	401 E. 4th Street Chaska, MN 55318	Jeff Theis	Phone: 612-368-9822 ext. 15 Fax: 612-368-9430
Carver-Scott Coop.	401 E. 4th Street Chaska, MN 55318	Brenda Urke	Phone: 612-368-8807 Fax: 612-368-8858
Cass Lake Adult Basic Educ.	Route 3, Box 4 Cass Lake, MN 56633	Wanda Arenz	Phone: 218-335-8002 Fax: 218-335-2614
Central MN ABE	Apollo H.S. Room - 852 1000 N. 44 Ave. St. Cloud, MN 56303	Carol Loomis	Phone: 320-252-2312 Fax: 320-255-2538
Corrections	1450 Energy Park Dr., Suite-200 St. Paul, MN 55108	Scott Olson	Phone: 651-642-0242 Fax: 651-642-0223 solson@smtp.co.doc.state.mn.us
CSD of Minnesota (formerly Communication Service for the Deaf)	2055 Rice Street St. Paul, MN 55113	Peggy Camp, Metro Twin Cities Marilyn Dodge, Greater MN Julie Al-Rai, Deaf Curriculum	Website - http://www.c-s-d.org/ Office Fax: 651.487.8880 Email (Peggy) - pcamp@c-s-d.org Ph (Peggy) - 651.487.8861 TTY Email (Marilyn) - mdodge@c-s-d.org Ph (Marilyn) - 1.877.456.7589 Email (Julie) - jalrai@c-s-d.org Ph (Julie) - 651.487.8862 V/TTY
Duluth ABE	Duluth Public Schools, 2 East Second St. Duluth, MN 55802	Beth Tamminen	Phone: 218-727-4804 Fax: 218-727-6456
East Central Cooperative	Box 658 Sandstone, MN 55072	Toni Groe	Phone: 320-245-5401 Fax: 320-245-5453 isd2580adg@norsol.com
Faribault ABE Adult Learning Ctr.	201 Lyndale Ave. S., Suite M Faribault, MN 55021	Pat Weiseler	Phone: 507-334-0069 Fax: 507-332-2648
Faribault County ABE	315 E. 6th Street Blue Earth, MN 56013	Becki Hawkins	Phone: 507-526-3172 Fax: 507-526-2432 bhawkins@blueearth.k12.mn.us
Freshwater Adult Education	425 North 4th St. Staples, MN 56479	Linda Oman	Phone: 218-894-2497 Fax: 218-894-2656
Freshwater Education Program	425 North 4th St. Staples, MN 56479	Alan Judd	Phone: 218-894-2497
Hastings School District	1000 West 11 St. Hastings, MN 55033	Kevin Avise	Phone: 651-438-0742 Fax: 651-437-7332
Hastings School District	1000 West 11 St. Hastings, MN 55033	Don Kramlinger	Phone: 651-428-0882 Fax: 651-437-7332
Hiawatha Valley ABE Colvill Family Center	269 East 5th St. Red Wing, MN 55066	Mary Eberlein	Phone: 651-385-4774 Fax: 651-385-4780
Lakes and Pairies ABE	P.O. Box 566 NTC Wadena, MN 56482	Sharon Brincefield	Phone: 218-631-3530 Fax: 218-631-9207 Bri702@mail.NTC.mnscu.edu
Lakes Area Learning Center	425 Broadway Detroit Lakes, MN 56501	Elaine Graf	Phone: 218-847-4418 Fax: 218-847-9794 lalc@vergas.cfa.org
Le Sueur ABE Park School Room 117	115 North 5th St. Le Sueur, MN 56058	Becki Hawkins	Phone: 507-665-6244 Fax: 507-665-4187 bmountai@isd2397.k12.mn.us
Literacy Resource Center	Mail #5019 Literacy Resource Ctr., 2115 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105	Virginia Heinrichs	Phone: 651-962-5570 Fax: 651-962-5406
Literacy Training Network University of St. Thomas	2115 Summit Ave St. Paul, MN 55105	Deb Simmons	Phone: 651-962-5440 Fax: 651-962-5169
Mankato	110 Fulton Street Mankato, MN 56001	Bev Mountain	Phone: 507-345-5222 Fax: 507-387-4770 bmount@mail.isd77.k12.mn.us
Mankato Area Life Lines	110 Fulton Street Mankato, MN 56001	Joan Eisenreich	Phone: 507-345-5222 Fax: 507-387-4770
Marshall Area Adult Learning Center	344 West Main St P.O. Box 477 Marshall, MN 56258	Wanda Ochocki	Phone: 507-537-6790 Fax: 507-537-6830
Metro East ABE Consortium	500 10th St. NW New Brighton, MN 55112	Mary Hoffman	Phone: 651-639-6039 Fax: 651-639-6033
Metro North ABE Adult Learning Center	308 SE 15th St., Box 9 Forest Lake, MN 55025	Jean Anderson	Phone: 651-464-9302 Fax: 651-464-9363
Metro North ABE	1201 89th Avenue NE, Blaine, MN 55434	Barb Weiss	Phone: 612-783-4879 Fax: 612-783-4844
Metro North ABE	2727 North Ferry Street, Anoka, MN 55303	Steve Kerr	Phone: 612-506-1262 Fax: 612-506-1299
Minneapolis ABE	1006 West Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN 55408	Ellen Lipschultz	Phone: 612-668-3984 Fax: 612-668-3805 Ellen.Lipschultz@mpls.k12.mn.us
Minnesota Literacy Council	756 Transfer Rd. St. Paul, MN 55114	Eric Nesheim	Phone: 651-645-2277 Fax: 651-645-2272 http://www.themlc.org
Minnesota Valley ABE	8755 Upper 208th Street West, Lakeville, MN 55044	Faith McCaghy	Phone: 612-469-7398 Fax: 612-469-7396
MORE Multicultural School for Empowerment	96 East Wheelock Parkway, St. Paul, MN 55117	Sheryl Fried	Phone: 651-487-2728 Fax: 651-487-1512
Rosemount - Eagan ABE	2030 Rahn Way Eagan, MN 55122	Cathy Koering	Phone: 651-683-8585 Fax: 651-683-8568 Cathy.koering@district196.org
Burnsville Eagan Savage ABE	288 W. Burnsville Pkwy. Burnsville, MN 55337	Dorothy Stockwell	Phone: 612-707-4126 Fax: 612-707-4130
Minnesota Valley ABE	510 Walnut Street Farmington, MN 55024	Bernadette Wood	Phone: 651-463-6430 Fax: 651-463-6427
Minnesota West Community & Technical College - Granite Falls	1593 11th Ave., Granite Falls, MN 56241	Judy Slettedahl	Phone: 320-564-4511 Fax: 320-564-2318 jsletted@tc-granitefalls.swg.tec.mn.us
Minnesota West Community & Technical College - Jackson	401 West Street Jackson, MN 56143	Dona Anderson	Phone: 507-847-3320 ext. 127 Fax: 507-847-5389 donaa@tc-jackson.swi.tec.mn.us
Moorhead ABE	810 4th Ave. S., Room 140 Moorhead, MN 56560	Bonnie Herman	Phone: 218-233-4502 Fax: 218-233-1610
North Country ABE Adult Education Center	20115th St. NW, Bemidji, MN 56601	Bob Wagner	Phone: 218-759-3288
North Country ABE	15th Street and Beltrami Bemidji, MN 56601	John Arenz	Phone: 218-759-3285 Fax: 218-759-3127
N.W. Hennepin ABE	7940 55th Ave S. New Hope, MN 55428	Nancy Palmer	Phone: 612-533-5148 Fax: 612-533-1570 npalmer@metro2.k12.mn.us
N.W. Hennepin ABE	6500 Humboldt Avenue North Brooklyn Center, MN 55430	Sandy Lenthe	Phone: 612-561-1159 Fax: 612-560-1674
N.W. Hennepin ABE Osseo Public Schools	11200 93rd Avenue North, Maple Grove, MN 55369	Linda Erickson	Fax: 612-391-7070
Northwest ECSU	114 West 1st St. Thief River Falls, MN 56701	Carol Gregerson	Phone: 218-681-8005 Fax: 218-681-2028 0928nsc@informns.k12.mn.us
Pathways to Success	511 West Main St Caledonia, MN 55921	Perry Thinesen	Phone: 507-724-5139 Fax: 507-724-3319 pguth@cps.k12.mn.us
Pipestone/Jasper ABE Pipestone Public School	400 2nd Ave SW Pipestone, MN 56164	Donna Berg	Phone: 507-825-5471 ext. 268 Fax: 507-825-4656
Public Housing Agency St. Paul	480 Cedar Street Suite 600 St. Paul, MN 55101	Joanne MacDonald	Phone: 651-298-5664 Fax: 651-298-5666
Red Lake School District	Route 8, Box 508 Bemidji, MN 56601	Leo Soukup	Phone: 218-679-2700, 751-4929 Fax: 218-679-2703
Rochester Public Schools	201 8th St. NW, Rochester, MN 55901	Julie Nigon	Phone: 507-287-1963 Fax: 507-287-1962
Sabathani Community Center	310 E. 38th Street Minneapolis, MN 55409	James Cook	Phone: 612-821-2308 Fax: 612-824-0791
South St. Paul Schools	700 North 2nd St. South St. Paul, MN 55075	Jeanne Morphew	Phone: 651-457-0518 Fax: 651-451-8225 jeanne.morphew@sostpaul.k12.mn.us
St. Croix River Education Dist.	425 South Dana Avenue, Rush City, MN 55069	Sally Swanson	Phone: 320-358-4802 Fax: 320-358-3616 scred.sds@norsol.com
St. Paul Community Literacy Consortium - Metro East ABE	1030 University Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104	Willie Nesbitt	Phone: 651-290-4800 Fax: 651-290-4785
Tri-City Community Corrections	P.O. Box 624 600 Bruce Street Crookston, MN 56716	Susan Mills	Phone: 218-281-6363 Fax: 218-281-7947 smill@crookston.polaristel.net
Waseca ABE Community Education	501 East Elm Ave Waseca, MN 56093	John Jensen	Phone: 507-835-5626 Fax: 507-835-1161 jenj@wasecaps.waseca.k12.mn.us
West Adult Basic Education	Box 897 Monticello, MN 55362	Duane Gates	Phone: 612-295-2915 Fax: 612-295-2330 Gates@SH.Monticello.k12.mn.us