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A Collaboration. EPCC ESL Credit EPCC Workplace Literacy Far West Adult Education Consortium Fred Anaya Michelle Aube-Barton Gabriel Garcia. El Paso Community College. Serves over 30,000 students 5 Campuses serve the Greater El Paso Area 80% Hispanic.
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A Collaboration EPCC ESL Credit EPCC Workplace LiteracyFar West Adult Education Consortium Fred Anaya Michelle Aube-Barton Gabriel Garcia
El Paso Community College • Serves over 30,000 students • 5 Campuses serve the Greater El Paso Area • 80% Hispanic
El Paso Community College ASPEN Prize FinalistsCommunity College Excellence • Student learning • Certification and degree completion • High rates of employment and earnings for graduates • High levels of access and success for minority and low–income students
Closing the GAP • ESL students leaving ABE still not college ready! • They need exposure. • ESL students are competing with English speaking students educated in a K-12 system.
2000 Census • 35% of Texas households speak a language other than English • 70% of El Paso households speak a language other than English
ESL Bridge Class • Metaphor: dress rehearsal for college • Trying on college in a safe and nurturing environment • Transportation, child care, scheduling, build confidence, rub shoulders with other students at college
Major Components of ESL class240 hours semester 15 hours per week • Academic ESL (Reading, Writing, Language Readiness) - 96 hours • Math Readiness – 96 hours • Personal Readiness – 18 hours • Career and College Readiness – 30 hours
Academic Readiness (96 hours) • Language Readiness includes grammar, vocabulary, listening and speaking skills • Integrate on-line practice using Pearson’s NorthStar and Focus on GRAMMAR 3 • The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom: Anchor text to bring in multi-disciplinary content, literary elements… • Six Weeks to a Brain Upgrade: A Student’s Quick Start Guide for Using Brain Research to Boost Learning, Dr. Janet Zadina
Math Readiness (96 hours) • Build on student’s skills • Basics to Algebra to prepare for TSI
Assessment • Placement into ESL Bridge • TABE scores: 6th-9th in reading • Teacher recommendation • Exit from ESL Bridge • COMPASS ESL • Exit Interview to be conducted by ESL Bridge instructors and ABE representation. • TABE
College & Career Readiness (30 hours) • Content Delivery • Reading • Writing • Listening • Speaking • Vocabulary
Calendar of Events • August/September: Curriculum and Contract • October: Recruitment/Intake • November: Orientation • December: Registration • January: Classes begin January 19 • March: Mid course interviews • May: Compass ESL, TABE • June: NCBO (Non Course Base Option) follow-up