Building a Successful Adult ESL Program Anthony Tyrrell Eric Beecher Rady Sharkova-Foster

Where is your ESL Program in terms of its life cycle? Start Up Growth Improve Start up Growth Improve Reinvent Mature Reinvent Mature

What number of ESL students are served? 0 - 99 100 - 300 ESL Students served 0-100 100-300 300+ 300+

What types of classes are offered? Only ESL ESL + Citizenship Only ESL ESL+Citizenship ESL+Citizenship+Workforce ESL + Citizenship + Workforce

How do you enroll students? Open Enrollment Open enrollment Managed enrollment Managed Enrollment

How are your teachers employed? Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Volunteers Volunteers

OCCC ESL Program ESL Classes Literacy Int. 1 & 2 TOEFL Tutoring & Labs Beginning Int. 1 & 2 Adv. 1 & 2 TOEFL ESL Classes ESL Classes (Life Skills): Literacy Beginning Intermediate Advanced I and II TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) ESL Blended Learning Computer Basics IELCE/Citizenship Volunteer Tutoring and Labs (Conversation and Writing) Tutoring & Labs Comp. Basics Burlington English IELCE & Citizenship

Great Teachers An Intake Process A Vision for Student Success Keys to Success Great Teachers An Intake Process A Vision for Student Success

What is the Most Important Quality of a Successful ESL Teacher? To: 22333 Text: anthonytyrre466

What Makes a Great Teacher – Let’s Make Our Own Word Cloud Engaging Challenging Empowering Informed Positive Tech Savvy Teachable Organized Passionate Qualified

Great Teachers Finding Them Hiring Them Guiding Them Great Teachers

(Indeed/Social Media) Great Teachers Finding Them Job Fair Word of Mouth Great Teachers Finding Them Hiring Them Guiding Them Internet (Indeed/Social Media) Partnerships

Great Teachers Hiring Them Knowing What We Want Setting Up for Success Minimum Qualifications Setting Up for Success Experience Passion Resume & Cover Letter Ten Min. Demo Questions Selection Interview Process Knowing What We Want Setting Ourselves Up for Success The Entryway - Minimum Qualifications Resume and Cover Letters Experience and passion Interview Process Show Us You Can Teach Adult ESL Students – the Ten-minute Teaching Demonstration Questions Selection of Candidates

On-going in-house training Great Teachers In-service 2x per year Guiding Them New Hire Training Communication Begins at New Hire Training Handbook-Knowledge Training Points Checklist (handout) Continues at In-service (Beginning of Each Semester) Communicating Expectations (handout) Rapport-building, Guidance, and Availability In-house Training to Meet Program Objectives. Summer Training Vlog series On-going in-house training Availability

Great Teachers Evaluating Them Teacher Expectations Class Observations Teacher Expectations (at new hire/beginning of year) Student Class Surveys Teacher Self-evaluations Getting Better All the Time End-of-Year Checkout Student Surveys Teacher Self-Evaluations End-of-Year Checkout

Intake Process Forms Orientation Student Intake Intake Process Forms Orientation

Intake Process

Forms Enrollment Conduct form Best Literacy NRS approved

Orientation Goal Setting Forms Policies Pre-test Placement Goal Setting—Why are you here? Job, citizen, use a computer, help your kids at school Forms Policies and procedures Attendance Locations and class schedule Pre-test Placement Data entry and tracking Placement Data Tracking

Managed Enrollment Scheduled orientations X Scheduled orientations Students start 1st of each month X X Orientation Schedule Once a month students start the class Teachers are notified of new students who will be attending Notify teachers of new students

What is student success? Think pair share or something like this

Student Success Earning a post-secondary degree or credential Obtaining Citizenship Getting a better job Becoming a better Parent, Worker, Citizen

Model for Student Success Parent Worker Citizen ESL - Life Skills Post-Secondary Education Career certification TOEFL Employment opportunities Career Success Classes

Celebrating Our Journey “I am really grateful… I enrolled at the OCCC Family and Community Education Center to learn more English and get the American citizenship, and I happily achieved one of my goals. I started GED classes, TOEFL classes, and I hope to become a pediatric nurse.” “I am really grateful for having the opportunity to retake my school education. I got married when I was too young, so I decided to stop my education to take care of my family. After seventeen years my three children have grown up, and one more time, I had the great opportunity to return to school. Two and a half years ago I enrolled at the OCCC Family and Community Education Center to learn more English, and I started in the intermediate classes. They helped me have more confidence. Then I decided to continue working hard to get the American citizenship, and I happily achieved one of my goals. After that I continued my education and started GED classes. Again, I studied hard to try to accomplish my goal. Now I am in the TOEFL classes, and I hope to continue forward to become a pediatric nurse.” Georgina Fabela I am really grateful I enrolled at the OCCC Family and Community Education Center to learn more English and get the American citizenship, and I happily achieved one of my goals. I started GED classes, TOEFL classes, and I hope to become a pediatric nurse.

Anthony Tyrrell atyrrell@occc.edu Eric Beecher eric.p.beecher@occc.edu www.occc.edu/coe/teacher-resources.html MAY 2018 Anthony Tyrrell atyrrell@occc.edu Eric Beecher eric.p.beecher@occc.edu Rady Sharkova-Foster rfoster@occc.edu