New Jersey ESL Summit May 1, 2015 Leo Kazan Kathleen Kelly Robert Salvato Passaic County Community College

Total PCCC students: 8,968 ESL students: 1, % of total student body Part-time ESL students: 75.5% Hispanic ESL students: 73.3% 2

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Not all English Language Learners… have the same goals: language, education, career learn at the same pace can commit equally 4

Progression Entry Transition 5

Two levels of non-credit Adult Education ESL courses: Basic + PREP BasicPREP020 6

Low-beginning students 12-week sessions, 60 hours of instruction Integrated reading, writing, listening, speaking skills lessons Preparation for entry into the high- beginning PREP course 7

High-beginning students Preparation for credit ELS academic program 4-week sessions: 3 hours per day - Monday to Thursday Integrated reading, writing, listening and speaking skills lessons Offered before and during each semester Individual and small group tutoring support 8

Average = 74% 9

Level 020 Reading Level 020 Writing 10

12-week and 4-week sessions accelerate transition to academic credit program Saves financial aid Intensive classes = greater immersion Proactive advisement & registration procedures = higher retention rates 11

Challenge Tests: high-performing students Second-Chance Writing Workshops: Second-Chance Writing Workshops: borderline students 12

High-performing students – instructor recommendation Students take the department exam for the subsequent level Students passing the exam skip a level ELS Challenge Tests 13

Borderline writing students with a non- passing grade – instructor recommendation Intensive 2-week workshop before each semester Successful completion = advancement to the next writing level 14

Average = 70% 15

INT Workshops 2013 & 2014 Next Level 13/FA, 14/SP & 14/FA Passing Rate ENW-020 ENW-03046% ENW-030 ENW-04082% ENW-040 ENW-10763% ENW-107 EN-10181% Average = 68% 16

Students may opt to pursue a pathway to a Child Development Certificate Career choices: Progression & Transition 17

ENR 020 Bridge Course Vocabulary building and reading all related to Early Childhood Development Students learn more about CDA program and decide whether it is right for them ENR 030 Paired Course Vocabulary, reading, writing and speaking all support ECE 110 course Use same textbook as ECE 110 class Lab: volunteer in child care center 18

35 credits towards AAS Early Childhood Education (61 credits) ELS PATHWAY TO EARLY CHILDHOOD Placement Test ENR 020 Bridge ECE 111 ECE 210 National Credential Test Child Development Associate Certificate (11 credits) ENR 030 paired with ECE credits towards Early Childhood Education Career Certificate (35 credits) ENW 020 ENW 030 ENR 040 paired with CIS 101 ENR 107 paired with PS 101 ENW 040 ENW

Paired courses allow students to earn college-level credits while still in ELS 20

ELS CourseCollege-level course ENR 030Child Development Associate I ENR 040Intro. to Computer Information Systems ENR 040Intro. to Sociology ENR 107Intro. to Psychology ENW 107Composition I* * Based on the Community College of Baltimore’s ALPESOL program 21

Passing Rate of ELS Students In College Course Passing Rate of non-ELS Students in College Course ECE % (9) 90.9% (30) CIS % (45) 75.7% (2980) SO % (65) 81.8% (2687) PS % (167) 74.3% (5104) EN % (34) 77.5% (1563) 22

Professor recommendation + portfolio review Selected ELS students enroll in special sections of both courses ELS = students Composition I = 25 students with ½ ELS Two models 23

Is it a class or a lab? A little bit of both Skills taught support Composition I assignments Extension of Composition I class with lab-like activities Flexible approach required 24

P sychological A cceleration I mmersion R eality check ( Native speakers have writing challenges, too!) 25

SemestersTotal # of Students EN-101 Passing Rate Fall ‘13 /Spring ‘14 /Fall ‘146592% (60) 22 students Fall ’13 – Spring ‘14 (100%) passed Composition II 26

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28 Leo KazanKathleen KellyRobert Salvato Passaic County Community College Paterson, NJ PCCC is an Achieving the Dream Leader College