Building a Successful Adult ESL Program Anthony Tyrrell Eric Beecher

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

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

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

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

How do you enroll students? Open Enrollme nt Managed Enrollme nt

How are your teachers employed? Fulltime Part-time Volunteers

OCCC ESL Program Literac Literac yy Beginni Beginni ng ng Int. Int. 1 1& & 2 2 Adv. Adv. 1 1 & &2 2 Tutorin Tutorin g g& & Labs Labs Comp. Comp. Basics Basics Burlingt Burlingt on on English English IELCE IELCE & & Citizensh Citizensh ip ip ESL Classes TOEFL TOEFL

OCCC ESL Students Enrolled & Fundable 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 Fundable Students Students Served

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 Finding Them Job Fair Partnershi ps Word of Mouth Internet (Indeed/Social Media)

Great Teachers Hiring Them Setting Up for Success Knowing What We Want Minimum Qualificatio ns Experience Passion Resume & Cover Letter Interview Process Ten Min. Demo Questions Selection

Great Teachers New Hire Training Availabil ity Guiding Them Communicati on On-going inhouse training In-service 2x per year

Great Teachers Evaluating Them Teacher Expectations Student Surveys End-of-Year Checkout Class Observations Teacher SelfEvaluations

Student Intake Intake Process Forms Orientation

Intake Process

Forms Enrollment Conduct form Best Literacy NRS approved

Orientation Goal Setting Forms Policies Pre-test Placemen t Data Tracking

Managed Enrollment X XXX X X Scheduled orientations Students start 1stst of each month Notify teachers of new students

What is student success?

Student Success

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

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

www.occc.edu/coe/teacherresources.html MAY MAY 2018 2018 Anthony Tyrrell [email protected] Eric Beecher eric.p.beecher@occ c.edu Rady SharkovaFoster