Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id RAA29039; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 17:12:04 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 17:12:04 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <s843d9e9.047@smtp1.sbcc.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Bonnie Blakley" <Blakley@sbcc.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:3804] Re: adult ESL -- community colleges X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.5.2 Status: RO Content-Length: 2392 Lines: 61 My answers are in bold after each of your questions. >>> "Dottie" <dshattuck@carolina.rr.com> 11/30 1:29 PM >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie Blakley" <Blakley@sbcc.net> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 5:25 PM Subject: [NIFL-ESL:3797] Re: adult ESL -- community colleges Bonnie -- non-credit ESL classes, please! Thanks! > Dottie, > If you want this information for the non-credit portion of our community college I can answer these questions. We have credit and non-credit classes. For which would you like the information? > > >>> "Dottie" <dshattuck@carolina.rr.com> 11/29 1:56 PM >>> > Adult ESL instructors in community colleges -- > > For the LOWEST SKILL LEVEL (Level 0 or whatever you call it): > 1. How long are your class sessions & how many days/week? Our classes run from 1-5 days per week. Class length is usually 2-3 hours. The day classes are longer and the evening classes are shorter. > > 2. How many weeks are the courses, semesters or whatever? We have four terms. Fall is 13 weeks, Winter is 11 weeks. Spring is usually 8 weeks and Summer is 6 weeks.> > 3. How many days/week can students attend? As many as they want.> > 4. Can students enroll in more than one section of the same course? (Ex.: > if classes meet M/W & T/Th, may students enroll in BOTH > sections?) >Yes. > 5. What curriculum or text do you use? >We follow the California Model Program Standards with SCANS competencies included in the curriculum. Each instructor (there are 55 part-time instructors) chooses materials. > 6. Who decides/chooses the curriculum/text? As the program coordinator I have the final say, but the curriculum was developed by instructors and they choose their materials.> > 7. Is the EXACT same course (same # hours, text) offered to both morning & > evening sections? >Yes > 8. If a different # of hours is offered in one time slot than another > (Ex.: 4 days X 2hrs/day in the morning; 2 days X 2hrs/day > in the evening), IS IT THE SAME COURSE? >Yes. We're open-entry/open-exit, so different students attend vastly different number of hours. > I'm trying to re-examine (re-define ?) my professional stance on these > items as my dept. makes some changes with which I'm not comfortable -- for > myself or my students. > > Thanks, DRS (NC) > >
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