[NIFL-ESL:3818] Re: ACADEMICALLY BOUND ESL STUDENTS

From: Dan Wann (dwann@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Mon Dec 06 1999 - 23:31:26 EST


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Elizabeth Hansons wrote:

 My question is, where does the category of "academically bound" fit into
the EFF framework? I am a little dismayed
> that there isn't a straight out category established. Would "academically
> bound" go into the category of "worker". .......and later Elizabeth asks
about funding requirements.
>  
Recently there was a post stating that EFF was to develop content standards
and NRS was to set benchmarks for funding requirements. In that light, does
EFF influence funding?  It seems that funding is really more dependent on
WIA core indicators and outcomes based on those indicators.  WIA core
indicator #2 is placement in post secondary education, job training
programs, or employment.  In my opinion Adult Education does and should
deliver a K-12 curriculum which includes bringing students to the level of
proficiency needed for matriculation or employment. Preparation for work is
a part, a significant part, of what we do, but it is not the total of our
programs. If we have strong programs that met the needs of our learners
then we will have outcomes in all three core indicators, and EFF provides a
framework for developing strands that provide opportunities for learners to
achieve not only their own personal goals, but to meet the expectations of
funders. 

Dan Wann, ESL Instructor
IPS Adult Education Programs at Goodwill
1635 W Michigan
Indianapolis, In 46222
317.264.1303 
DWann@worldnet.att.net



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