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 NAA01372; Thu, 10 Feb 2000 13:51:27 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 13:51:27 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <Chameleon.950208196.cshank@p41.s003.cr3.k12.wv.us> 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: cshank@access.k12.wv.us (Cathy C Shank) To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:4060] recruitment/needs assessment ideas X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Chameleon 5.0, TCP/IP for Windows, NetManage Inc. Status: OR Does anyone have some great ideas, materials, resources related to recruitment of ESL students in areas where no programs exist or have ever existed? I work with the statewide ABE program and I have been asked to give technical assistance to some counties in West Virginia which have a recent influx of foreigners where none lived before and where no teachers are trained to do ESL and no classes have ever served ESL learners. There are ABE programs in these communities who say "there is no need for ESL classes because we never have students asking for services at our learning center" and yet all indicators are that there is a great unserved need but those potential students are unlikely to go to the learning center. The local teachers say, "you can't recruit students for an ESL class without someone trained to teach it". But, it is hard to drum up interest in training for ESL if no ESL students are in the program. My desire is to be able to establish that there is a need for services by recruiting sufficient students for a class (10 to 12 students minimum) or doing some type of needs assessment which gathers in potential students. Once the need is established, I need to train personnel to meet the need and then get the program up and running--all this at a distance from where I live. Has anyone faced a similar situation? I would appreciate advice. Thanks. Cathy Shank ------------------------------------- Cathy Shank Special Projects Coordinator ABE Staff Development RESA III, 501 22nd Street Dunbar, WV 25064 Phone: 304-766-7655 ext. 112 Fax: 304-766-7915 E-mail: Cathy Shank <cshank@access.k12.wv.us> Date: 2/10/2000 Time: 1:28:47 PM This message was sent by Chameleon -------------------------------------
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