Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i1JGMXI07544; Thu, 19 Feb 2004 11:22:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 11:22:33 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <BC5A3E3C.6054%varshna@grandecom.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: Varshna Narumanchi-Jackson <varshna@grandecom.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9942] Re: Staff Diversity in ABE ESOL Programs X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 1200 Lines: 31 on 2/19/04 9:18 AM, David Rosen at djrosen@comcast.net wrote: > John and Maurice, > > I would like to suggest why staff diversity is important in achieving > quality. To do so, let me give one example. Many adult literacy > programs have difficulty recruiting/attracting and retaining African > American male adult learners. A community-based program I have visited > in Boston, actively concerned to address this problem, has hired > several well-qualified African American male teachers, some of whom > have also been in circumstances similar to the students they have > recruited. They are good teachers, good role models, and they can > understand and empathize from experience. So far -- in its second or > third year now, the program has a 100% retention rate. > > > snip I think there are two objectives for having a "diverse" staff that I have followed in this thread: A) meeting outcomes related to recruitment and retention of specific student populations B) meeting outcomes related to Federal, state or local EEO/EOE policies As long as prospective employees are aware of why they are being hired, the goal of an ethnically diverse staff seems laudable. Varshna N. Jackson
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Thu Dec 23 2004 - 09:46:38 EST