Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g62DRLX25892; Tue, 2 Jul 2002 09:27:21 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 09:27:21 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3D21A835.7EE62F3B@georgetown.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Albert Wat <ayw@georgetown.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1209] Re: retention rate X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en]C-C-UDP; georgetownU-campus-4.7-08.06.2001 (Windows NT 5.0; U) Status: O Content-Length: 2628 Lines: 64 robbinsac@att.net wrote: > Hello > Could you give me more information about how your > program funds childcare and transportation. These are > greatly needed in the system I work for but funding > them is a problem. I am curious how other programs > funds these services. > Carol Robbins Since our program is part of the university, the funding for transportation partly comes from the administration. We also applied for a small grant from the Junior League of Washington that helped with paying the lease of the van. As for child care, we use college students as volunteers. Is it possible for you to partner with some kind of tutoring or literacy organization at a nearby college? You might even be able to get some work-study students at no cost. Under the work-study regulations (started during the Clinton administration), students who are working to improve early literacy can be paid 100% by the federal government. I.e., there's no cost to the university or the community organization. Even though the original intent of this provision was to help early elementary (K-3) children, it has expanded to working with adults in the family literacy context. If your "neighborhood college" has an America Reads program, you should definitely talk to them about it. If you need more information, I'd be happy to provide some links! -- Albert Wat, Program Coordinator DC Schools Project Office of Volunteer & Public Service - Center for Social Justice Georgetown University, Poulton Hall 1421 37th St., NW, 1st Floor Washington, DC 20057 Tel: (202)687-8868 Fax: (202)687-8980 > > > Hi, > > > > I'm sure that this topic has been discussed in great detail in this listserv > > before, but what strategies do programs implement to increase the retention rate > > of students? We have a lot of people enroll in our adult ESL program in the > > beginning, but the core group of students who attend our classes consistently > > always plateaus to about 30% of the total number of enrollees (which actually is > > still a decent size for us). Obviously, meeting the needs of the students is > > the most effective strategy, and we're working on that. Just wondering if there > > are other innovative strategies that people have tried successfully... We > > already provide food, child care, and transportation. > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > > > > Albert Wat, Program Coordinator > > DC Schools Project > > Office of Volunteer & Public Service - Center for Social Justice > > Georgetown University, Poulton Hall > > 1421 37th St., NW, 1st Floor > > Washington, DC 20057 > > Tel: (202)687-8868 Fax: (202)687-8980
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