Hello Susan and ELL list members,
I forwarded your message to Cynthia Zafft of the National College
Transitions Network because I thought she might have some information
you could use.  She replied with a message that I am forwarding below.
To check out the National College Transition Network, go to
http://www.collegetransition.org/ 

Donna Brian
Moderator, Workplace Literacy Discussion List
djgbrian at utk.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Cynthia Zafft [mailto:cynthia_zafft at worlded.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 10:55 AM
To: Brian, Dr Donna J G
Subject: Re: Strategies for Innovation in Community CollegeESL

Hi Susan:
I'm not sure exactly what you would find helpful at the moment. 
There are several types of resources out there:

1.  Welcome Back Centers (WBC) designed to build a bridge between the
pool of internationally trained health care workers living in the U.S.
and work in their area of expertise.  To contact centers: 
SEE  http://www.welcomebackcenter.org/faqs.html#q1   (California)
SEE  http://www.bhcc.mass.edu/inside/18   (Massachusetts)
The nearest one to you might be one starting out in Rhode Island at
Dorcas Place.  I'm sure Brenda Dann-Messier, the CEO, could answer
some of your questions (b.dann-messier at dorcasplace.org  

2.  Brief publications for teachers that kind of cut to the chase, for
example, CAELA's brief on working with ESL students in transition.
SEE 
http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/briefs/Supporting_Adult_Ell.pdf  


3.  Program development.  More in-depth reports tend to focus on
serving English language learners who are interested in starting health
care careers.  These are typically thought to be aimed at individuals
with lower levels of education in their native country.  So, these are
less about visas for nurses and more about career ladders.  Most
programs have a significant number of ELL, however, so teaching models
might be interesting.  Then, there are colleges with specific programs,
like the second link below.
SEE  http://www.jff.org/Documents/RungbyRung.pdf  
SEE  http://www.northseattle.edu/programs/esl/  

Good luck!

Cynthia Zafft, Director
National College Transition Network
www.collegetransition.org  


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From: englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov 
[mailto:englishlanguage-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Susan Adams
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:56 AM
To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List
Cc: englishlanguage at nifl.gov 
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2094] Strategies for Innovation in Community
College ESL

 

We have received Impact Funds to Transition Advanced Level ESL
students
into credit bearing courses, colleges and universities, internship
programs and the like.  We are carving out new pathways and learning
to
hurdle many obstacles.  Issues swirl around handling visas, teaching
academic writing skills, re-positioning oneself for a changing job
market, pre-TOEFL instruction, working with doctors and nurses who
need
to be re-certified to practice here, finding schools that will work
with
these students in transitioning them.  

 

We would appreciate any and all help from other programs who are
dealing
directly with transitioning ESL students into higher education
program.

Susan W. Adams
ESL Director
YMCA  Education and Technology Center
125 S. 9th St.  Suite 502
Philadelphia, PA  19107
215-400-2100 ext. 2218