Our program uses a combination of open and managed.  We encourage
students to use the orientation process because they get to bond with a
group of students, it takes less staff time, and it disrupts the rest of
the group less.  Tracking students is simplified by managed enrollment
and it is easier to complete all the paperwork.  This is especially true
for GED OPTIONS student as they have double the paperwork of regular GED
folks.

 

The advantage of open enrollment is the process is more one-on-one and
some students need that safety.  Open enrollment also works as a "just
in time" style for people who have had trouble finding the courage,
spark, money or whatever to get to a class.

 

Since I've been teaching in ABE since 1970, I've used every combination
of registration.  The easiest was having ABE students register just like
any other college student after having met with staff to determine the
correct course numbers to use.  Managed enrollment is a lot less hassle
and more efficient but would take some planning and ground-work in
places with few hours, few staff, and few facilities. 

 

If your staff only works 6 hours a week, do they get paid for
orientation or only for instruction?  Does your institution have a way
to count orientation as instructional time or not?  Does faculty or
classified staff complete the managed enrollment process?  How are you
going to schedule managed enrollment and communicate it to your
community, agencies, etc?  It takes a little planning and lots of
communication and organization. What are you going to include?   I've
seen programs that use the managed enrollment process to make certain
they get at least 12 hours attendance from every students so they can be
counted in their ABE federal report.  Strategize on how to best use your
enrollment process, whatever it is.  

Va

 

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From: familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Gail Price
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 10:16 AM
To: The Family Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [FamilyLiteracy 802] Managed Enrollment

 

I recently read an article by Kate Hyzer and Heidi Haupt in Fieldnotes
for ABLE staff. The article was titled "Getting the most out of a
managed enrollment classroom." It spoke of the value of managed
enrollment for both students and teachers. You can read the article at 

http://www.pde.state.pa.us/able/lib/able/fieldnotes07/fn07managedenrollm
ent.pdf

 

So, I would like to pose the following questions to you:

 

Does your program use managed enrollment?  Does it use open enrollment?
Or perhaps, it uses some combination of the two? 

 

What do you see as the advantages of managed enrollment? Open
enrollment? What do you see as disadvantages of each system?

 

For those who have worked in both enrollment systems, which do you think
was the most effective? Why do you say so? 

 

I would like to hear from you on this topic. Please share your thoughts,
ideas and experiences with the List. 

 

Thanks.

 

Gail J. Price

Multimedia Specialist

National Center for Family Literacy

325 W. Main Street, Suite 300

Louisville, KY 40202

gprice at famlit.org

502 584-1133, ext. 112

 

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