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 g5O9WCX16476; Mon, 24 Jun 2002 05:32:12 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 05:32:12 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20020624092541.QYPD20423.mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net@webmail.worldnet.att.net> 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: robbinsac@att.net To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1194] Re: retention rate X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (May 26 2002) Status: O Content-Length: 1241 Lines: 30 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 > 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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