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 j53JtRG12958; Fri, 3 Jun 2005 15:55:27 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 15:55:27 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <s2a07d35.063@cgcal01.caldwell.cc.nc.us> 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: "Melinda Hefner" <mhefner@cccti.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10913] Re: Help needed recruiting students for ESL X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.2 Status: O Content-Length: 2028 Lines: 62 Again, I must thank everyone who so generously responded to my pleas for help. Our program is free to all students, and our students do not have to purchase any materials or books. Those are provided to them free of charge as well. We have both on campus classes and off campus classes as well as an ESL Language Lab on campus. Some of our ESL classes are coupled with Family Literacy classes and childcare is provided. We are not having enrollment problems with those classes. It's the on campus classes as well as stand alone ESL classes off campus that we're concerned with. Thanks for your help! Melinda >>> tommy.mcdonell@nyu.edu 5/31/2005 3:56:51 PM >>> Can you tell us about your program--is it free, what its main purpose is etc. Then perhaps all of us would be able to share stories. I used to run an esl program but without more knowledge I don't want to waste anyone's time. T Tommy B. McDonell Doctoral Candidate, Steinhardt School of Education tbr202@nyu.edu Adjunct, Marymount Manhattan College Adjunct, City College of New York-Graduate Education H: 212-929-6768, before 10PM F: 212-929-1129 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melinda Hefner" <mhefner@cccti.edu> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 7:25 PM Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10889] Help needed recruiting students for ESL classes >I work in the Basic Skills Department at a rural community college in > North Carolina. We offer a variety of ESL classes both on and off > campus, but we are having difficulty with retention of currently > enrolled ESL students and are also finding that our enrollments of new > ESL students are down. Our ESL population is predominantly Hispanic > although we do have some Asian and Eastern European students. Can > anyone share with us any retention and/or recruitment strategies that > have proven especially effective? Has anyone had any success with > holding open houses or family nights? > > Thanks for all your help. > > Melinda Hefner > > >
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