ESL
Register Now for ESL and GED Classes
by (mcbeckham)
Submitted 01-10-2018 under NONPROFITS
Kent ISD is offering ESL and GED classes at three locations in the metro-GR area. Registration is ongoing from 1/8-1/11 between 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Beckwith School at 2405 Leonard NE, Grand Rapids, 49505 offers ESL Level 1 and 2, Adult Basic...A new site to change the face of ESL
Submitted 07-13-2014 under
The reasons I started eslready.com As many teachers who have been teaching English as a second language for some time, I have a horror story. My horror story doesn’t have a particularly happy ending, except that I got out without any physical...
Literacy and life skills go hand in hand at the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center
by (Community Liter...)
Submitted 11-27-2013 under NONPROFITS
The Gerald R. Ford Job Corps Center takes literacy seriously. “Every student has some barriers to their success, and for a lot of them, lack of literacy really plays a negative role in their lives,” says Melissa Jager, Director of...
Educators, organizations, businesses rally around adult learners
by (Community Liter...)
Submitted 07-22-2013 under NONPROFITS
Last year, Grand Rapids Community College served 200 adult learners at its Learning Corners. Of those students, 190 made some sort of gain by the end of their program. “We do well,” says Director of Adult Education Dave Selmon of the...
Holy Name of Jesus ESL Program attracts devoted students, teachers
by (Community Liter...)
Submitted 05-29-2013 under NONPROFITS
It’s a cold, snowy night in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A few classrooms in an otherwise dark school building fill up with adult students in the English as a Second Language Program run by Holy Name of Jesus Parish. Most of the students are native...
Jaenell Ott, Hispanic Center teacher and lifelong learner
by (Community Liter...)
Submitted 06-13-2012 under NONPROFITS
At the Hispanic Center of Western Michigan, building community and confidence are an integral part of learning. Jaenell Ott, Adult Education Coordinator and Lead Teacher at the center, says her students keep coming back for the warm and welcoming...
Literacy Center's Spellebration highlights a second chance for participants
by (LiteracyCenter)
Submitted 05-29-2012 under NONPROFITS
As Lonette, Porfirio, and Megan prepared to deliver their speeches to a crowd of over 300 people at the Literacy Center of West Michigan's Bee Dazzling Spellebration, they were nervous and anxious. However, they did not let the anxiety stop them...
Parent Spotlight: Schools of Hope Family Literacy Program
by (LiteracyCenter)
Submitted 03-07-2012 under NONPROFITS
Monica Zavala is a parent in our Schools of Hope Family Literacy Program. This posting reflects her writing ability at the time of her participation in the program. My name is Monica Zavala. I am from Mexico and I’ve been living in the...
Parents learn English to help their children in school
by (LiteracyCenter)
Submitted 12-13-2011 under NONPROFITS
By Kristin Brace, Community Literacy Program Assistant When I walked into Dan Drust's classroom at Burton Elementary, I found a dozen women sitting around a trio of oblong tables intended for children. They had the aura of an extended family:...
Registration Information for GRPS Adult Community Education Fall Program
by (GRPScommunications)
Submitted 08-16-2011 under NONPROFITS
FREE GED, High School Completion (HSC), Adult Basic Education (ABE) and ESL (English as a Second Language) Classes Registration will be held on Thursday, September 1 at 8:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. and again on Tuesday, September 6 and Wednesday,...