CATESOL 2013 | 3:30 - 5 p.m., Friday, October 25, 2013 Rethinking Community College ESL in Times of Transformation: Panel Presentation Lane Igoudin, Moderator

Reviewing the Legislative Context of ESL Service Delivery Jeff Frost, CATESOL Lobbyist | [email protected]

• Governor’s January 2013 Budget: Current System Inefficient; Proposed Shift of All Adult Ed Services to Community College • Legislature Seeks Reform at Community College Level • May 2013 Revision: Budget Shifts to Collaborative Inter-Segmental Approach - • SB 173 (Liu) Proposes Reforms of Services for Adults at Both K-12 and CC Levels • The Local Control Accountability Plan (LCFF) Renews Focus on the Needs of English language Learners

Serving Our Various Learner Constituencies Leigh Anne Shaw, Associate Professor, ESOL; Coordinator, English Language Institute, Skyline College [email protected]

• ESL professionals should decide which providers should teach our different populations to meet their needs. • Step 1: Demographic Analysis o Needs of learners seeking access to an English speaking culture o Needs of learners seeking entry-level jobs/employment upgrade o Needs of learners seeking English for Specific Goals o Needs of learners seeking degrees, certificates, and transfer • Step 2: Talk and Share o Bringing CCC credit, noncredit, and Adult Ed ESL to talk o Collaboration models • AB 86: Regional Consortia between CCC and AE • Align curriculum to create seamless transitions • ALLIES of SF Bay Area http://www.allies4esl.org/ • Step 3: Policy Advocacy: CATESOL, ASCCC

Building Program Support through International Student Education Kathleen Flynn, Ph.D., Credit ESL Division Chair, Glendale Community College [email protected]

• Trends: Funding 2-3 levels below transfer; acceleration; limited repeatability • International students = $$$ • Ways to Increase F-1 Enrollment • Summer Program • Benefits to Your College and Community • F-1 Students Needs • ESL Program Benefits from International Student Education • Important steps to take

Academic Preparedness of ESL Students: A Factor in Student Success Lane Igoudin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Los Angeles City College; Chair, LACCD ESL Discipline Committee [email protected]

• Look beyond the ESL bubble. o Start with English. o Keep subject courses in mind. o Ensure transferability of advanced-level ESL courses. o Work with non-credit on aligning their exit and your entry curriculum with academic skills in mind. o Dispel, if needs be, the myth of the open-entry lowest level. • Look beyond the campus bubble. o Align curriculum with the colleges in the same district for seamless intradistrict transfer. o LACCD ESL Curriculum Redesign Project o Reach out to neighboring districts. o Learn about Common Core standards in English in K-12 and CSUs.

Making Allies and Innovating Nancy Sander, Professor and Coordinator, ESL, West Los Angeles College [email protected]

• Learning from Strengthening Student Success Conference, Oct. 2013, San Francisco • Equity Plan (Chancellor’s Office http ://cccco.edu /; Debra Sheldon - [email protected]) • The English/ESL Assessment Fork • Identifying “ESL” Students • Innovative Approaches to ESL Course Delivery (Pairing with Content; Hybrid; Flipped Classroom) • Tracking ESL Success Data to Support What We Do • Defining Success: ESL Sequence and Concurrent Content Courses • Reading Apprenticeship