Basic Literacy Program:
Our students can come in with any goal in mind and we try to help them the best we can. Their goals can be preparation for High school equivalency exam or learn to fill out forms, pay bills, get drivers' license, apply for jobs etc. The ages of our students can be 16 (if not in school) to any age they are willing to learn! We do not discriminate based on age, gender, color, religion etc. We assess our student reading, writing & comprehension skills & based on that and their goals we assign them a tutor (trained by us) for one-on-one instruction. They meet at least twice a week for 90-120 minutes. Most of the time they meet at the Valencia location where we have classrooms. The tutors are encouraged to block their timings in the classrooms. They can also meet at the Coastal Carolina Community College Library or at the County Library depending on the timings and vicinity. We monitor their progress and assess them occasionally to see how close they are to their goal. If the goal is too lofty we give them short term goals. Our aim is to keep them encouraged and give them their confidence back so they can become self-reliant. We have a few that are young but most are older- in their 60's & 70's!
ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages):
Being a military town our ESOL program has students students from all over the world. We have Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian,Thai, Indian students and also from South America. Most of our students are taught at the satellite branch at Pine Valley United Methodist Church. These students are assessed and paired with a tutor. Since dialog and interaction is important they also have some joint classes and breaks when the mingle and talk to each other. The tutors send constant reports of their progress and these students are reassessed periodically to monitor it.
Our students can come in with any goal in mind and we try to help them the best we can. Their goals can be preparation for High school equivalency exam or learn to fill out forms, pay bills, get drivers' license, apply for jobs etc. The ages of our students can be 16 (if not in school) to any age they are willing to learn! We do not discriminate based on age, gender, color, religion etc. We assess our student reading, writing & comprehension skills & based on that and their goals we assign them a tutor (trained by us) for one-on-one instruction. They meet at least twice a week for 90-120 minutes. Most of the time they meet at the Valencia location where we have classrooms. The tutors are encouraged to block their timings in the classrooms. They can also meet at the Coastal Carolina Community College Library or at the County Library depending on the timings and vicinity. We monitor their progress and assess them occasionally to see how close they are to their goal. If the goal is too lofty we give them short term goals. Our aim is to keep them encouraged and give them their confidence back so they can become self-reliant. We have a few that are young but most are older- in their 60's & 70's!
ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages):
Being a military town our ESOL program has students students from all over the world. We have Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian,Thai, Indian students and also from South America. Most of our students are taught at the satellite branch at Pine Valley United Methodist Church. These students are assessed and paired with a tutor. Since dialog and interaction is important they also have some joint classes and breaks when the mingle and talk to each other. The tutors send constant reports of their progress and these students are reassessed periodically to monitor it.