U.S. Department of Education Approved Application for Federal Education Assistance Southern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services Adult & Community Services English Literacy & Civics Education in New York CFDA# 84.191 ABSTRACT This application is submitted on behalf of a Regional Consortium led by the Center for Adult and Community Services at the Southern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services in New York. The Consortium will establish Immigrant Learning Centers in White Plains and New Rochelle Public Libraries. Each Immigrant Learning Center will consist of a classroom with an adjoining technology lab that consists of five computer work stations. By June 30, 2003, the Immigrant Learning Centers will admit 1,560 mostly Hispanic adult enrollments in contentbased learning programs for English as a Second Language (taught at four different proficiency levels), Civics, Citizenship, Life Skills, Job Readiness, and Basic Computer Literacy. Eighty percent of participants who complete a 20week ESL course will achieve enough literacy to be eligible for the next (higher) level of ESL instruction, as determined by the New York State Placement Test. The project’s evaluation report will also indicate the number of participants who passed the citizenship test, and/or obtained a GED. In addition to serving the mainstream adult immigrant population, this project will demonstrate effective strategies for meeting the needs of outofschool immigrants ages 16 to 21 years of age, who are qualified for services under the U.S. Department of Education’s definition of adult students. Literacy/civics teachers from each of the Consortium’s member agencies will participate in a staff development network facilitated by faculty from Mercy College, and staff from the Bilingual ESL Technical Assistance Center. Staff Development activities will include a Summer Institute in each project year, along with monthly group meetings. The Consortium will document and disseminate descriptions of the program’s service model, outreach strategies, delivery methods, agency roles, management procedures, programmatic resources, evaluation designs, and intended results, so that the project can be replicated in other settings.

Literacy and Civics Education Grant

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By June 30, 2003, the Immigrant Learning Centers will admit 1,560 mostly Hispanic adult enrollments in content-‐based learning programs for English as a Second Language (taught at four different proficiency levels), Civics, Citizenship, Life Skills, Job Readiness, and Basic Computer Literacy. Eighty percent of participants who complete a 20-‐week ESL course will achieve enough literacy to be eligible for the next (higher) level of ESL instruction, as determined by the New York State Placement Test. The project’s evaluation report will also indicate the number of participants who passed the citizenship test, and/or obtained a GED.

In addition to serving the mainstream adult immigrant population, this project will

demonstrate effective strategies for meeting the needs of out-‐of-‐school immigrants ages 16 to 21 years of age, who are qualified for services under the U.S. Department of Education’s definition of adult students. Literacy/civics teachers from each of the Consortium’s member agencies will participate in a staff development network facilitated by faculty from Mercy College, and staff from the Bilingual ESL Technical Assistance Center. Staff Development activities will include a Summer Institute in each project year, along with monthly group meetings.

The Consortium will document and disseminate descriptions of the program’s

service model, outreach strategies, delivery methods, agency roles, management procedures, programmatic resources, evaluation designs, and intended results, so that the project can be replicated in other settings.