SIG Chair
Tamara
Kirson
Lead Instructor, Adult Literacy Program, City College of New York
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Questions? Contact at:
esladult@nystesol.org
SIG Activities
Adult Education SIG Report
Here is the Adult Ed SIG Report hot-off-the-presses! A warm thank-you to the many respondents and a continuing salute to everyone for your work in our field.
Powerpoint Presentation
New York State TESOL Adult Ed Report
Please click on this Powerpoint link above to read the report and learn about who we are, what we want, and how we plan to achieve what we want as ESOL adult educators! Watch for the next announcement about our first “Salon!”
With appreciation and admiration,
Tamara Kirson
Adult Education SIG Chair
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The Adult Education SIG Presents:
Tips and Resources
to Promote Student Persistence
What is Student Persistence?
Student persistence, when discussed within the parameters of adult ESOL, does not refer to retention, but instead refers to a student’s ability and willingness to continue with self-study when issues related to health, family, and work prevent the student from attending class. The “persistent” student is one who continues to manage his/her language learning by participating in self-study during times when he/she must “stop out,” and then returns to the classroom when able to do so.
As ESOL educators who work with adults, we can best serve our students if we can help them identify the issues that interfere with their ability to attend class, if we can provide them with strategies which help them stay in school in long as possible, if we can provide them with access to materials which assist them in their self-study, and if we can offer them the incentives they need to return to the classroom as soon as they are able.
Read more on tips and links to research on Student Persistence. >>
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