Learn English at Home…for FREE!

by Mandi Spottsville, Distance Learning Program Coordinator
The Newport-Mesa Adult School is using a wonderful program to help meet the needs of parents who cannot attend our 3-hour classes but who still want to learn English.  This program is called EASY English.  The EASY program is a set of DVDs and corresponding work packets that students [...]

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New Office Assistant Certificate Program!

  New Certificate Program at Newport-Mesa USD Adult School!
Our new Office Assistant Certificate Program is designed to assist students to prepare for successful employment in an office setting.  The program consists of:

textbook exercises
computer applications
apprenticeship projects

To learn more about this new project-based apprenticeship program, please check out these resources:
Brochure
Program Overview
Informational Postcard
 

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Student Council Meeting Materials ~ June 6

Meeting_Agenda_June_06_08
Here’s What You Do to Learn English song (doc)
Here’s What You Do to Learn English song (ppt)
 

 

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Students as Leaders at NMUSD Adult School

Twenty-one Newport-Mesa USD Adult School students met today at the BESST Center from 10-11am for our second student council meeting. 
Handouts: 

May 9 Meeting Agenda
May 9 Meeting PowerPoint (save to desktop and then open)
Infant/Toddler Program FAQs (It takes a few seconds to open because of the graphics)
 Office Assistants Certificate Proposal (It takes a few seconds to open; be patient.)

We will meet [...]

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Student Council Mtg. ~ May 9

Our next student council meeting is Friday, May 9, 10-11am.
Yesterday, 5 student reps from Taylor’s Intermediate ESL classes presented the April Student Council Mtg. ppt to their classmates to spur discussion from all students in preparation for Friday’s meeting.  Taylor bounded into my office:
My students just had an animated discussion about improving student persistence at our school…thanks to my [...]

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Student Survey Results Are In!

Hot off the press…the aggregate results are in!!   
Student Survey 2008 – Aggregate Results
Student Survey 2008 – Aggregate Comments

Here’s just a glimpse:
How did you learn about this class?  
Highest rated: Friends/family – 75.2%
Lowest rated:  Internet – 0.1%

 In which areas would you like more practice?
Highest rated:  Conversation – 60%
Second highest rated:  Reading – 40%
Second lowest rated:  [...]

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Student Connectedness

In our April WASC leadership meeting, we brainstormed innovative ways to support our students’ personal and academic growth.  Continue reading for ideas on how our blog empowers the NMUSD Adult School staff to provide adequate services, including referral services, to support students in such areas as health, career, academic, and guidance counseling (WASC Category C, Student Connectedness Criterion).  [...]

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WASC Community Council Meeting

Our first Community Council meeting was April 1, 2008.  Fourteen adult school and community members attended.   For more information about our community council, feel free to view the following documents:

To view the list of attending c.c. members, click here.
To view our meeting PowerPoint, click here. 
To review the feedback from c.c. members, click here.

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Student Council Meeting Minutes & PPT

34 NMUSD Adult School students participated in our first Student Council Meeting on April 4, 2008.  Click on the green hyperlink below to view/download our meeting minutes.  
Student Council 04-04-08.ppt
The meeting minutes are posted on this blog in presentation format so that student council representatives can access and utilize the slideshow to present the student council progress to [...]

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Building School Leaders with our Adult Learners

In order to expand our school leadership and ensure that our schoolwide action plan is in alignment with student needs, we are forming a NMUSD Adult School Student Council.  Read on to learn more about it and to view/download our informational documents and PowerPoint.

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More e-Surveys for Program Improvement

We have added 7 electronic surveys to our blog.  You can access these surveys on the Downloads page.  Read on to learn how NMUSD Adult School is using these surveys to monitor, evaluate and improve our various adult programs. 

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