Working Together

How Community Colleges and Their Partners Help Immigrants Succeed
Herausgeber: Casner-Lotto, Jill

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides practical models for change, with an emphasis on what works, but also considers the critical challenges and lessons learned as community college partnerships have evolved in response to student, employer, and community needs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 268g
• ISBN-13: 9781475852547
• ISBN-10: 1475852541
• Artikelnr.: 56737058

Autorenporträt

Jill Casner-Lotto serves as director of the Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education (CCCIE), where she oversees research, communications, and policy development. She is the author of several CCCIE reports and articles providing best practices and resources to guide colleges in implementing immigrant/refugee education and workforce programs focused on ESL integrated career pathways, holistic student support services, and community-based, cross-sector partnerships. Teresita B. Wisell serves as vice president of workforce development and community education at Westchester Community College, part of the State University of New York. She also serves as executive director of the Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education. In 2014, the White House recognized Ms. Wisell as a Champion of Change for her contributions to workplace citizenship programs.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Walter Bumphus
President and CEO
American Association of Community Colleges Preface Teresita B. Wisell
Vice President
Workforce Development and Community Education
and Executive Director
Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education
Westchester Community College Acknowledgements Introduction Jill Casner-Lotto
Director
Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education
Westchester Community College Part I: Meaningful
Multi-Sector Partnerships: Building a Community of Support On and Off Campus Chapter 1: Foreign-Trained Talent for Local Jobs: The Skilled Immigrant Project at Howard Community College Jeff Gross
Policy Consultant
World Education Services Chapter 2: The Roots of Our Story: The Latino Leadership and College Experience Camp Erin Howard
Director of Latino Outreach and Global Learning
and James Fenton
Associate Professor in Humanities
Bluegrass Community and Technical College Chapter 3: Building Retail Career Pathways for the New American Workforce Jennie Murray
Director
Integration Programs
and Ana Negoescu
Manager
Integration Programs
National Immigration Forum Chapter 4: Empowering Student Scholars
Activists
and Advocates for Social Change Jeannett Manzanero
Director
Dr. Kathryn W. Davis Global Education Center
Palm Beach State College A Reflective Narrative: How Community Colleges Can Reframe the Immigration Narrative Denzil Mohammed
Director
Public Education Institute
The Immigrant Learning Center Part II: Scaling Our Initiatives: Strategies and Policy Implications for Program Replication and Building a Field Chapter 5: Washington's I-DEA: Increasing Equity for English-Language Learners Jodi Ruback
Program Administrator
William S. Durden
Policy Associate
and Jon Kerr
Director
Basic Education for Adults
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges Chapter 6: ALLIES-Partnerships That Promote English Learner Success in College
Career
and the Community Jenny Castello
ESL Professor Emeritus
Cañada College
and ALLIES Board Member
and Ilse Pollett
Executive Director
ALLIES Chapter 7: How Community Colleges Can Serve Immigrant Professionals Jeff Gross
Policy Consultant
World Education Services Chapter 8: Creating Career Pathways for All Oregonians Kate Kinder
Career Pathways Director
and Marc Goldberg
Associate Vice President for Workforce Development and Community Education
Portland Community College A Reflective Narrative: English Plus Integration: Shifting the Instructional Paradigm for Immigrant Adult Learners to Succeed Margie McHugh
Director
and Catrina Doxsee
Research Assistant
National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy
Migration Policy Institute Conclusion Jill Casner-Lotto
Director
Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education
Westchester Community College Afterword Suzette Brooks Masters
Consultant on Immigration and Immigrant Integration Issues About the Editors About the Contributors Index