Getting Through the Gate and Beyond: Accelerated Learning in the Developmental English Classroom
In this session, the presenter will discuss the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) at Patrick Henry Community College. PHCC began ALP in 2009, and it is now part of a state-mandated developmental English redesign. ALP, modeled after the national program begun at the Community College of Baltimore County, mainstreams developmental English students into their credit-level writing course, thereby shortening the pipeline through which developmental students have to travel. Taking credit English concurrently with developmental English helps to more firmly establish the relevance of the Developmental courses for the developmental course by contextualizing the material. Affective and life issues facing students, and their impact on teaching and learning, will also be addressed
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In this session, the presenter will discuss the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) at Patrick Henry Community College. PHCC began ALP in 2009, and it is now part of a state-mandated developmental English redesign. ALP, modeled after the national program begun at the Community College of Baltimore County, mainstreams developmental English students into their credit-level writing course, thereby shortening the pipeline through which developmental students have to travel. Taking credit English concurrently with developmental English helps to more firmly establish the relevance of the Developmental courses for the developmental course by contextualizing the material. Affective and life issues facing students, and their impact on teaching and learning, will also be addressed.
Speakers
Michelle Zollars, Accelerated Learning Program Coordinator, Patrick Henry Community College
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