LTC 161-2022 ESOL and GED Adult Education City Scholarship Update161-2022
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MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC # LETTER TO COMMISSION
To :
From:
Date :
Honorable Mayor Dan Gelb /\~ y bers of the City Commission
Alina T . Hudak, City Manag(fa f)
April 22, 2022
Subject: ESOL and GED Adult Education City Scholarship Update
The purpose of the Letter to Commission is to update you on the status of our partnership with
Miami Beach Adult and Community Education Center to provide FREE English for Speakers of
Other Languages (ESOL) and General Education Development (GED) classes to Miami Beach
residents. At the July 28,2021 Commission meeting, the City approved a program to support
Miami Beach adult education students by providing a $30 scholarship to cover the registration
fee to participate in an ESOL or GED class .
As of April 19th ·, all available $30 scholarships have been utilized by 390 residents for the Winter
2021 and Spring 2022 terms totaling the full allocated amount of $11,700 . As such, the City will
not be offering scholarships for the Fall 2022 term . As a result of our partnership and
scholarship , enrollment at Miami Beach Adult Education has exceeded prior years .
The English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) course is designed to provide English
language and literacy instruction for English language learner adults whose first language is
other than English and who are non-literate or semi-literate in their home language , in order to
increase their ability to communicate in English. The instructional focus is to prepare adult
learners to use English for entering the career and technical and/or postsecondary education,
employment, and participation in civic life.
The GED course of instruction prepares students for academic and personal success through
obtaining the necessary skills required to pass the official GED test and earn a State of Florida
High School Diploma. This program strives to motivate students not only to obtain the diploma
but also to utilize the acquired skills in the workforce and to achieve career and job placement
success.
If you have any questions , please feel free to contact Dr. Leslie Rosenfeld , Chief Learning and
Development Officer.