NWACC Adult Ed program filling up
Posted on Thursday, August 30, 2007
ROGERS — The Adult Education program at Northwest Arkansas Community College is bursting at the seams.
The program is maxed out at its Rogers center and has scheduled classes in the afternoon and evenings at public school buildings in Rogers, Gentry and Siloam Springs.
Program director Ben Aldama said the growth is a result of word of mouth.
“ Friends are telling their friends and their relatives, ” he said. “ Morning classes are already filled. There’s a waiting list for English As a Second Language. ”
He said his teachers deliver quality instruction. There are five full-time and 17 part-time teachers.
“ We have more teachers than ever before, ” Aldama said. “ We have a very caring, qualified staff.
“ They’re very professional. For example, on Saturday, Aug. 18, we had a six-hour professional-development workshop for instructors and staff. Teachers did not mind giving up a Saturday because they care about their students. ”
The program holds afternoon classes at three Rogers elementary schools and a middle school.
“ We’re teaching the parents of elementary and middleschool children, ” Aldama said. Classes are in ESL.
NWACC has the largest ESL program in Arkansas.
The program opened its Gentry facility last week. It offers ESL and GED in the afternoon and evening.
The program holds GED classes twice a week from 4: 30 p. m. to 7: 30 p. m. at Siloam Springs High School.
The program added a third daytime GED instructor with two GED instructors at night.
NWACC Adult Education is at 2800 N. Second St. in Rogers. For more information, call 986-6911.
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