English as a Second Language Resources in Nashville 2014

English as Second Language Resources 2014

Adult English Classes (free)	Location	Time of Day	Phone Number (615)	Website
Antioch Church of Christ	Haywood Ln./ Antioch Pk.	nights	834.3063
Belmont United Methodist Church	Vanderbilt/ Hillsboro Village	days	383.0832
Brooke Hollow Baptist Church	Belle Meade	Sunday morning	352.1295/ 673.1851
Catholic Charities *refugees only*	Various	-	259.3567	cctenn.org
Center for Refugees and Immigrants	Murfreesboro Road	mornings	366.6868	centerforrefugees.org
Conexion Americas	Nolensville Road	mornings/ evenings	320.5152	conexionamericas.org
First Church of the Nazarene	East Nashville	Monday nights	333.7708
First United Pentecostal Church	West Nashville	nights	681.2939
Glenwood Baptist Church	Thompson Lane	Monday nights	498.0551
Hillcrest UMC	Nolensville Pike/ Tusculum	Wednesday nights	832.0157	ask for Keri Cress
Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church	Nolensville Pike	mornings/ evenings	445.8310 ext. 221
Nashville Adult Literacy Council	Various	days/ nights	298.8060	M nashvilleliteracy.org
NICE	Nolensville Road	days/ nights	315.9681	empowernashville.org
Park Avenue Baptist Church	West Nashville	Thursday nights	297.5336
Thrift Smart	Nolensville Road	nights	833.8200

English as Second Language Resources 2014 (continued)

Adult English Classes (with cost)	Location	Time of Day	Phone Number	Website
Antioch English Classes	Antioch	days	719.9181	leanenglishnashville.com
Casa de la Cultura Latino Americana	Antioch	nights	731.1095	-
International English Institute	Murfreesboro Road	days/ nights	327.1715	Iei.edu
Nashville State Community College	West Nashville/ Antioch	days/ nights	353.3380	nscc.edu
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church	Nolensville Road	days/ nights	445.8310 ext. 223	-
Progreso	Haywood Lane/ Nolensville	days/ nights	365.9002	progresocommunitycenter.org
Tennessee Foreign Language Institute	Metro Center/ South Nashville	days/ nights	741.7579	tfli.org

Adult English Classes (for college students/ personnel)	Location	Time of Day	Phone Number	Website
Nashville State Community College	West Nashville/ Antioch	days/ nights	353.3551 (W. Nashville) 916-5851 (Antioch)	nscc.edu
Vanderbilt English Language Center	Vanderbilt	days/ nights	322.2277	vanderbilt.edu/elc/
Adult English Conversation Groups	Location	Time of Day	Phone Number	Website
American Conversation Partners	Music Square	days	654.9767	-
Vanderbilt English Language Center	Music Square	Friday afternoons	-	robvaugh1@gmail.com

Tennessee Reconnect

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Tennessee College of Applied Technology

primary person to contact for follow up questions about TCAT-

Lacey Reed

TCAT: Nashville

Enrolment Recruiter and Instructor

lacey.reed@tcatnashville.edu

p: 615.425.5500 ext. 5557

f: 615.425.5582

Marc Lens

Director of TCAT Nashville

Mark.Lenz@tcatnashville.edu

“If a student does not have the proper resources in order to attend school come see me.”

-gave the example that some students brought to his attention that one of their classmates had not been showing up for several days in a row. Her car was not working properly- so he sent the car to be repaired by the auto diesel program.

“if someone is intimidated by the application, which is free, or filling out the FAFSA send them our way and we will help them out. We are adamant about wanting to reduce all barriers to entry.”

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TN Promise: primarily for people who’ve graduated from a ‘regular’ school in TN + received their diploma

• provides funds for two years of community college or TCATs
• part of the implementation of the so called “drive to  55”

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  drive to 55 is the goal for 55% of Tennesseans to have graduated from higher education programs or have a professional certificate by 2025

• currently only 25-35% college students graduate within 6 years
• also applies if persons are 19 years old at the time of November 2015 and has passed the HiSET
• TN Reconnect is considered to be an extension of this initiative of the “drive to 55”
  

  
  

TN Reconnect: good for TCAT, but not Community Colleges

• “last dollar grant”: which means that it takes whatever FAFSA determines the cost of enrollment and then pays whatever that amount is in total (not a fixed amount)
• students also have the option “refund checks” which upon completion of their program they are possibly eligible to get the money back the related expenses of attendance
• gas money etc.
• A great opportunity who have maxed out their student aid
• “more difficult” for those who have defaulted on student loans

    Steps to get the Tennessee Reconnect Grant:

1. Sign Up: for TN R. by May 15th
1. visit www.tnreconnect.gov
1. this is remarkably simple as it only requires basic information and the default should be enrolling people as May 15th is so close of a deadline
2. Apply: Apply to local TCAT by May 15th
1. note: no application fee
1. should choose program and location upon application
1. this is not set in stone (i.e. you can choose “nashville” and “Aesthetics Technology” and switch to say “Dixon and “Collision Repair” later
3. File: File the FAFSA and visit local TCAT by June 15th
4. Enroll: Finally enroll in a program and “launch your future”

    Eligibility:

1. Considered to be an adult according to the FAFSA
1. this means being able to check one of the following boxes:
1. 24 years old
2. married
3. Veteran
4. Active Duty
5. A Parent- having dependents they pay 55%+
6. Foster Care since turning age 13
7. Lack of Parents
8. Emancipated Minor
9. Homeless or at Risk of becoming Homeless
2. ^^^ Is on the bottom of page two of the FAFSA: https://studentaid.ed.gov/sites/default/files/2015-16-fafsa-worksheet.pdf

-26 Locations in Tennessee, and they are in the process of greatly expanding

-There is a “refresher course” entitled Tech Foundations which all students complete before moving on to program specific courses.

• brush up on english
• basic maths etc.
• it is on the computer

   

-Market themselves as a great place for people who do not see themselves being able to go to a classic college

• do not have to write 10 page papers
• can attend part time and in some cases at night

TCAT Programs visit websites as different locations offer different programs

-some programs to do require high school degree

-some programs require additional pre requirements (exp trucking)

-not the best for accommodating physical disabilities (community college/traditional would be a better choice)

-length of programs: “at a student’s own pace” which is usually 12 months to 18 months

-residential: none

• Aesthetics Certificate
• Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technical Diploma
• Automotive Technology Technical Diploma
• Collision Repair Technical Diploma
• Commercial Truck Driving Certificate
• Computer Numeric Controls Certificate
• Computer Operations Technology Technical Diploma
• Cosmetology Technical Diploma
• Cosmetology Instructor Training Certificate
• Diesel Equipment Mechanics Technical Diploma
• Industrial Electricity Technical Diploma
• Industrial Electronics Technical Diploma
• Industrial Maintenance Technician Technical Diploma
• Landscaping & Turf Management Technical Diploma
• Machine Tool Technology Technical Diploma
• Manicurist Certificate
• Manicurist Certificate
• Massage Therapy Technical Diploma
• Medical Assisting Technical Diploma
• Motorcycle & Marine Services Technical Diploma
• Practical Nursing Technical Diploma
• Surgical Technology Technical Diploma
• Tool & Die Maintenance Technician Technical Diploma
• Welding TCAT Technical Diploma

Additional Notes:

-State funded Auto-diesel Program in the works!

-Nursing earns you a LPN, Licensed Practical Nursing, which is a bridge towards a RN

    -allows an individual to get a job while working on RN

    -cuts tuition significantly (metaphor of community college as bridge to 4 year degree)

-have a partnership with Saint Thomas and Skyline in terms of post completion placements

-Currently 76% of students who attend TCAT are on full scholarships anyway

-those who are not on full scholarship are usually deemed by FAFSA to be able to afford tuition

-There is no “out of state” costs, everyone is considered to be instate

Jobs for Felons,
Felon Friendly Employers

Last updated: February 2015

How to find your own leads and how this list was created:

1. Go to Exoffenders.net and look at the latest list of national felon friendly employers
2. In other window, pull up Google Maps in the area in which you are interested
3. Compare

Possible Downtown Nashville Employers Simply by Location

Possible Employment for Sex Offenders

Here is a list of downtown employers and their numbers that are not automatically excluded simply because of their location.

How to find your own leads and how this list was created.

1. Pull up Tennessee's Mapping Application
   http://tnmap.tn.gov/tdoc//
   -Red Zone Locations
2. In another window, pull up Google Maps
   -for employers and phone numbers
3. Compare

The Full List:

About New "Logo"

Art direction: Nicholas Blechman

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"The picture above was done for the Book Review a few weeks back for a review that David Leonhardt wrote about Angus Deaton’s new book, The Great Escape, which by Leonhardt’s account is an optimistic-while-sober account of how the inequality gap has narrowed over centuries and how that history should be mined for reconciling inequality’s present condition. This illustration found life on account of having the dumbest of dumb luck to discover separate engravings well over a century old of one very rich man and one very poor man sitting in my overstuffed files at home. Like the header promised: sexy, right?"
-Matt Dorfman

 See his blog @ http://metalmother.com/

Misconceptions of Poverty: The Tanning Bed

I used to work at a nonprofit in far Eastern Kentucky, specializing in emergency home repair. We would replace roofs, build stairs and ramps, install new floor systems, the works.

50-150 volunteers would come stay at with us in Appalachia each week. As a staff member, one of my greatest joys was to see people grapple with the idea of American poverty. For many of the youth, and even some of the adult leaders, coming on this mission trip was the first time they had really seen what poverty was like.

RACHEL DAWES

Look beyond your own pain, Bruce.

Rachel gestures at the filthy streets. Down dark alleys-

shadowy figures conduct business.

RACHEL (CONT'D)

This city is rotting.

...the bad people are rich and the good people [are] scared.

What resulted was often as week filled with progressively more frank discussions about poverty. The hands on nature of working inside impoverished homes combined with the newly found comradery of volunteers living together created an uncommon openness.

Staff and volunteers alike openly talked about how troublesome situations such as it a new mother to having to drive herself and her newborn an hour and half each way for repeated checkups. From a hoarder's mobile home cleanliness to a family's preference of a 40'' flat screen over holes in the floor, everything was open for discussion.

During one of these sometimes passionate discussions a red headed youth still in high school calmly approached me and told me a story.

"[Possiblypassino] you know, at first I wondered why the [Jones] had a tanning bed. Here we are in the middle of nowhere Appalachia and they have a tanning bed. We are building steps to their front door for godlessness sakes and they have a tanning bed. It seemed odd. But as the week went on and I got to know one another, I came to learn that Mr. [Jones] had back problems. He couldn't stand for very long and seemed to be in a lot of pain. They did not have enough money to have the surgery. None of the medications would rid him of the pain, but this dumb tanning bed relived him a little bit. I would have never known that if we had not worked in his house for a full week and gotten to know the family."

Have you ever asked saw someone as not really poor because "you know, they all have refrigerators and televisions, don't they?

According to the Atlantic they do. In fact 80% of low income households have a fridge, TV, microwave and a stove. "They can heat food and cool food and watch American Idol, no problem."

America's Toys Are Getting Cheaper While Essentials Are Getting More Expensive

Sources:
Why America's Essentials Are Getting More Expensive While Its Toys Are Getting Cheap
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/its-expensive-to-be-poor/361533/

Batman Begins Script
http://www.nolanfans.com/library/pdf/batmanbegins-screenplay.pdf

Chris Hedges: Empire of Illusion

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