How to Create a CBET Program

From the Administrator’s perspective…

STEPS:

Review Course ID / Program Description

Review Class Codes / CBET Staff Positions

General Startup Issues (Identify Community Need for CBET)

Identify Available Class and Babysitting Facilities

Identify and process appropriate CBET Staff

Create SIS File

CONTACT PERSONS

· For program assistance: George Kiriyama or Eva Mejia-Hilts (323) 323-2686, Extension 23.

• For fiscal assistance: Francisco Narciso or Lydia Quezada (213) 202-5630.
• For bus tokens: Transportation Branch (323) 227-4431.

LAUSD COURSE INFORMATION

Competency-Based Education

COURSE NO.: 54-01-55* NEW: MARCH/2000

TITLE: COMMUNITY-BASED ENGLISH TUTORING

DEPARTMENT: Specially Funded Programs

CREDITS: N/A HOURS: N/A APPORTIONMENT NO.: N/A

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

The purpose of Community-Based tutoring (CBET) instruction is to encourage family members and others provide personal English language tutoring to children of limited English proficiency and also to support these efforts by raising the general level of English language knowledge in the community.

The following course titles and curricula have been designated as applicable for CBET instruction:

(Appropriate content / units from these courses can be used for CBET.)

50-01-51 ESL Beginning Low 51-02-56 Helping Your Child Succeed in School

50-01-52 ESL Beginning High 51-03-55 Helping Your Child Succeed in

50-01-53 ESL Intermediate Low School/Kindergarten Enrichment

50-01-54 ESL Intermediate High/A 51-04-52 Parenting the Elementary School Age Child

50-01-55 ESL intermediate High/B 51-05-53 Parenting the Adolescent

50-01-56 ESL Advanced Low 51-05-54 Guidance and Discipline/Self-Esteem

50-01-58 ESL Beginning Literacy/English 51-07-69 Parent Education/ESL

51-07-70 Helping Your Child Succeed in School/

53-03-61 Basic Reading-Beginning Elementary Mathematics

53-03-63 Basic Reading-Advanced 51-07-71 Helping Your Child Succeed in

53-03-81 Basic Language Arts-Beginning School/Family Mathematics

53-03-83 Basic Language Art-Advanced 51-09-55 Parent/Child Communication

PREREQUISTES

Adults participating in the program must pledge to tutor school age children in English language instruction.

NOTES:

Teachers working in the community-Based English Tutoring Program will be required to have the same credentials as those need to work in Adult Literacy/ABE (Adult Basic Education), Adult ESL, Citizenship and/or Parenting and Family Life Education Programs.

CLASS CODES

Position Title CLASS CODE

Adviser, non-classroom (used for CBET Adviser) 0826

Teacher, Adult, P-P Contract (classroom teacher) 0838

Community Representative C 8102

Education Aide 111 4581

Infant Care Aide 4063

Teacher Assistant 0953, 0954,0955

*The class code for Teacher Assistants will vary depending on the employee’s college credits status and employment history with the District.

GENERAL STARTUP ISSUES

Make sure there is a need for CBET

Prepare student survey - discuss CBET at Back to School Nights/Open House with parents let them know about the program and when a class can begin

Send out survey forms to parents

Get translated have elementary school distribute forms make sure all information is accurate complete any form that is incorrect

Make a database with all information for each person

Add the children of parents in your database

Send out acceptance and/or waiting list letters

Get them translated Send out in envelopes to parents

Find classrooms to have classes

Meet with principal/teachers to use their classroom

Figure out where to store all materials

Meet with CBET teachers and let them know where materials are and how to access them each week

Prepare for the first couple of class meetings

• Use sign-in sheets
• Have pencils
• Get tests from Adult Ed.office
• Put parents in classes according to scores
• Adjust your database as needed

Second Meeting

• Test new students, as needed
• Make class lists and put them on classroom doors
• Call parents who didn’t come to class
• Call/add parents as needed
• Have a list of parents by class who are participating

SNACKS

Snacks are intended for consumption at your CBET site by the children only; they are not for adult consumption or to be taken home.

The cost of snack items should average about $1 per child. If snack items are purchased from personal funds, reimbursement can be obtained from the school’s Imprest Fund by following established procedures.

BUS TOKENS

The CBET adviser will be responsible for the control of bus tokens issued to adults; therefore, it is suggested that tokens be issued on a daily basis. Bus tokens can be requested from Transportation Branch by submitting Form 78.112, “Order for Public Carrier Ticket books, Stamps and Tokens”.

These form are available from the CBET Office. For additional technical information or classification on filing out the forms, please call Transportation Branch at (323) 227-4431.

EQUIPMENT

If you have purchased equipment items with CBET funds, they must be inventoried and labeled with a CBET label. Labels can be requested from the CBET Office. An annual inventory must be maintained and updated for these items. This documentation must be available in case of an adult.

· Follow up with teachers as needed

· Keep an attendance list of all parents and call them when they miss a class

• Add students as needed