29 Emmons Park Dr

Taft, CA 93268

This practice is designed to provide viable career opportunities to students of limited

English capabilities, and to provide these same students with opportunities for successful

college experiences that will inspire students to learn English and continue their

education. The practice targets five significant obstacles inhibiting college level

participation of students of limited English proficiency:

• The English language

• Transportation

• Child care

• Social inhibitions

• Limited access to and capabilities with computer technology

Solutions to each of the four difficulties listed above are, in order:

• Provide in class bilingual translators in Welding, Automotive Technology, and

Early Childhood Education.

• Provide busing from outlying communities three nights per week.

• Provide child care until 10:00 PM at Taft College’s child care center.

• Provide help with enrollment, social integration, book purchases, and other

aspects of campus life.

• Provide community service classes taught in the Spanish language in computer

technology.

The program is staffed by:

• Bilingual translators in Welding, Automotive Technology, and Early Childhood

Education.