The Learning Center Online (TLC Online)
The Learning Center (TLC) Online at the English Center provides workforce development-related Adult Basic Education, GED Preparation, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), and Citizenship to adults by crossing traditional geographic boundaries through the use of evolving Internet and computer-based technology throughout Miami-Dade County and Florida.
TLC Online currently has over 500 student enrollments, which include home-based students, and students based at five One-Stop Centers. We deliver curriculum content to students using the following online courseware: SkillsTutor, PlatoWeb, WebCT.
TLC Online's curriculum is delivered through a combination of using third-party online courseware and using courses and supplemental lessons created in-house and delivered via WebCT. |
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Our complete TLC Online Program includes the following required courses:
Online ABE
The purpose of TLC's online ABE courses is to provide basic literacy and life skills for adults who are performing at or below the eighth grade level. The content includes reading, language arts, writing, and mathematics. Students are placed in each class according to their needs. The student is able to access his course 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Each student is assigned a teacher who guides, instructs, monitors, and is available as a resource for specified hours during the week.
Online Citizenship
Citizenship education aims to help teach roles and responsibilities in a modern democracy and seeks to support students in dealing with difficult social questions. Citizenship education addresses the knowledge, skills and understanding necessary for the student to be able to function in a democratic society and to pass their citizenship exam. The democratic rights and responsibilities of the student and the meaning of citizenship at a variety of scales will be explored. The student is able to access courses 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Each student is assigned a teacher who guides, instructs, monitors, and is available as a resource for specified hours during the week.
Online ESOL
TLC Online offers three levels of ESOL to help students communicate in English.
Our courses prepare you to communicate at home, at work, and at school. You will also learn about the culture of your new community and the American way. All ESOL teachers at The English Center (TEC) are certified by the State of Florida and use the latest methods of instruction. Classes are dynamic and students work together in a variety of communicative activities.
The student is able to access courses 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Each student is assigned a teacher who guides, instructs, monitors, and is available as a resource for specified hours during the week.
Online GED
The General Education Development (GED) and Adult Basic Education (ABE) classes offered at The English Center are individualized and self-paced. Upon entering the GED/ABE program at The English Center, a diagnostic test is administered to the students in order to assess his/her academic needs. The purpose of this test is to generate a study schedule for each student. The student is able to access courses 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Each student is assigned a teacher who guides, instructs, monitors, and is available as a resource for specified hours during the week |
