AGENCY TESTIMONY
English literacy and civic education programs at Queens Public Library
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Scott McLeod highlights Queens Public Library's integrated English literacy and civic education classes, which cover various aspects of U.S. history, citizen rights, and the electoral process. The library also offers additional English language learning programs in partnership with other organizations.
- The program has an annual enrollment of 280 students
- In fiscal year 2023, nearly 59,000 attended English learner classes
- The library partnered with the Mayor's Office on Immigrant Affairs to offer 'We Speak NYC' program, serving 868 students
Scott McLeod
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Crucial to our voter education outreach is connecting with Queen's most vulnerable populations.
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The library's integrated English literacy and civic education classes incorporate topics ranging from the history of the United States, citizen rights and responsibilities, election day, holidays, and their significance, voter registration, conversations with polling site officials, and more.
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This program has an enrollment of 280 students a year.
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However, the overall need for ESL well programming and the borough is overwhelming.
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In fiscal year 2023, the library had a total attendance of nearly 59,000 to our English learner classes.
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And we consistently have a system wide waiting list of approximately 200 with half from our Flushing library.
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Through QPO's partnership with the mayor's office on immigrant affairs, we are able to expand our reach by offering, we speak NYC, an English language learning program that features civic focused instruction.
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Since beginning to offer this in the spring, QPL has served 868 students.
