READY TO WORK

Ready to Work (RTW) is a comprehensive program serving people with very limited English overcome language barriers, gain digital literacy skills, find meaningful employment and achieve economic self-sufficiency.

With funding from Seattle’s Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, ACRS partners with HomeSight, South Seattle and Seattle Central Colleges, and Literacy Source to offer English as a Second Language and digital literacy classes, and give participants the opportunity to learn English by focusing on their careers. We believe that English language learners will learn more rapidly if they are actively engaged in their learning process, and will be more motivated to learn when the curriculum is interesting to them and relevant to their lives.

During class, students talk about jobs they’ve held in their native countries. They examine their career histories and talk about what they’re looking for in future jobs and dream careers. They talk about how they will move from one goal to the next, while practicing English pronunciation, verb tenses, grammar and new vocabulary along the way. They learn how to use a computer, set up an email account, send and reply to email, and search the Internet and apply for jobs online. The students also go on field trips to the local library to get library cards, or South Seattle College, to learn about pursuing careers in construction, auto-repair and aviation with additional training in Washington State’s I-BEST program.

Ready to Work meets Monday-Thursday, from 9 a.m.-noon for 10 weeks. New classes start quarterly: January, April, July and October. New students must complete an assessment and meet certain qualifications.

For more information, please contact:

Getu Hunde
getuh@acrs.org
(206) 805-8950