How’s that for an exciting topic? I like the idea of managed enrollment. I just wish we could close our eyes, and then when we opened them, everything would have magically converted to managed enrollment (ME). It’s the difficult transition from non-ME to ME that’s really complicated. I think that was quite clear from our brief discussion of it in our last all-staff meeting. There seems to be a whole plethora of unanswered questions, but I guess that’s what pilot projects are for.

I’d love to find out how other centers are doing ME. It seems like 6-week cycles are too short. I would have thought something like a semester-long period, like 12 to 15 weeks would be more effective. I would like to see managed curriculum, too. Not only do you have a fixed length of time, but you narrow the curriculum to focus on certain areas, like a course in writing, or grammar, or conversation, etc. I’m thinking more in terms of a college model. (Forgive me for my ESOL bias; I realize ABE is transitioning to ME at the same time.)

Personally, I am looking forward to ME! But, to be honest, I’m kind of glad not to be part of the pilot. Good luck to the teachers who are the brave pioneers!

I’m going to try to figure out how to invite you all to contribute to this blog. I guess when I have figured it out, you will receive an e-mail inviting you to the blog. You may have had to sign in to get here. Please be patient and let’s work out the peculiarities.