Centro Latino is a founding member of the Chelsea Adult Learning Partnership. This collaboration provides a comprehensive continuum of high quality English for Speakers of Other Languages and Adult Basic Education services free of charge for adults who need English language skills and/or adults with academic skill levels below 12th grade.
Classes offered include Spanish Language Literacy, English for Speakers of Other Languages, GED in English, GED in Spanish, College Transitions and Family Literacy. The Partnership is funded by the MA Department of Education as part of a state-wide strategy to provide each and every adult with opportunities to develop literacy skills needed to qualify for further education, job training, and better employment, and to reach his/her full potential as a family member, productive worker, and citizen.
As part of the collaboration, Centro Latino offers two ESOL 1 classes, two ESOL 2 classes and two Spanish Language Literacy classes. The program utilizes pre and post testing, student supports to retain learners, and community linkages to help learners attain their goals for further education and employment. When a student completes ESOL 2, s/he may move directly to ESOL 3 offered at the Bunker Hill Community College Chelsea Campus.
Class Schedules
Both morning and evening schedules are available: the classes meet Monday and Wednesday from 9 am to 12 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.. To join the program, clients must sign up on the wait list by stopping in or calling Centro's office. Due to the great need for these services, the average time spent on the wait list is one year.
Partner Agencies
Bunker Hill Community College
Roca
LARE
Inter generational Literacy Project
Employment Resources, Inc.
Founded in 1989, Centro Latino serves more than 8,000 Latinos and immigrants in Eastern Massachusetts every year. We offer the broadest range of relevant, high quality classes and programs delivered in a patient and caring environment that helps Latinos and immigrants seeking to improve their lives to become confident and independent members of the community. We are located in Chelsea and Cambridge.
Our mission is to improve the quality of life and promote the self-determination of Latinos and immigrants in Eastern Mass. through education, health, and social well-being strategies.
Centro Latino • 267 Broadway Chelsea, MA 02150 • (617) 884-3238 | 105 Windsor Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 • (617)661-9406
