Educational Programs

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and secondary Education funds Concilio's Adult Basic Education program which serves over 200 students a year. The program is staffed by quality Adult Education instructors, program administrators and a program counselor who orients students to the program and helps them set and achieve personal goals. A significant number of volunteers also support the program and its students by serving as tutors, class aids and program assistants.

• English (ESOL) Classes
• Native Spanish Literacy Classes
• Spanish GED Preparation Classes
  

English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

Concilio is an experienced and respected provider of adult education services. Concilio Hispano provides beginner-level English classes to Latinos whose native language is not English. Four levels of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes are offered in Cambridge and Chelsea

• ESOL Basic Low Level Literacy - Basic
• ESOL Basic
• ESOL Beginner Level I
• ESOL Beginning Intermediate Level II
  

Once students have completed Beginner Intermediate Level II, we help them transfer to higher-level classes at other schools, such as Bunker Hill Community College or the Cambridge Community Learning Center, or scale without being placed on a waiting list.

Benefits of our ESOL classes include:

• Learning basic vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing and conversational skills
• Increasing knowledge of American culture and traditions
  
• Transferring to higher level classes of ESOL/English

See our Current Adult Basic Education Schedule for current classes and registration information.
ESOL classes are free of charge and are held September to June both mornings and evenings.
For more information please call us at 617.661.9406