http://austinenglish.org Sign up. Speak up. Move up. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:58:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are currently serving 64 students at 5 businesses, so far having provided classes to 110 students in 2008! Here are some of the businesses and organizations we're working with: Dell Children's Hospital, Class Graduation Dell Children's Hospital Professional Janitorial Services Guero's Taco Bar Homeslice Pizza Caritas And we're looking forward to working again with these returning ... http://austinenglish.org/2008/05/19/program-update/ Hello, English at Work friends and supporters! As many of you know, I was lucky to receive a 2007 Echoing Green Fellowship this summer. Echoing Green provides seed funding to social entrepreneurs around the world. One of the perks of being an EG Fellow is connecting to the larger ... http://austinenglish.org/2008/05/06/socialedge-interviews-our-director/ This month we’re profiling Barbara Caballero. Barbara recently finished teaching a series of courses to a group of housekeepers, cafeteria workers and laundry attendants at the Hilton hotel in downtown Austin. Barbara has worked with English at Work since last fall and we’re excited about the interactive activities ... http://austinenglish.org/2008/04/14/april-instructor-spotlight-barbara-caballero/ The Pew Hispanic Center recently released a report on English language use among native and non-native Latinos. The following two statistics stand out: (1) Immigrants use English at the workplace far more often than they do at home. Almost 30 per cent of survey respondents said they speak mainly or only ... http://austinenglish.org/2008/03/23/pew-hispanic-center-report-on-english-use-among-hispanics/ Last year, English at Work served 126 students at 10 businesses, and we are well on our way to surpassing those numbers this year! Our success comes from the fact that we have such great teachers and volunteers working with us. We want everyone to know how much ... http://austinenglish.org/2008/03/07/english-at-work-volunteer-spotlight-don-roach/ This fall, English at Work's Executive Director, Maile Broccoli-Hickey, had the privilege of working with two groups of students from the University of Texas' McCombs School of Business. Each group chose English at Work from a list of local nonprofits who sought help increasing revenue, developing a competitive advantage, and ... http://austinenglish.org/2007/12/03/mcombs-consulting-results/ Tuesday night's fundraiser, Paso a Paso, was a great success! Students and their families mingled with instructors, supervisors, and program supporters while the music floated up to the twinkle lights in the old oak trees. Special thanks to our volunteers for setting up, monitoring the gate and silent auction, and ... http://austinenglish.org/2007/10/24/paso-a-paso-a-great-success/ English at Work's third annual fall fundraiser, Paso a Paso, will be held tonight from 7 to 10pm in the Oak Garden of Guero's Taco Bar, 1412 South Congress. Highlights will include: Hostess Lolis Garcia-Baab, creator of The Ladies Room with Lolis on 1370AM A taco dinner provided by Guero's Face painting and ... http://austinenglish.org/2007/10/23/paso-a-paso-is-tonight/ Paso a Paso (Step by Step), E@W's 3rd annual fall fundraiser, is less than one week away. Remember, $25 gets you dinner, one of Guero's hand-shaken margaritas, and a chance to win a trip for 2 to San Miguel de Allende! You do not have to be present to win. Other ... http://austinenglish.org/2007/10/16/paso-a-paso-is-one-week-away/ We've always thought the Hotel San Jose, the Austin Motel, the Driskill, and Guero's were cool businesses for providing English classes to their employees on site. It turns out Austinites love them for other reasons, too! Hotel San Jose (Best Hotel) Austin Motel (Best Motel) The Driskill Hotel (Best Lobby/Waiting Room). Also, the Guero's ... http://austinenglish.org/2007/10/12/four-english-at-work-host-businesses-receive-chronicles-best-of-austin-awards/