New ESL Students

• Step 1: Test!  The placement test takes about one hour and can be taken at the Assessment Center on the Main Campus at 1500 N. Verdugo or at the Garfield Campus  at 1122 E. Garfield.  You must first make an appointment in person to take the placement test; you may not call  to make an appointment. You need to make an appointment at the site you wish to be tested between these hours:  Monday-Thursday, 8:00 am - 8:00 pm, and Fridays, 9:00 am- 4:00 pm. There is often a waiting list to take the placement test at the Garfield Campus, so we suggest you go and make an appointment at the Assessment Center (SF 112) on the Main Campus. (Click here for a map to the  Main Campus).
   

• Step 2:  Garfield students may pick up test results at the Garfield Campus. Students who wish to study on the Main Campus may pick up test results at SF 112 and receive a class assignment at the Noncredit ESL office at SF 120. If there is no room in the class you want, you will be placed on a waiting list.
   

• Step 3:  Registration for all classes is done online. After testing, go to www.glendale.edu/continuinged and check for enrollment dates. Once enrollment is open, click on the noncredit ESL class schedule and choose the class you wish to take. When you register, you will print out a confirmation form that you must sign and bring with you to class along with your test placement form. Be sure to register for the level you tested into.

Continuing ESL Students/Credit ESL Students

In order to register again in an ESL class, you must have an ESL Placement Recommendation Form from the teacher of the previously taken class. If you do not have this form, you will have to take the ESL placement test. Students who are already enrolled in ESL classes for credit at GCC do not need to be tested. You need to bring your credit test scores and see Marie Bartholomew at the Garfield Campus.

Waiting Lists

When the class enrollment limit has been reached, the additional names are placed on a waiting list in the Noncredit ESL office. Persons whose names are on the waiting list will be notified by mail, in order, when openings in such classes are available.

Attendance

When students register for a class, it is their responsibility to attend regularly. Classes will be discontinued if attendance becomes irregular or small. After three consecutive absences in a class with a waiting list, students will be dropped from the class and their names will be placed at the bottom of the waiting list. Non-credit adult classes are established for either high school graduates or students 18 years of age or more. Students 16-17 years must have their high school principal ’s approval to attend, or verification of daytime employment from their employer on the firm’s letterhead stationery.

NONCREDIT SCHEDULE LOCATIONS

• AA -Kern Aviation/Art Bldg., main campus,1500 N. Verdugo Rd.
• AD -Administration Bldg., main campus,1500 N. Verdugo Rd.
• ADREC -Adult Recreation Center,201 E. Colorado
• AU -Auditorium, main campus,1500 N. Verdugo Rd.
• CASAVR -Casa Verdugo,1208 S. Central
• CCB -Chevy Chase Baptist Church,1269 E. Garfield Ave.
• CDLP - Casa De La Paloma, 133 S. Kenwood Ave.
• COLUMB -Columbus Elem.,425 West Milford
• CVUMC - 2700 Montrose Ave., La Crescent
• EDISON -Thomas A. Edison Elem.,440 W. Lomita Ave.
• GARFIELD CAMPUS - 1122 E. Garfield, Glendale
• HOOVER -Herbert Hoover High School,651 Glenwood Rd.
• METAPT - 1760 Gardena, Glendale
• JEFSON -Thomas Jefferson Elem.,1546 Fifth St.
• MRSHAL -Marshall Elem.,1201 E. Broadway
• PDC -Professional Development Center,2340 Honolulu Ave., Montrose
• RSVELT -Theodore Roosevelt Middle School,1017 S. Glendale Ave.
• SA -Salvation Army,323 W. Garfield

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