PACE is Back - Fall 2021

Hi Chairs,

We managed to figure out a way to test students for the ENGL101+011 PACE program and are currently placing students into PACE sections.

If you remember, PACE allows IERW002 students to take a PACE section of ENGL101+011 based on their reading skills.

• We collect a writing sample through the remote placement process. Students who select IERW002, place into it, and submit a PACE-level writing sample are then allowed to take a reading test. 
• The remote placement advisors send students this info with a link to the test. If they score 80% or above, they can take one of our PACE sections.

This doesn't mean that they are truly credit-level students; it means that they wrote enough and passed a reading test that allows them to take a special section of ENGL101+011 that is smaller than usual and has an in-class coach an hour a week who works with them.

Below is the email I send students (from the PACE email) with specific instructions for registering for PACE sections and contacting me (pace@montgomerycollege.edu).

Could you please get the word out that PACE is back and to be on the lookout for my email? If a student shows them the email, please have people go over the email and show them the list of sections they can choose from. Please do not give overrides because they can register for non-PACE sections, and I'm tracking numbers etc.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. And thanks for your support.

Best,

Miriam

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Miriam W Simon (she/her/hers) 

Professor 

English & Reading 

PACE Coordinator 

Cadre Counseling 

Montgomery College  

Takoma Park/ Silver Spring Campus 

240 567 1663

miriam.simon@montgomerycollege.edu