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b <br /> 1 <br /> } <br /> Orange County <br /> Board of Commissioners <br /> Action Agenda Item Abstract <br /> Meeting Date: May 5, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-e <br /> Subject: Classification Plan Amendment and Increase in Hours - ESL Coordinator <br /> Department: Personnel and Library Public Hearing: Yes No X <br /> Budget Amendment <br /> Needed: Yes No X <br /> Attachment(s): Information Contact: <br /> Elaine Holmes, Personnel Director <br /> Extension 2550 <br /> Brenda Stephens, Library Director <br /> Extension 2528 <br /> Telephone Number: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Purpose: To consider changing the ESL (English as a Second Language) <br /> Coordinator position by: <br /> • Amending the Orange County Classification and Pay Plan to <br /> change the salary grade of ESL Coordinator from Salary <br /> Grade 62 to Salary Grade 64. <br /> • Increasing the hours of the ESL Coordinator position from 20 <br /> hours to 30 hours each week. <br /> Background: In 1994 the Board of County Commissioners transferred the <br /> permanent part time position of RSVP Literacy Coordinator from <br /> the Department on Aging to the Orange County Library. Since <br /> the position was transferred to the library, the duties have <br /> focused on coordinating the English as a second language <br /> (ESL) program for the County. <br /> The ESL program provides volunteer tutors to instruct individuals <br /> in English for whom English is not their first language. The <br /> students in the ESL program range from preschoolers to adults. <br />