Academic ESOL

English for Speakers of Other Languages: Prepare for College and Careers

CCBC’s academic ESOL program opens doors to opportunities including improved language skills, associates’ degrees, professional certificates, transfer to four-year universities, and career advancement. The program offers a challenging academic program at the high-beginning, intermediate, advanced, and academic levels. Innovative teaching techniques and models help ESOL students to reach their goals through theme-based instruction, accelerated learning programs, learning communities, online blended courses, and educational technology.

How to enroll in ESOL courses at CCBC

New students complete an application, take a placement test, meet an advisor, and then register for classes.

Here's what you need to know if you are a:
For more information, contact the CCBC Admissions Office.

ESOL Courses

The academic ESOL program offers flexible scheduling with daytime, evening, and some "blended" classes (combining face-to-face and online instruction).

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Full-time ESOL faculty and staff

Catonsville and Owings Mills

Sarah Barnhardt: ESOL Program Coordinator
ESOL Associate Professor/ Online Learning Coordinator School of Writing, Literacy, and Languages/School of Arts and Communication
Office: CCBC Owings Mills, 410D, Catonsville Classroom & Laboratory Building 130E
Phone: 443.840.5881
Email: sbarnhardt2@ccbcmd.edu

Farrar, Jessica
ESOL Instructor
Office: CCBC Catonsville, Classroom & Laboratory Building 130
Phone: 443.840.5302
Email: jfarrar2@ccbcmd.edu

Foss, Heather
ESOL Assistant Professor
Office: CCBC Catonsville, Classroom & Laboratory Building 130
Phone: 443.840.4708
Email: hfoss@ccbcmd.edu

McClelland, Sean
ESOL Instructor
Office: CBCC Catonsville, Classroom & Laboratory Building 130E
Phone: 443.840.5499
Email: smcclelland2@ccbcmd.edu

Catonsville ESOL Office:
Bowman, Nikki
Office: CBCC Catonsville, Classroom & Laboratory Building 130

Dundalk and Essex

Stacie Miller: ESOL Program Coordinator
ESOL Associate Professor/CCBC Learning Community Coordinator
Office: CCBC Essex, Arts & Humanities Hall 223
Phone: 443.840.1993
Email: smiller@ccbcmd.edu

Vicki Hong Smith
ESOL Assistant Professor
Office:CCBC Essex, Arts & Humanities Hall 213
Phone: 443.840.2817
Email: vhongsmith@ccbcmd.edu

Sara Osman
ESOL Assistant Professor
Office:CCBC Essex, Arts & Humanities Hall 240
Phone: 443.840.1049
Email: sosman@ccbcmd.edu

Essex/Dundalk ESOL Office:
Shirley Everhart
Office:CCBC Essex, Student Services Center 208
Phone: 443.840.2335
Email: severhart@ccbcmd.edu 

CCBC Continuing Education also offers a complete community-based ESOL program for beginning students and learners not interested in pursuing academic classes.