El Centro Adult Education ESOL – Roxbury

For over a century, Catholic Charities Boston has helped vulnerable individuals and families of all faiths and backgrounds. One of the most comprehensive non-profit providers of social services in Massachusetts, we offer over 70 programs across more than 20 locations throughout Greater Boston, with 450 employees serving thousands of individuals and families annually within the four core areas of Basic Needs, Family & Youth Services, Refugee & Immigrant Services, and Adult Education & Workforce Development. ​​

Rooted in our faith mission, we address critical social justice issues with compassion and aim to break the cycles of poverty in our communities

Catholic Charities’ El Centro has provided intensive, results oriented ESOL instruction for low-income immigrants in Boston for over 60 years. Combining comprehensive academic and wrap-around support services, El Centro brings students from the lowest levels of English language learning to college and workforce readiness.

These services are open to learners without restrictions on language proficiency, age, or residency, impacting their ability to earn a living wage and attain economic stability and self-sufficiency

El Centro students have access to intensive free of charge adult ESOL classes at all language proficiency levels; innovative class offerings, including the pioneered by El Centro targeted Critical Thinking and Analytical Reading classes for ESOL students; math and financial literacy instruction; rigorous curriculum which includes contextualized content of natural and social sciences; integrated in every level of ESOL curriculum digital literacy instruction; highly personalized and efficient advising; career pathway development with practical individualized assistance in transition to college/post-secondary career training; and access to a wide range of Catholic Charities support services.