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Show Practices in the district such as charging registration and costly extracurricular activity fees are common and violate the principle of free public education as well as placing barriers to full participation by disadvantaged students in educational programs. There is a critical shortage of minority teachers." Alberta Henry has chaired this task force in a most effective and forceful manner which has resulted in the following projects and programs: School Volunteer Program order to relieve the trained teacher from the small time I n consuming but neccessary activities found in the classroom, this project enlists parent volunteers to assist the teacher in correcting tests, reading help, tutoring, classroom organization, etc. The teacher then can more comprehensively devote her time and teaching talent to the individual student. The School Volunteer project has been very active in recruiting volunteers for model neighborhood schools. The operating agency, School Volunteers, Inc., is providing orientation and training classes for the volunteers. At present, the operating agency is instituting math training classes such as this to serve the double purpose of (a.) providing better volunteer service to the students, and (b.) providing practical training to resident volunteers. Child care is being provided by the operating agency for volunteers with young children. The project also works directly with the principals and teachers of the schools to help them employ the volunteers in the classroom. Many of the children are services to the residents of the minorities with language Redwood area. Typical difficulties. This program a provides program which helps the children relate to the educative process, as well as help their parents in the language process. This will enable many parents to become actively involved in learning the techniques of early childhood education through participation in school programs. The Spanish segment of the program will be made available to any child placed in the program needing the lanuage help. A conserted effort will be made to place minority children in all classes in the school. Eligibility will be determined by residency in the Model Neighborhood. Voluntary Improvement Program this program is in the process of developing and implementing a program that provides tutoring, family and jobs counseling for the unemployed in the Central City area of the Model hard-cor- e Neighborhood. Tutors are recruited from the neighborhood and from the University of Utah to work with the clientele of the e basis. To program on a date, 152 job referrals have been made and 65 job placements. The program is to bring isolated adults back into society as contributing citizens. The social and educationally deprived adults are the beneficiaries - these one-to-on- are generally hard-cor- e Early Childhood credit system with those institutions is also being Learning developed. training three nights a week is currently being carried out by the staff for new tutors. one-to-on- Pre-servi- Education Project has offered an excellent program providing a comprehensive interdisciplinary child development program for 60 three year old and 60 four year old Model Neighborhood children. The project has been coordinated with project Head Start and has followed Head Start's basic curriculum structure with special adaptation to meet the particular needs of Model Neighborhood area children. The operating agency, Salt Lake Board of Education, has provided a balanced and strong program of health, psychological and social services in accordance with contractual obligations. activities. Evening community meetings. Adult Basic Education and sports Child Care, programs. The Redwood Community School project has made good progress in implementing the community school concept in the Redwood area. The program is currently serving approximately 2,000 participants a month. The project has certain limitations in that the elementary school does not have adequate kitchen unemployed individuals. The basic function of this project is to have 45 students working toward their own stated behavioral objectives. Tutoring e on the basis two nights a week in planned evening sessions occurred with volunteer tutors from the University of Utah and Westminster College. A The Early Childhood community school activities are offered including programmed training to help high school drop outs pass the General Education Diploma Examiniation (G. E. D.) or secure a high school diploma, family life education classes, library services, senior citizen equipment or space, recreational facilities and other needed facilities. However, the project will integrate its service with the e Redwood Center nteri m Project to handle some of these limitations. Multi-purpos- I Overall, the program is designed to meet the interests and needs of all ages and groups of the 4,500 residents of the Redwood Community. All the residents of Redwood can be beneficiaries by participating in the program. The Community School concept functions on the premise that the school is to serve the educational, social and recreational needs of the community that surrounds it. Community Schools The long range goal of this project is to develop and implement a program by which the facilities of the Model schools may be Neighborhood used to create unique, innovative educational programs which will most nearly meet the needs of all residents of the Model Neighborhood. The Community School Project has made Development good progress in implementing the community school concept in eight schools in the Model is approximately 14,000 Vocation Rehabilitation, Welfare projects are beginning to counselors and caseworkers for the recruitment of students has also been set up. A program is also being put together with the National Alliance of Businessmen to hire minorities and provide supportive services to this project. Redwood Community School designed to provide Community School this project is However, the Board of Education of Salt Lake City is giving its full support. Center This program is to provide training of teaching personnel, development of an individual It is proposed that a very different program in early childhood education for five, six, seven and eight year olds be teaching plan and the. implementation of the plan in an actual teaching situation. Instructional management will developed at the Redwood School Center. Once children also be organized and coded for immediate retrieval of ongoing have performed at set criteria information about the individual students. This will provide the compensatory education needed levels in the new early educational program they would be placed in a middle or upper elementary school completely individualized program called Individual Multi-Tale- for Model Neighborhood elementary children at Riverside Elementary School. Systems nt (I MTS). The early education Northwest program would focus primarily on language skills and meaningful field experiences. It would guarantee learning techniques for children in these age groups which require every child to respond at a given performance level to all tasks set for him by the teacher. Teacher loads would be reduced by the employment of a e aide in each classroom. Day Care Program This program is providing a quality educative day care service full-tim- The middle and upper elementary indivi dualized program to be developed by the Granite School District would provide a completely individualized program for each child and technical training for each teacher involved in the program. Three program writers, under the direction of the Instructional Division of the Granite School District will develop, write, test and implement programs in the areas of lanuage, arts, math, science, social studies and music. The program will be developed so that youngsters can be fed into the program on a prescription basis according to coordinate their this project and available classes, physical facilities programs with are using the activities and of the schools. Each school will have an instructional level of the child, e etc. It is proposed that a school social worker be employed to work directly with Model full-tim- development. Services to children include quality instruction provided by experienced and highly trained School, Central Junior High and Granite High School. Individual Instruction Project trained last year at Flint, Neighborhood dependent upon its success; the learning system includes an operational science, schools in the Model reading, mathematics, and humanities program for kindergarten through second is muscle educational field trips and development of a development, Neighborhood children who attend Redwood Elementary grade students. The program formulation and program technique, large The purpose of this project is to individualize instruction fo Model Neighborhood children at Riverside Elementary School in order to use this program in other University at Provo. Programs offered at each school vary to meet the needs identified by the residents of each community served. decisive hand in policy includes language development, science experiments, dramatic activities, creative art, music and rhythm, social awareness and need, level of difficulty, Outreach Assistant whose duties will be to aid the Community School Director in reaching into the communities served by that school. The Outreach Assistants and school directors were all Michigan and at Brigham Young for forty children, between the ages of three and five years, of which 32 are from the Model Neighborhood area. Program services include a balanced and strong program of medical, dental, nutritional, psycological and social services. Continued curriculum development is being coordinated with the Central City Day Care Center. The Policy Advisory Board, composed of parents, staff and residents has a teachers. This instruction currently serving referral system with and Employment Security School Neighborhood at present. Neighborhood area. The program participants a month. Other Model Cities funded A Redwood largely developmental and has had minimal impact on the Model healthy positive self-concep- t. Services to the parents include the opportunity to serve on a Policy Advisory Committee to the Day Care Center as well as the availability of a general parent group and parent committees. Parents participate in various training programs, have access to the nutrional, medical and dental services, psychological and social services as the need arises. Transportation will be furnished for the children on an "as needed" basis. For more information, Call Carolyn at 467-946 1 |
