Final Project Report: Far West Elementary school

Table of Contents

Introduction3

Overview of The Program3

Assessment4

Needs and Problem Statement5

Program Planning6

Alternative Funding8

Implementation9

Evaluation9

Conclusion9

References10

Final Project Report: Far West Elementary school

Introduction

This is the final project report, on a school in a suburb of New Hampshire. This project reflects the need for Professional development program to reduce the gap of communication between the teaching personnel and students, by joining hands with parents, and increasing their skills of giving instructions to students.

Overview of The Program

USA is home to people belonging to a different religion, countries, cultures and languages. Many immigrants make USA their home every year. Many students also visit USA for study purpose. However, these students and immigrants are not always so fluent in English. They particularly find it difficult to understand the accent that people in America speak. Especially the children, who study in schools, find it difficult to adjust in the new environment. The difficulty of understanding the language creates a distance between the teacher and student. A communication gap, which must be filled in order to effectively teach and help students with limited English proficiency.

It is observed that the unprecedented shifts in the demographics of USA, is creating communication Gap Between those who impart education and those who seek education. This creates a challenge for the school to solve the problem. It is very difficult in cases to communicate the messages to parents. Memo in perfect English do not work. Calling the parents is also a challenging thing to do so. Home visits are also not possible as these people often shift houses (Carr, 2010).

This project reflects a similar problem. Far west elementary school is a community school of Far West. Far West is a suburb area of New Hampshire. People are shifting in Far West because of two primary reasons. Low cost residential facilities and they find different cultures residing there, similar to theirs. This makes them feel more comfortable then, large metropolitan city like New Hampshire.

The town has a population of 30,000 citizens. The Far west caters its educational services to 700 students of the community. This school population has 30 per cent students having been relocated from Asian countries. This has implications on the school and society. These students have limited English skills. They are having limited understanding of English literature to the extent that some might even have problems in writing, reading and speaking skills.

The Far West Elementary School seeks an opportunity to cater its services and progress according to its mission. The program can be in the form of Professional development, which will enhance the level of knowledge and understanding of the teaching staff, so as to tackle the issue of communication gap. This program will target the teachers and professionals associated with teaching children belonging to the category of students with Limited English Proficiency (LEP). The teachers will have to develop their skills, in order to effectively understand the psychology and emotions of students. So they can better understand the need of the ...