SEEDS of Opportunity: Final Report on the San Francisco United School District's Child Development Program. Executive Summary.

Institution	Child Care Law Center, San Francisco, CA.
Titel	SEEDS of Opportunity: Final Report on the San Francisco United School District's Child Development Program. Executive Summary.
Quelle	(1995), (51 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Administrative Problems; After School Programs; Child Development Centers; Educational Change; Educational Improvement; Elementary Education; Financial Support; Parent School Relationship; Preschool Education; Program Evaluation; School Age Day Care; School Readiness; Staff Development; California (San Francisco) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Bildungsreform; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Elementarunterricht; Finanzielle Förderung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Personnel development; Personalentwicklung
Abstract	An in-depth assessment of all aspects of the San Francisco School District's Child Development Program (CDP) was conducted. Assessment measures included: (1) on-site observations of preschool, kindergarten, and school-age child care classroom environments and of teacher behaviors and sensitivity; (2) reviews of physical environments and provisions for health and safety; (3) parent questionnaires and meetings with parent focus groups (conducted in English, Spanish, and Chinese); (4) parent involvement questionnaires completed by site managers; (5) site manager and teacher interviews; (6) teaching staff questionnaires; (7) meetings and focus groups with the three unions representing various employees of the CDP; (8) meetings and interviews with school district administrators; and (9) site profiles. The assessment found that: (1) the program lacks a clearly articulated mission statement and a unified curricular framework; (2) lines of authority are unclear and record-keeping systems are antiquated; (3) there is poor communication at all levels; (4) parents are a badly neglected resource; (5) many classrooms are shabby, and lack appropriate materials and basic supplies; (6) little attention is paid to cultural sensitivity; (7) staffing costs are high, but there is little opportunity for training and career advancement; and (8) poor planning and under-enrollment have caused fiscal problems which threaten the program's existence. Includes 53 references. (JW)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC