Project Unity: Short-Term Training Program. 1993-94 Evaluation Report, Three-Year Overview. OER Report.

Office of Educational Research, Board of Education of the City of New York, 110 Livingston Street, Room 732, Brooklyn, NY 11201.

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Bilingual Education; Cooperation; Elementary Secondary Education; Faculty Development; Inservice Teacher Education; Limited English Speaking; Program Development; Program Evaluation; Program Implementation; Seminars; Teaching Models

Project Unity was a project funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII in its third and final year of operation in 1993-94. The project provided instruction to teachers of students with limited English proficiency in both special and general education classes in New York City public schools. Teachers participated in an initial 2-hour plenary session followed by a seminar series. The initial seminar focused on the selection and development of a collaborative model for each school and a presentation that linked language and culture. Other seminars were devoted to such topics as a school-based model for different levels of language proficiency, serving bilingual students through mainstreaming, curriculum and instructional adaptations, individualizing instruction, multicultural awareness, and interrelationships between general and special education teachers. Subsequent to each seminar, the teachers shared information about their community, school, and students and created an action plan for their individual school. Project staff made field visits to teachers to discuss problems, plans, and progress. This evaluation report describes the project and indicates that the project met all of its objectives. Appendixes provide a list of materials distributed to program participants, notes from observations of meetings, copies of survey forms, and an outline for a professional development collaborative model. (JDD)

1995

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