The Multilingual Preschool Parent Participation Project of the Sacramento City Unified School District. Summary of the Final Evaluation Report.
Author(s):
Fox, Frank; And Others
Format:
Report
Publisher:
1986.
Language:
English
Abstract:
This paper summarizes the five year period (1980-1985) of the Sacramento City Unified School District Parent Participation Preschool and Children's Centers. The program provided multilingual education to preschool children and their limited-English-speaking parents. Children were enrolled in existing Head Start and State Preschool programs, and they received extra services. Parents were give home teaching kits for reinforcement of classroom lessons and for dissemination of information about community resources. The first phase of the program served speakers of Chinese, Vietnamese, and Spanish; the second phase added Hmong and Laotian services. Evaluation of the program by parents and teachers was very favorable. Recommendations for continuation of the program include the following: (1) more clearly articulated goals and objectives; (2) a longitudinal evaluation plan; (3) replicability of the model; (4) alternative funding sources from within and outside of the district; and (5) dissemination of program outcomes to a wider audience. Data on the program population, developmental assessment instruments and results, and parents' and teachers' program evaluation results are appended to the evaluation summary. (MSE)