PRIMARY STUDENTS AND PARENTS: HOMEBASED MODULES FOR LIMITEDENGLISH PROFICIENT LEARNING TO LEARN

THIS PROPOSAL PRESENTS OUR STRATEGY FOR ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM OF LOW PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN THE EDUCATION OF LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT (LEP) CHILDREN. OUR AIM IS TO USE DISTANCE EDUCATION TECHNIQUES TO INFORM PARENTS OF THEIRRIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS CONSUMERS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND TO DEVELOP A DISTANCE EDUCATION CURRICULUM (L.E.P. LEARNING TO LEARN MODULES OR LLLP) THAT ENABLES PARENTS TO TEACH THEIR KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE CHILDRENTHE SKILLS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS. OUR CURRICULUM ALSO GIVES PARENTS WHO MAY NOT KNOW HOW TO READ THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ALONG WITH THEIR CHILDREN IN A POSITIVE AND EMPOWERING MANNER. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ARE: (1) TO DEVELOP THE CONTENT FOR AN INFORMATION/MOTIVATION DISTANCE EDUCATION CURRICULUM; (2) TO DEVELOP A SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL SKILL-BASED CURRICULUM AND PRODUCE PROTOTYPES FOR USE IN DISTANCE EDUCATION; (3) TO TAILOR THE DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM TO NEEDS OF LEP CONSUMERS; (4) TO INSURE TEACHER INVOLVEMENT AND COLLABORATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT, EVALUATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LLLP; AND (5) TO DETERMINE THE MOST APPROPRIATE DISTANCE EDUCATION MEDIUM BY COST OF PRODUCTION,PRICE TO CONSUMER, AND MEANS OF DISTRIBUTION. CONCEPTS TO BE TESTED INCLUDE: INTERACTIVE VIDEO, VIDEO, AND AN AUDIO/PRINT MIX.