I started my research project in May 2013. My job
was to come up with an after school program for my school. This program was
something that I always wanted to do, and I was excited that I had the
opportunity to be apart of something so great. The program runs every wednesday
for 3 hours, after the regular scheduled school day. As of now, I have 15 kids
ranging from age 5 to 9. The program
provides homework help, art, educational enrichment and computer
activities. Through doing the program I have gotten many positive responses
from teachers, parents, and administration on how excited the students are
about the program. I have also gotten many responses on expanding the program
in order to support more students in the future. I have been looking into
funding opportunities in order to do that, because as of now everything is
funded by myself (art supplies and also snacks for the students are brought in
order to make sure the students are enjoying their time in the program). The
program will run until the end of school year, so I have lots of time to
improve the program and work on getting the resources to support more students.
The students behavior is improving in the classroom, because the after school
program. The students talk about it the program to other students and it has
also encouraged the students in the classroom to be more involved in their
learning by helping them to be more excited about learning. The job of the program is to motivate the
students to be better students, and to cut down on the discipline in the
classroom. I do see that the program is having a positive affect on the students. I can not wait to see, all
the great things that happen because of the program.
