Program

NAME: PROJECT EXCITE

SCHOOL: JEFF DAVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL

Site Coordinator: Karen Bowen: Program Director:Saralyn Stapleton

SCHOOL PHONE: 375-6750

About the Program:

The Jeff Davis Middle School Project Excite After School Program utilizes 
three grade level teachers who staff the homework lab, two highly qualified 
teachers in the area of reading and two highly qualified teachers in the 
area of math who employ innovative, hands-on, interactive activities 
designed to target deficit skills as identified on the most recent CRCT.   
In addition, they spend one day per subject area exposing students to 
upcoming concepts.  (This is called "acceleration" and has been proven to be 
one of the most effect tools for improving student learning.)  One bi-
lingual parapro also assists ELL students under the direct supervision of 
the assigned teacher.  Additional staff includes a building level program 
director, a data entry clerk, and a media/MAD Center specialist (two days 
per week) to facilitate students and their parents in checking out materials 
from the MAD Center.

Students rotate through the various centers on a thirty-minute cycle.  Our 
reading lab provides remediation and acceleration in CRCT reading and other 
content area domains, and our math lab provides acceleration and remediation 
in CRCT math domains.  This instruciton may be computer based or project 
based.  An enrichment component is provided for students who 
complete their homework segment on time.  This segment will incorporate mini-
units on areas such as creative writing, safety, and etiquette throughout 
the year.

The daily schedule was designed to lend some flexibility to the rotation, so 
that those students who need EXTRA time on homework can remain longer in the 
homework lab. Since there are three teachers working with homework in the 
same area, one teacher can take a child aside for some individual help while 
the other two address the group.