EDAD 613
Dr. Rich
Adequacy Now Report Narrative
The student that I focused on is a 7th grade female Chinese student. She is the only child that lives
with her mother in an apartment close to school. Her father is working and living in China. Her mother
has no previous education level and father has some high school education level. She is from a socioeconomically disadvantaged household. She is an English Learner with a beginner’s fluency. She is very
low in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Even going over basic skills, she still struggles with
memorization. She is very shy and has no social skills. She has no friends and likes to eat lunch alone or
with the ELD teacher. She has only been living in the United States for one year and is already creating
amazing art work. She enjoys creating her own manga comic books. I am certain her social skills are
affected by her lack of English proficiency (language barrier), and I do believe she also has a learning
disability.
Her current schedule is shown below:
Time/Period Class/Activity
Staff
Funding
Source
Cost/Year
Social/Emotional/Academic
Effect
+ or -
1-8:05-8:55
Phys Ed.
Teacher
General
Funds.
$58,853
Expert-academic
+
2-9:00-9:50
Science 7
Teacher
General
Funds.
$42,200
Expert-academic
+
3-9:55-10:45
History
Teacher
General
Funds.
$58,853
Expert-academic
+
Pre-Algebra
Teacher
General
Funds.
$40,943
Expert-academic
+
Gator aide
Teacher
&
CAVE
Aides
EIA
Funds
$7,000
Expert- may get pulled to
work on assignments one-onone with teacher or ELD aideacademic/social
+
Free-Reduced
Lunch
Staffclassified
Federal
Funds
ELD-A
Teacher
&
ELD
Aide
General
Funds.
EIA
Funds
4-10:5011:40
Tutorial11:45-12:15
Lunch-12:1512:55
5-1:00-1:50
+
$48,700
Expert-academic
Does not have an Elective of
choice since ELD acts as its
elective; ELD aide works with
student after-school-academic
+
6-1:55-2:45
English 7
Teacher
General
Funds.
$39,724
Expert-Academic
+
There are several issues with her current schedule. First, she is new to the country and her English
is very limited. Learning English, at the same time learning science, math, history, and fitting into the
dominant culture is too overwhelming and going to be a struggle. She may need to rearrange her schedule
where she can incorporate an art class that will give her something that she enjoys doing. Learning all
different content areas for a beginning EL is like learning all new languages for each class. She needs to
be tested for IEP and also tested in her first language. With testing, it would allow for her teachers to
understand her better and meet her needs. She has a hard time memorizing simple ideas and tasks. She is
not motivated to do homework- which may be due to the language barrier and/or learning disability.
Getting her to join in groups and socialize with others can be a struggle. She is hesitant to want to join
group conversations. Her mother is very supportive in her education, yet mom has no prior education
level. This student loves to draw and yet her schedule is filled with all the academics when she may need
a class to relax her brain and enrich her skills in art.
The new and improved purpose schedule:
Time/Period
Class/Activity
Staff
Funding
Source
Cost/Year
Social/Emotional/Academic
Effect
+ or -
1-8:05-8:55
Phys Ed.
Teacher
General
Funds.
$58,853
Expert-academic
+
2-9:00-9:50
Science 7 first
semester
History 2nd
semester
Teacher
General
Funds.
$50,526
Expert-academic
+
3-9:55-10:45
Art
Teacher
General
Funds.
$48,700
Expert-academic
+
4-10:5011:40
Pre-Algebra
Teacher
General
Funds.
$40,943
Expert-academic
+
Tutorial11:45-12:15
Gator aide
(Tuesday &
Thursday)
Teacher &
CAVE Aides
EIA
Funds
$7,000
Expert- may get pulled to
work on assignments one-onone with teacher or ELD
aide-academic/social
Tues & Thurs with Peer
Mediators-social
+
Join Clubs- (Art Club) social
+
Lunch-
Free-Reduced
Staff-classified
12:15-12:55
Lunch
5-1:00-1:50
ELD-A
6-1:55-2:45
RSP/English 7
7-2:45-5:45
Enrichment
Program
Teacher &
ELD Aide
General
Funds.
EIA
Funds
$48,700
Expert-academic
Does not have an Elective of
choice since ELD acts as its
elective; ELD aide works
with student after-schoolacademic
+
Teacher
General
Funds.
$39,724
$7,000
Expert-Academic
RSP Instructional Aides
+
$20,000
Expert-Academic, Social,
Emotional
+
Teachers/Aides Grant
This schedule will fix many problems that this student has. The student’s day will begin with her
going to her Physical Education class with a certificated teacher. Then, for her first semester, she would
head to her second period class which is Science with a certificated teacher. Her second semester, she will
have History with a certificated teacher. Her third period class would be her elective which is Art with a
certificated teacher. She will be able to utilize her skills and her interest into her art work. She will then
head to her fourth period class which is Pre-Algebra with a certificated teacher. After math, is Gator-aide.
Every Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, she will work with the ELD aide who will help her with her
work from any of her classes. Every Tuesdays and Thursdays, she will be pulled from a club called Peer
Mediators, where they can work with her on her social skills. These Peer mediators not only solve
conflicts between people, but they also help build relationships and team building which this student
needs for her social skills. Lunch will occur and she will eat lunch and enjoy going to an Art club so she
can improve and become an artist. She will head to her ELD class where she will practice her English
skills through listening, speaking, writing, and reading. There’s also an ELD aide who supports and works
with her language skills. She will eventually head to her last class which is her RSP English class and
rebuild what she learned from ELD into her writing pieces. She would also have an RSP instructional aide
during that period to also help her with language acquisition. She will be able to utilize a one-on-one with
the ELD aide and instructional aide during her two last hours of school by practicing her English. After
school, there would be an enrichment program, where the first hour is tutoring and homework session.
She may get help from any tutors/teachers available in the after-school program. The next two hours
would be enrichment where she can participate in different activities each day, or continue with her
passion of art.
What I feel would also benefit her is scheduling a SST (School Site Team) with her mother and
teachers to communicate and collaborate about a plan for her, that way teachers are aware and educated
on how to reach English Learners as well as students with disabilities. Teachers would also be educated
on the grading system of giving her a “P” for passing if she is trying hard. Obviously, being new to the
country, she will probably get an F in everything if there is no way of assessing her differently from
others because of her needs. The school psychologist would need to test her for a learning disability and
set up her IEP class schedule for the following year. She would improve with hiring a bilingual
Chinese/English tutor in town, primarily from Chico State. To continue to foster her social skills, I would
have her participate and embrace her Chinese culture by dressing up and sharing about her heritage during
Multicultural week at school. I would also introduce her to the Asian Community in Chico through Asian
Bible Church, and Asian Christian Fellowship, where there’s lots of time for socializing and building
relationships with people.
To embrace her art skills, changing her schedule by giving her an art class would give her selfconfidence that she is good at something. I would also take her on field trips to art museums, and Butte
College or CSU Chico’s Art Program and get her thinking about her future career passion in art. I would
also enter her artwork in contests or the Silver Dollar Fair and motivate her that she is good and
successful at what gifts and talents she has in drawing. I would also provide her with private art lessons,
and have her get involved in the school by decorating our school posters and school bulletins.
With her family lifestyle, I would ask that our school continue to educate bilingual parents by
providing parent education nights once every week. Our target-case manager would be in charge of
running that program. I would also purchase her a Skype camera so she can still communicate and chat
with her family in China. Having a relationship with family is important because that would also help
boost her self-esteem with talking to others.
Current Schedule Budget
Science Teacher $42,200
History Teacher $58,853
English Teacher $39,724
Proposed Schedule Budget
Art Teacher
$48,700- General Funds
Peer Mediators
$0
Art Club
$0
Enrichment Program
$20,000- Grant
Split Science Teacher in Fall $50,526-General
History Teacher in Spring
English switched to RSP English $39,724-General
RSP Instruction Aide $7,000-Special Ed. Funds
Total Cost:
( from both class schedules) $296,273
$321,446
Other Activities:
 Hire someone in the district to help translate materials into Chinese $1,000 –EIA funds
 Hire a Bilingual Chinese/English tutor @CSUC $2,000- EIA funds
 Get involve in Asian Bible Church, Asian Christian Fellowship (involve in the Chinese or Asian
Community in Chico) $0
 Field trip to an art museum & CSUC/Butte College Art Programs $2,000- DonorsChoose.org
 Enter her artwork in the Silver Dollar Fair and/or other contests (motivation) $200-TEA
 Private Art lessons $1,000 -TEA
 Provide Parent Education Nights $3,000- EIA Funds/General Funds
 Purchase Skype camera to chat with family in China-$250- DonorsChoose.Org
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Funds:
EIA Funds
Special Ed. Funds
General Funds
DonorsChoose.org
Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) Program at CSUC- Stipend for hosting international
teachers
Grant (School and Community Arts Program - After School Arts Enrichment Program)