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What is a Project ?
1
Defining a Project
A sequence of task. Planned from beginning to end, put together by
time, resources and required results. These series of activities that meet
specific objectives in order to determine the disadvantages, of a group of
people with defined outcomes. The Organization of individual or collaborative
work is a choice. Under a define schedule and a set of dates. This is how it
will be justified. Series of activities imply the establishment of priorities
and implementation. The stages are determined by specific objectives in the
project. The context will be determined in the purpose of the project.
A project is intended for the encouragement and development of a
community or a group of people. Contributing to increase the quality of a
vulnerable group. Facilitating resources to get to the objectives providing
benefits. The students will participate with the gathering of information and
applying it as a learning experience. We will obtain the academic achievements
with different methods of evaluation.
A project with social purpose could be high or low impact, it can grow
as the members expectations allow. The members should considerate the
implementation and control of the project performance, to establish the next
steps to improve.
2. The purpose
A purpose explains the addressing of the project, the relationships and
responsibilities between the problem, solutions and subjects involved. The
purposes can be classified in many types:
· Point
to a lack e.g. provides resources in terms of money
· Facilitate
in an indirect way to satisfy a lack e.g. to build a classroom
· Introduces
production for improve social conditions e.g. A business to generate
employment.
The question that points a purpose description is “WHY”, in terms of the
description actions, activities able to observe and provides performance
evidence.
3. Project Components
There are many elements combined to get the best objectives to achieve
the solution of a problem, describing in clear, precise and ordered form the
process in which the project is going to work with.
On the following we describe the components of the project:
Objectives:
They are the achievements that pretend reach with actions deployment.
The objectives should be clear, real and appropriate. Objectives are classified
in general and specific, in project development it not necessary formulate
different type of objectives, set out would be enough.
Goals:
They are in fact measurable and evaluated objectives, they point how
many achievements want to be reached and how much quality they have, goals have
to be clear and reachable with the resources available.
Location:
Consist in determine the geographic area where the project is going to
be located, specifying so precise the working place. Other facts that are
important for this component is the description of the context, the history,
the reasons-in many cases- why that place exist.
Methods:
It is maybe the most important part of the project, in this component we
have to describe the appropriate activities that should be develop, actions and
procedures needed to reach and achieve goals and objectives. They include rules
and politics in the project deployment. In summary this component refers the
“know-how” of the project management.
4. Indicators of
impact
For a reliable project assessment a frame of reference is needed.
Indicators are signs that reflect advances in relation of goals and objectives;
they are tools that measure all the events happened through the project,
compare results with the plan in terms of quantity, quality and time, should be
objective to avoid different results interpretations, specific and validated
with numbers, quantity, quality, time, location, target subjects and
comparison; appropriate refers measure objectives; viable represent the
possibility to get require data in an effective way and less as possible
resources.
There are two types of indicators:
Quantitative: are the statistic measures e.g. numbers, frequency,
percentage and variety.
Qualitative: is the judge and perception measures related with politics
and established rules, the presence or absence of satisfaction of the target
group.
5. Assessment
“When a problem is identified, people collect information to take
decisions that allow face in the best possible way”
This people have to know if they are carrying on the best actions and
procedures to solve the problem. To reach the best action assessment,
objectivity and strict politics are used to obtain the best feedback.
Assessment involves four important elements; objectivity pretends
achieve the reality by procedures that avoid preconceived ideas, even if the
results going against the objectives and goals. Information has
to be enough but it will not be complete necessarily, assessment procedure
establishes a balance between the ideal and reliable; validity requires
the adequate tools that measure the actions, reliability is
the quality and stability of the information and the results achievement.
Escuela Secundaria Técnica N°74 Context Description and Location
This
school belongs to a medium-low class, in the south zone of the Puebla city, it
is classify as a urban school because of its location, among the location there
are many luxury places like Hospital Angeles de Puebla, Angelópolis zone, La
vista Country Golf club, many expensive and luxury districts like San José
Mayorazgo, Rincón Arboledas, La Vista and more.
It is settle
in “Calle Plutón sin número Unidad Habitacional FOVISSSTE San Roque” nearby
Rincón Arboledas district and Calle 11 Sur and Boulevard Las Torres.
This
school has two shifts one in the morning and afternoon shift, there is a huge
difference between the performances academically, but the one thing that is the
same is that this students truly do not know how to make decisions about their
life plan. Their life decisions are based on what parents tell them to do and don’t
have a plan just as their parents.
Context
Students
are suffering mainly because of broken families like divorced parents that many
cases parents fight and students take care of siblings and do not worry for
doing anything els for self-development activity’s.
Parents who abandon their children with the uncles, aunts or
grandparents they do not have any control over there life decisions and where
they are going at least they think this.
Purpose
The purpose of this project is to motivate students to continue with
future education and develop dreams to be better in life. For students to have
a higher life expectancies as well as self-expectation. The importance of using
time wisely in and out of school .By motivating with a key tool that could open
many doors if they grow to be committed with decision making, and positive
reflection. Collect information for orientating life goals and guiding them to
know how to discover what they want from life.
Goals
The goals for this project are for students to realize the importance of
using time wisely and waking up the interest to manage their time in something
meaningful. Orientating students to continue with high school and future
studies.
Objectives
The objectives are to give information to students in different
presentations and help them be active in good decision making. Having students
take action and make a life plan book about their goals and self-expectations.
They will be orientated to establish goals and dreams for their future.
Students as the principal resource needed. We will require thirty
students out of two hundred sixteen in third grade of middle school. We will
need electricity and furniture from the school classrooms already agreed with
teacher Ivette Jimenez Betanzos. We will have donations from Instituto D’Amicis
with materials such as white paper, markers for white board, colors, and worksheets.
This is supported by teacher and principal Mireya Mariel Goicuria and Loyda
Velasco. Donations for motivational purposes such as a riffle with five movie
tickets with a weekly opportunity to win donated by the teachers involved either
this project.
Sources of support and Existing Resources
Our main sources of support are the volunteers of this project are
Alondra Ponce Hernandez, Maria Belen Palacios Figueroa, and Ivette Jimenez
Betanzos. Top notch beginner book and a tape recorder for listening activities,
thirty five pens and pencils sponsored by Instituto D'Amicis. The experience of
classroom management and two native speaker’s knowledge in English language and
technology major. Already counting with a whiteboard, and outside football
court used for different activities during the project.
Concrete, observable, and measurable actions
By focusing on what is really important, and to go by the hand of our
main objective. We came to a point that there are many ways their actions may
be measurable. One of them would be to check to see how the students develop in
the classroom. By analyzing the following questions daily. Did the student come
to class on time? Does the student put effort into taking this course? Does the
student have knowledge of what the content is about and is he/ she recycling
the vocabulary that is giving to them? So that we may some physical evidence of
the progress of the student it is important for us the measure the student’s
action in the following: taking attendance sheet, and have a daily progress
report of what the student has been doing.
Methods of Evaluation
Students from this project will be evaluated differently. They will make
a life plan book that will include a picture of what they think they will look
like in five years. Where they think they will be in five years if they take
good decisions. Have short term goals and long term goals. We want to break
that structure they are used with something they can relate to in real life.
The priority is for them to be somewhere productive doing something productive.
We know it is something they need but we need to sell them the idea wisely and
this way we could have more students that truly need it the most. But before we
evaluate these students we must take into account that we are not evaluating
them for a grade it is an action result. Then we will present a checklist
with short term goals they can accomplish from the first day they assisted to
the last day. Then we will work on creating along with them goals to accomplish
considering high school education. The checklist will consist in assistance,
creativity in activities. We will ask them at the end to have their life plan
book completed by the end of the project. We will consider the good diction
making and the concert goals apart of the rubric to evaluate the progress. This
will be based mostly on an Observation method (watching what people do) would seem to be an obvious method of carrying out research in
psychology. However, there are different types of observational methods and
distinctions need to be made between:
They will make a presentation for the final activity where they hear
themselves talk about their dreams and goals. In order for students to not feel
under pressure when presenting their life plan book the teacher will prepare
them with elements to be able to present. Another form of evaluation will be
oral practice exercise. Students will also work many times in pairs. Students
will be evaluated on a daily bases with a rubric that they will have printed as
well as a self/evaluation. The rubric will consist on five actions they do in
class.
Method/Procedure of Intervention (Tutorials o Como se involucre)
The method or way we are going to work with the students is the
following. Students will need a motivation. This way we can get students
involved by making an good life decisions so we will put several circumstances
and the will choose the best way out of the problem. We will also open up
soccer sport activities in order for students to raise interest and sign up. In
order for students to have more interest in being a part of this project, our classes
will be differentiated. This will be done by changing their daily learning environment,
traditional activity’s and making it fun for them.
Limits and Constraints
There are many limitations as when launching this project we may be
facing, students with poor motivation due to the fact that some are not
interested in planning their future, or they might not find the importance in
doing such thing as planning. Afternoon time taken from students and materials
that could be perfect for working with them but not possible to obtain is also
limiting us to help. Some students may not agree with taking their afternoons
off and staying at school. Some materials that may be needed in the class but
it may be too challenging for the students. The limitation of technology is a
strong factor because there are a lot of online exercises that help save time
to canker our goals faster.
Emerging Problems
One problem we may face is that, when students sign up for this project
our aim is to reach to those students who are either having difficulties with
English or to save those students that are in danger of falling into other
problems. Therefore, a problem that we may face is that instead of reaching out
to those students we may have it the other way around. The students. That are
the students that are more involved in schools and less likely to fall into any
outside problem are the students that we may receive. We will also need the
parents support so they can see what their children are planning and encourage
their dreams. This could not happen so it will be a problem. We will have to be
prepared for poor parent assistance.
The possible life project book:
Social Problems
The main issue in this community has been due to violence. The impact of
violence is alarming and has a big impact in the Escuela Secundaria Tecnica
num. 74. This because students are victims of armed robbery and sexual
harassment. Classified as one of the highest risk areas in drug consumption. A
study done in Puebla in 2014, reveals that there is a high level of family
disintergation. There are behavior and discipline issues in teenagers and these
inrease the consumption of drugs. (Regulacion
Sanitaria de la Secretaria de Salud y Registro y Fiscalisacion del Ayuntamiento
para evitar la venta de drogas ilegales) show the study of the results above.. Therefore, this is a social disadvantage for any young students in this
area, where they are exposed to many hours of free time and they don't use
their time wisely because they have nobody to orientate them in afternoon
activities or hobbies. Students are spending all their time alone because
parents are either working or busy with younger siblings. This leaves them with
many unresolved conflicts on a daily basis. We are faced to deal with bored,
unsupported, and lonely young teenagers. If this wasn't hard enough they still
have to manage school academic requirements with no adult support. This is why
we find our project extremely necessary to give the students this support that
they do not have at home.
Participants
The students from third grade of Sec.Tec. num.74
are two hundred sixteen students total we are expecting to receive thirty
students. Parents will be requested at the end of the project. At the end of
the project they will have the parents know what they did during each afternoon
at school with us. The teacher’s involved and afternoon authorities of the
school.
Starting date for this project is programmed to be
the tenth of January and the finishing date scheduled as the thirtieth of July
of 2017. The possible outcomes and results will be the increase of motivation
and the importance of using time wisely as a teenager. We also consider
touching these student's lives with the teacher's experiences and life
testimonies for the benefits of increasing life dreams. Knowing that this is
not giving as an example at home.
Quality requirements
These are established because the students with the
most need of support are third grade level middle school students. Of the
Escuela Tecnica Secundaria Num. 74 of Puebla.
The project will require the following economic support.
Material
|
Unit
|
Cost
|
Total
|
Whiteboard markers
|
10
|
$ 200
|
$ 200
|
Whiteboard eraser
|
1
|
$ 15
|
$ 15
|
Pencils
|
50
|
$ 4
|
$200
|
Pens
|
20
|
$ 5
|
$ 100
|
White paper
|
100
|
$60
|
$60
|
Colored paper
|
100
|
$60
|
$60
|
Yellow folders
|
100
|
$100
|
$100
|
Extra material for decoration
|
30
|
$200
|
$200
|
Masking Tape
|
1
|
$ 18
|
$ 18
|
Total
|
$953
|
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The cost of the teacher’s time in this project
could be $36,000 per teacher.
Budget
Description
|
Among
|
Project cost
|
$ 953
|
Other possible materials (crayons, glue, fluorescent markers, extra photocopies)
|
$100
|
Total
|
$ 1,053
|
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