The following is a response from Esmerelda Doreste to the questions about 
the Advisory Board and Student Input posted on Friday.

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The Advisory Board met monthly and the core group met every Friday to
spend more time on certain parts of the program improvement
process. In addition to the teachers' weekly planning times I attached
some notes from our meetings so you can get idea of who was involved and
what we accomplished.

Ms. Gabriella Ruiz, the Student Representative on the
board, came in on Fridays to interview students with questions about
school improvement that came to her voluntarily with feedback. We were
able to create a school DVD with student testimonials thanks to Mrs.
Ruiz and all her input.

Sincerely,
Esmerelda Doraste-Roman


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Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 10:22 AM
To: programleadership at nifl.gov
Subject: [ProgramLeadership 56] Advisory Board/Student Input

Dear Esmerelda,

In reading your story of the program improvement process at the Union
City
Adult Learning Center, I have a couple of questions to ask....

(1) The first question regards the Advisory Board that were put together
to
aid in this process. How often did the Advisory Board meet? Was it
monthly? If so, for how many months? Was there a smaller "core" group
that met to spend more time on certain parts of the program improvement
process (in addition to the teachers' weekly planning times)?

(2) The second question regards student input. You noted that students
gave input to Ms. Gabriella Ruiz, the Student Representative on the
board...could you describe that process a bit more (ie, did she
interview
students, did students come to her voluntarily with feedback, etc.)?

Thank you,
Kim Chaney-Bay

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