There are piles of papers, books and resources all over the place. Nothing seems overly organised and there are repair works that need doing so on learning there is money to be spent I promptly requested the following:
Article 1 to be done by the caretaker
Article II to be purchased now ready to be set up ready for students arriving.
Article III to assist with teaching
Article IV are still being researched.
Article I. Caretaker Requests for ESOL room A12
Section 1.01 Carpet cleaned
Reason: dirty and stained. Suggested by predecessor.
Justification/Benefit: a clean, crisp working environment.
Assistance Required: I am happy to help.
Section 1.02 Black paint be removed fromwindows
Reason:blacked out windows are unappealing and reminiscentof working in the cells as a Police Officer! Suggested by predecessor.
Justification/Benefit:a clean, crisp working environment.
AssistanceRequired: I am happy to help.
Section 1.03 Shelving be removed from walls
Reason:The shelving is inefficient with papers, books and‘bits’ all over the place.
Justification/Benefit:I recommend a more efficient filing and organisedsystem including an inventory of the items held for ESOL in this room.
AssistanceRequired: I am happy to help.
Section 1.04 Water leak from rear classroomwindow be repaired (resulting in peeling paint)
Reason:Making more damage to the paint, wall andframes.
Justification/Benefit:reduce any further damage and remove the mustysmell caused by water leakage.
AssistanceRequired: I am happy to help.
· Section 2.00 Newcurtains.
Reason: Ripped and falling apart.
Justification: ESOL students are from a varied background and often from culturewhich are surrounded with colour. The painted black windows are not appealingand resemble a prison window.
Suggested remedy: I am able to buy fabric at 50% discounted price. Bright yellow,red, orange, green, purple homespun fabric is £5.99pm and lining £2.99pm.
Thread, curtain tape and hooks would come to approximately £50.
Benefit: adding vibrancy, culturally relevant colours and brightness to thelearning environment. We will be able to take these with us to the new buildingand adjust the length/width accordingly.
Estimated cost: I estimate, if my friends assist me this weekend I am able tore-curtain the entire room for approximately £100-150.
Assistance required: Someone to hang them for me – I am not good with heights! I have ateam on hand to dedicate their time and energy to sew them for free.
In additon: Fabric wall maps are currently 50% off and amount to £21 each. Theseare colourful and reusable.
(a) Total for curtains and fabricwall charts - £200
Section 2.02 Cubby Bookshelf
Reason: Present filing system is inefficient and unorganised
Justification: To make resources easier to locate, catagorise and use.
Suggested remedy: Purchase of foolscap sized bookshelves that can be relocated withany future classroom move.
Benefit: organised, efficient and tidy resource storage, display and access
Estimated cost: At discounted price of £40% to reorder the entire resourcecollection would be £516 and would fit across one entire wall space with aclean, professional and remove piles of books and papers from the floor.
Assistance required: Someone to put them together and put them in position.
(a) Total for bookshelves £516
Section 2.03 Filing system
Reason: Present filing system is chocka block
Justification: To make student files, funding applications and assessmentsaccessible for 2013 onwards with a storage component to move previous filesinto locked draws whilst freeing this filing system for the current year.
Suggested remedy: Purchase of an efficient filing rotary system for ESOL.
Benefit: organised, efficient and tidy student information and funding
Estimated cost: At discounted negotiated price of 50% to set up this system wouldbe at a cost of £237.66 and result in a clean, professional organised look andaccessibility.
Assistance required: Someone to put it together and put it in position.
(a) Total for rotary filing system£237.66
Section 2.04 Desks x 4
Reason: To accommodate computer use (there are new computers orderedapparently that need additional desks).
Justification: For use of a computer.
Suggested remedy: Computer desks
Benefit: ergonomic
Estimated cost: At discounted negotiated price of 40% the cost of theseadditional 5 desks would amount to £635.00
Please note: come with free side storage each.
Assistance required: Someone to put them together and put it in position.
(a) Total for computer desks £635
Section 2.05 Suspension files, foolscapfolders
Reason: To accommodate all the loose papers around the room
Justification: for organisation, easy reference and accessibility
Suggested remedy: Files and folders
Benefit: removal of piles of loose papers: assessments, activities, lessonplans etc from various places and the stacks on the floor. These can be movedinto a new building when needed.
Estimated cost: £254
Assistance required: None – I’ll organise all the papers myself
(a) Cost $254
Section 2.06 ESOL posters
Reason: To have visual reminders of various relevant vocabulary. Postersinclude:
Dinosaurs
Maori Numbers
Solar System
World Map
Weather Chart
Sounds are Fun (pronunciation)
Birthdays are fun (cultural and NZ important dates)
Justification: Subtle and direct reaffirmation of curriculum vocabulary.
Benefit: Cross curriculum benefits.
Estimated cost: £70.00
Assistance required: Possibly pinning them up.
(a) A total poster cost of £70.00
Article III. Computer support
Section 3.01 Two desk top computers
Reason: Based on a conversation with Linley Snook I see the need for thesein the ESOL teaching room.
Justification: My predecessor advised that two further computers are needed. Iwould suggest that this is true but that in addition to these desktops that theschool seriously consider the purchase of at least two Ipad2 wifi models
Benefit: A computer for each ESOL student who is able to work at their ownpace.
Estimated cost: At a negotiated discounted price from £999 to £699 each. I suggest2 of these. £1398
Assistance required: IT - Setting them up on the School network.
(a) Cost for two desk-top computers£1398
Section 3.02 Ipad2 wifi
Reason: Technology is becoming increasingly more important in social,education and professional use.
Justification: My predecessor advised that two further computers are needed for theESOL room. I would suggest that this is true but that in addition to thesedesktops that the school seriously consider the purchase of at least two Ipad2wifi models that are able to run the entire ESOL applications for training,testing and practice. These applications include:
IELTS practice tests in reading and writing Cambridge University
News for You NFY
CAE Listening practice CambridgeUniversity
British English Vowel Training
English Language Scenarios
Vocabulary Videos GCFLearning
Allen English TestBank
One Step English McMillanEducation
Test your Articles EknathKadam
Worksheets and Games
Benefit: Cross curriculum benefits with applications that cater for everyscenario at school, university, social life and family life. The applicationsthemselves cost around £4.19 each and once purchased result in limitless use.
Estimated cost: £569 each. I suggest at least 2 with the vision to expand later.£1138 plus cost of apps.
Assistance required: IT - Setting them up on the School network.
(a) Cost for two ipad2 wifi models$1138
TOTAL COST ARTICLE II andIII £4448.66
Approved and ordered.
Article IV. Head sets, dictionaries andworkbooks
10 more Samoan dictionaries
25 head-phone sets
various workbooks and texts are beingresearched, but I feel it best to hold off on ordering more until the ESOL roomhas been inventoried and recorded.
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