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ASU is partnering with the Montgomery Education Foundation (MEF) in a new program whose goal is to help Montgomery's public school children close the educational learning gap caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new program is called MGM LEAPS (Learning and Enrichment Acceleration Program for our Students) and will take place this summer over a six-week period from June 14 – July 23 within four city parks and recreation centers across Montgomery. The goal of MGM Leaps is to have a positive impact on approximately 200 Montgomery Public School (MPS) K-5 students through an enhanced literacy and math curriculum. The program will also include art instruction, studies concerning the Montgomery Civil Rights Movement and some extracurricular activities thrown in just for fun.
ASU EDUCATION DEAN BELIEVES THIS ADVANCES ALL CONCERNED
The dean of ASU's College of Education, Dr. Nicole Yvette Strange-Martin, is overseeing the University's participation in the program. She said this will not only help raise the educational benchmark of MPS students, but will also allow ASU students who are education majors to enhance their teaching skills while fulfilling necessary educational objectives.
"ASU's College of Education students will take on teaching roles this summer to help disadvantaged MPS students within this program who have fallen behind due to the COVID-19 pandemic interrupting their cycle of learning, especially for gaps that may have occurred in both literacy and mathematics," Strange-Martin observed. "This also gives our ASU education students another avenue to prepare them to be outstanding teachers by allowing them all important classroom teaching experiences, exposure as mentors and obtaining needed teaching field-hours."