• Find People
  • Campus Map
  • PiratePort
  • A-Z
    • About
    • Submit
    • Browse
    • Login
    View Item 
    •   ScholarShip Home
    • Academic Affairs
    • Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
    • Anthropology
    • View Item
    •   ScholarShip Home
    • Academic Affairs
    • Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
    • Anthropology
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

    All of The ScholarShipCommunities & CollectionsDateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsTypeDate SubmittedThis CollectionDateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsTypeDate Submitted

    My Account

    Login

    Statistics

    View Google Analytics Statistics

    Working with a Refugee Outreach Organization in Rochester, New York

    Thumbnail
    View/ Open
    DrakeFinalReport.pdf (685.5Kb)

    Show full item record
    Author
    Drake, Katherine
    Abstract
    To fulfill my master's degree requirements, I participated in an internship with Mary's Place Outreach, a non-governmental organization (NGO) located in Rochester, New York during the summer of 2013. I worked under the supervision of Cara Breslin, the program coordinator for Mary's Place, performing several tasks meant to prepare me for future work in the NGO sector. I completed 140 hours of service beginning June 3, 2013 and ending by August 2, 2013. My main tasks included assisting the program coordinator with identifying New York State ESL Program Certification requirements, teaching an adult ESL class, and employing anthropological research and certification requirements to enhance their existing curriculum if possible. I also tutored school aged-children, engaged with refugees of all ages, and assisted with clerical work as needed. Through these rolls I was able to examine the efficiency of the ESL program, identify many of the challenges confronting volunteers and the administration, and make several recommendations for the enhancement of their ESL program in the future. I began my internship with several objectives that will help prepare me for future work in NGO's and refugee agencies. First, I wanted to learn how programs are planned, organized, and implemented to target the specific needs of refugee populations located in the Rochester area focusing on English as a Second Language. Second, I would learn how the English as a Second Language (ESL) program currently meets the needs of refugees and what structural or academic changes could be made to enhance the ESL program. Third, I wanted to better understand what challenges teachers must overcome when planning curriculum and teaching ESL classes. Fourth, I wanted to better understand the impact ESL programs have on the lives of refugees. Finally, I wanted to explore how the discipline of anthropology can contribute to the non-governmental organization sector specifically refugee agencies and prepare myself for future work with NGO's.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6799
    Date
    2011-06
    Collections
    • Anthropology

    xmlui.ArtifactBrowser.ItemViewer.elsevier_entitlement

    East Carolina University has created ScholarShip, a digital archive for the scholarly output of the ECU community.

    • About
    • Contact Us
    • Send Feedback