JumpStart seeks to give incoming Costa Rican high-school students the basic English knowledge, confidence and overall academic habits to succeed in seventh grade and beyond. The curriculum -- designed by Costa Rica Multilingüe Foundation, Peace Corps Costa Rica, and teachers -- focuses on achieving these goals through dynamic, fun lessons that get kids excited about learning. For more information, write to mediapccr@gmail.com.
2. JumpStartCamps designed2011
• Peace Corps with Costa Rica Multilingüe Foundation (CRML)
11 camps2012
• Funded byWorld Connect (WC) … Design assistance from MEP … Administered by CRML
13 camps2013
• Funded byWC, CRMF, Peace Corps Partnership Program … MEP co-teachers added
15 camps2014
• Funded by CRUSA Foundation, CRMF … PCVs and MEP co-teachers trained together
26 camps2015
• Funded by CRUSA Foundation … CRML role diminished … PCVs take lead in administration
20 camps2016
• 16 funded by CRUSA Foundation & 4 privately funded … PCVs administrating … 95% of students improve by at least 1
level
3.
4. Year # of Camps Total cost of
camps
Average cost
of camps
Total grant
approved
Average
grant per
camp
Jumpstart
2014
12 $ 25080 $ 2090 $ 15529 $ 1294
Jumpstart
2015
26 $ 48165 $ 1852 $ 29008 $ 1115
Jumpstart
2016
16
20 total but 4
were privately
funded
$ 33249 $ 2078 $ 13890 $ 868
5. Avg Cost of Student/Camp = $79
printed materials
office supplies
teacher stipend
training of facilitators
Other potential factors: insurance for the
students, transportation, and food during
camp.
Average number of
participants per
camp in 2016
11
6. :
M Day 1:What is your name?/How are you? (Introduction to
JumpStart)
Tu Day 2:Where do you live?
W Day 3: How old are you?/When is your birthday?
Th Day 4: What do you do?
F Day 5: Review Block / High-School Ready Block A
M Day 6: Do you have any brothers/sisters?
Tu Day 7: What do you look like? (face/body)
W Day 8: What do you look like? (physical characteristics)
Th Day 9: What are you wearing?
F Day 10: Review Block / High-School Ready Block B
M Day 11: Do you like to read? / Where is the pen?
Tu Day 12:What foods do you like? / Let’s go Shopping! Can I
have….?
W Day 13:What would you like for lunch?
Th Day 14:Welcome to our restaurant!
F Day 15: Review Block / High-School Ready Block C
M Day 16: Where is the school?
Tu Day 17: Where do sloths live? / What do monkeys look like?
W Day 18: Let’s go on aTour!! /Wrap-up & Graduation Prep
Th Day 19: Review/ High-School Ready Block D
F Day 20: JumpStart Graduation!
Sample schedule
7. :
M Day 1:What is your name?/How are you? (Introduction to
JumpStart)
Tu Day 2:Where do you live?
W Day 3: How old are you?/When is your birthday?
Th Day 4: What do you do?
F Day 5: Review Block / High-School Ready Block A
M Day 6: Do you have any brothers/sisters?
Tu Day 7: What do you look like? (face/body)
W Day 8: What do you look like? (physical characteristics)
Th Day 9: What are you wearing?
F Day 10: Review Block / High-School Ready Block B
M Day 11: Do you like to read? / Where is the pen?
Tu Day 12:What foods do you like? / Let’s go Shopping! Can I
have….?
W Day 13:What would you like for lunch?
Th Day 14:Welcome to our restaurant!
F Day 15: Review Block / High-School Ready Block C
M Day 16: Where is the school?
Tu Day 17: Where do sloths live? / What do monkeys look like?
W Day 18: Let’s go on aTour!! /Wrap-up & Graduation Prep
Th Day 19: Review/ High-School Ready Block D
F Day 20: JumpStart Graduation!
Sample schedule
11. JumpStart
“JumpStart seeks to give
incoming high-school
students the basic English
knowledge, confidence
and overall academic
habits …
12. JumpStart
“JumpStart seeks to give
incoming high-school
students the basic English
knowledge, confidence
and overall academic
habits to succeed in
seventh grade and
beyond….
13. JumpStart
“JumpStart seeks to give
incoming high-school
students the basic English
knowledge, confidence
and overall academic
habits to succeed in
seventh grade and
beyond. Our curriculum is
designed to achieve
those goals through
dynamic, fun lessons …
14. JumpStart
“JumpStart seeks to give
incoming high-school
students the basic English
knowledge, confidence
and overall academic
habits to succeed in
seventh grade and
beyond. Our curriculum is
designed to achieve
those goals through
dynamic, fun lessons that
get kids excited about
learning.” – JumpStart
Training Intro
17. Structure
20 days in January
Led by PCV and co-
teacher
3 types of sessions:
● English (the bread-and-
butter of JumpStart)
18. Structure
20 days in January
Led by PCV and co-
teacher
3 types of sessions:
● English (the bread-and-
butter of JumpStart)
● Review (once per week,
the first half of every
Friday)
19. Structure
20 days in January
Led by PCV and co-
teacher
3 types of sessions:
● English (the bread-and-
butter of JumpStart)
● Review (once per week,
the first half of every
Friday)
● High-School Ready
(once per week, the
second half of every
Friday, led in Spanish by
co-teacher)
It depicts the oral assessment results from 15 of the 20 JS camps from this year.
The goal of the camp (in terms of the grant goals and objectives) is that 70% of students improve by at least 1 level on the post- assessment. This year, we had 95% of students reach this goal!
Actually, 80% of students improved by at least 2 levels, and 37% improved by at least 3 levels!