Grants Awarded to the Edelman Institute
The past 7 months have been extremely busy at the Institute. Several proposals have been submitted; two of them have been funded. A sincere thanks goes out to Dr. Paul Fonteyn and Dr. Bruce Macher for their efforts in these grants. These programs are summarized below:

Head Start
San Francisco State University (SFSU) was named the replacement grantee for the city and county of San Francisco as of July 1, 1999. Through the Marian Wright Edelman Institute, SFSU will be responsible for providing services to 1,160 low-income children and families throughout the city and county. Two Delegate agencies--Kai Ming and Mission Neighborhood Health Centers--will each provide services to 300 children. Our partners, Glide Child Care and Family Support Center, San Francisco Unified School District, Wu Yee Children's Services, Cross Cultural Family Services and Catholic Charities, will work with us by providing wrap-around services (full day services) for 201 of the 1,160 children by pairing Head Start with another source of funding. The Marian Wright Edelman Institute will be directly responsible for providing services to 359 of the 1,160 children in the overall program. Many of our efforts have been aimed at preparing to provide comprehensive educational and social services by the middle of October. Dr. Jean van Keulen will serve as the Executive Director of the San Francisco Head Start Program. 

Gear Up - Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs
The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), the Jewish Community Youth Center, various business partners, and SFSU have been funded for a 5-year grant to prepare low income middle school students to go to college. SFSU will participate in this program, called "Gear Up", in three ways. Dr. Frieda Lee, Director of Student Outreach Services, will be involved by providing a number of outreach services to students and their parents over the 5-year period. Dr. Paul Fonteyn and Dan Sudran from the Mission Science Workshop will provide science workshops to middle school youth; Mission Science Center's existing after-school science centers will become key sites for the program. Finally, the Edelman Institute's Director, Dr. Terry Cronan, will be responsible for the program evaluation. Gear Up provides a great opportunity to solidify the University's relationships with SFUSD. It will also provide information and opportunities to low-income middle school children and their families to increase their likelihood of matriculating in college.

Grant Proposals Pending
COR - The Career Opportunities in Research, Education, and Training

The COR Education and Training Program of the National Institute of Mental Health is intended to strengthen research and training experiences in scientific disciplines related to mental health. The target beneficiaries of this grant are racial and ethnic minority undergraduate students who are generally underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral science fields related to mental health.

The Edelman Institute has submitted a proposal to support eight junior and senior level students. The students will be paired with faculty members who are doing mental health research or research that has mental health implications. 

M-RISP - Minority Research Infrastructure Support Program

The Minority Research infrastructure Support Program, also established by the National Institute of Mental Health, is intended to increase the capacity of minority institutions and their faculty to conduct rigorous mental-health-relevant research. M-RISP provides support for two goals: 1) institutional research development support, to strengthen the institutional infrastructure that fosters mental health research; and 2) individual investigator research support, to encourage research scientists to conduct small-grant research activities leading to grant awards under regular research mechanisms. 

This proposal, which was submitted for the June 1st deadline, includes the work of the following four individual investigators: Dr. Andres Consoli, Dr. John Kim, Dr. Ken Miller, and Dr. Joseph Reyes.

Child and Adolescent Development Degree Program
Dr. Shannon Perry was named the CAD coordinator and chair of the Curriculum Committee.  She has already begun her community outreach and advising duties. If you would like to find out about or participate in any of the CAD activities, please contact her at X82056. 

Other CAD news includes the recent approval of the credential program for teh School Age concentration, which will be housed in a new office located in Burk Hall. 

Lynn Steinman died in her sleep on August 3rd. her death has been a great loss to the campus community, especially to those involved in early childhood education. A memorial service has been scheduled for October 8th from 4 - 6pm at the Seven Hills Conference Center. 

Jumpstart
On May 1, Jumpstart held a citywide event called KidsFest, providing children and parents with workshops and games that encourage literacy skills. This past summer, Jumpstart completed a successful program with Corps Members working with young children at six different sites throughout the city. Heading into the fall semester, Jumpstart has nearly doubled in size. 

Jumpstart has also seen the arrival of several new staff members. Diane Waller was hired in August as the Executive Director. Diane has been busy preparing for the new students and new sites. Jessica Taisey is the new Vista member who has been put in charge of organizing special events such as the Future Teachers Institute, the Leadership Corps, the next year's KidsFest. Jennifer Randle is organizing roughly 80 Corps Members to enter pre-school classrooms this fall. Students are paid to work directly with young children on a part-time basis. Jennifer Randle is still recruiting new Corps Members; contact her for more information. 

Mission Science Workshop
The Mission Science Workshop, located on the CCSF Mission Campus, provides Mission District School  children with access to science experiences such as family science nights, girl's science clubs, and summer science programs. Dan Sudran, of the Engineering and Technology Department at City College, founded the Mission Science Workshop in 1991. Dr. Paul Fonteyn from teh Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at SFSU has been involved in fundraising for the Mission Science Workshop. The MWEI represents a collaboration between SFUSD, City College of SF, SFSU, and the Exploratorium. Visit the Mission Campus of City College, 106 Bartlett Street at 22nd Street, Room 209. 

Center for Community Languages and Literacies

The Center is designed as an interdisciplinary resource to increase community literacy and to foster collaboration among researchers, practitioners, faculty, students, and community members working on literacy issues. Dr. Philip Prinz will be working to submit proposals to provide infrastructure support fro the center. He and Dr. Gail Weinstein hope to expand the center by coordinating literacy events with surrounding institutions. The Center's Brown Bag lecture SEries will start again later this month. 

Child Study Center
The Child Study Center (CSC) will be the site of a project on children's motor development, to be conducted by Dr. David Anderson of the Dept. of Kinesiology. In addition, Dr. John Kim from the Dept. of Psychology has recently completed two studies at the CSC on children's language development. Finally, under the guidance of Dr. Carolynn Lindeman from the Dept. of Music, music education majors will observe at the CSC. They will then plan and implement musical experiences for the program's pre-kindergarten children. Other Child Study Center news includes the development of the outside play yard. Recent addition include a new multi-level climbing structure and two gracefully arching iron gates that lead to a hilly "wilderness area"

Programs Affiliated with the Edelman Institute
America Reads
Dr. Marsha Adler, the National Director of America Reads, has obtained funding from the Irvine Foundation to conduct a descriptive analysis of America Reads projects throughout California. Part of her work has included an online questionnaire, which had a 85% response rate. Adler's qualitative study includes a close examination of five leading California programs at the following institutions: SFSU, University of California Berkeley, University of San Diego, University of Southern California, and Glendale Community College. She received the funding this summer and has already completed much of the work. Congratulations to her!!!

America Counts
America Counts began its program in August to raise the academic achievement level of students residing in Housing Authority properties. America Counts joins the Citywide Tutorial Program and San Francisco Housing Authority in providing enhanced after-school learning activities in San Francisco housing projects. SFSU is providing student mentors who will be trained by SF Unified School District instructors for their tutoring assignments.