GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT NEEDED
The Early Childhood Study of Language and Literacy Development of Spanish-Speaking Children is collecting data for this longitudinal study of young children in and around Boston, MA and Washington, DC, as well as a comparative sample of children in Puerto Rico. The study will follow a group of Spanish-speaking children from the time they enter pre-kindergarten as 4 year olds until they leave second grade.
We are looking for a graduate student research site coordinator for data
collection in Framingham, MA during the 2001-2002 school year. During
this year we will be collecting data from 4 year old Spanish-speaking
Head Start children in the fall and in the spring. Intensive data
collection periods will be October and November, 2001 and April and May,
2002. Pay will be based on the graduate student research assistant
rates and will be part time (averaging 15 hours per week).
Responsibilities:
• Participation in the hiring and training of assessors who will
be collecting the data (10 for the Framingham site)
• Facilitation of initial visits for the assessors in the classrooms
of the participating children
• Coordination of all data collection at the site
• Participation in data collection activities as needed
• Collection of all data from assessors including quality check that
all the assessments are complete
• Coordination of the team of assessors to insure that data collection
is completed on schedule
• Scoring of data according to the guidelines developed by the project
as requested by the researchers
• Participation in all research project meetings
Experience/Skills/Requirements:
• Interest in and course work related to language and literacy development
of young children; some knowledge of bilingualism and second language
acquisition
• STRONG organizational and interpersonal skills
• Experience assessing young children or willingness to develop this
skill
• Experience working with teachers and children in school settings
• Reliable car
• Spanish language ability not a requirement but a definite plus
We would be particularly interested in having a doctoral student who would
like to use some of the data from the project for qualifying paper or
dissertation purposes.
Please contact Patton Tabors by email patton_tabors@harvard.edu
NEEDED:
Students to Assess Young Children's Language and Literacy Skills for Nationally Funded Research
As part
of a research effort based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education,
assessors are needed to administer a series of language and literacy tasks
to young children from Spanish-speaking backgrounds.
We will need both native speakers of Spanish to administer tests
in Spanish and native speakers of English to administer tests in English. The children, who will be 4 years old this
fall, will be assessed once this fall, again in the spring, and then annually
through their 2nd grade school year.
Interest in and/or experience with assessments of young children is a definite plus, as is course work in linguistics, language acquisition, second language acquisition, or child psychology. Access to a reliable car will be necessary for some sites.
Rates: Undergraduates will be paid $15 an hour and graduate students will be paid $20 an hour. You will be reimbursed for travel expenses.
Contact: Send a resume and statement of interest to Mariela Páez at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, mariela_paez@gse.harvard.edu (no phone calls please).
Interviewing and hiring will occur in late August and early September.
Home-School Study
WORK STUDY STUDENTS WANTED
Work study graduate research assistants are needed to work on a longitudinal study of language, literacy, and motivational development in a racially diverse low-income sample. The families in our study have been participating for over 10 years and the students are now entering high school.
Possible Responsibilities:
1) data entry
of mother, child, and teacher interviews when the students were in middle
school
2) transcription
of high school student interviews
3) transcription
of field notes from the school and home visits
4) coding
of mother/child discussion activity when children were in middle school
5) conducting
phone interviews with mothers.
Qualifications:
1) work study
student at HGSE
2) interest
in young adolescent language, literacy, and motivational development
3) willingness
to work approximately 10 hours a week (with flexible hours).