Goals Achieved for ALMas so far

1. Recruited 1st Advisory Board Member
2. Contacted Richard M. Daley Elementary and submitted proposal
3. Scheduled meetings with a few after school programs
4. Found ELL book with curriculums, materials for instruction--and it's all evidence-based!
5. Reading and creating lesson plans with the ELL book
6. Close to successfully recruiting Academic Advisor for ALMas, maybe Professor Janet Sedlar
7. Found out my neighbor has contacts that have contacts in Chicago doing exactly what what ALMas does!  He's going to hook me up with them!
8. Recruited my bro (well, sis, I guess?) Emily Kratz to get involved with ALMas
• She'll help with assessment of children's capabilities
9. Figured out I'll focus on ELL K-1st grade instruction only

What needs to be done still:

1. Recruit more advisory board members (slowly but surely)
2. Begin planning and creating recruitment materials/presentations for spanish-speaking students
3. Create list of materials needed for curriculum (on-going)
4. Contact some peeps in Texas and mentioned in the book about already established curriculums that can be adapted to an afterschool setting
5. Hear back from Richard M. Daley Elementary (the teacher's strike is preventing me from doing so!     :[  I am not happy about that.  The principal and administrators are busy, obviously  But I'll call them again this week to see what can be done and the progress.
6. Apply for Registered Student Organization (RSO) status
• BUT I CAN'T ACCESS THE APPLICATION BECAUSE THE STUDENT ORG OFFICE IS REVAMPING THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND HASN'T COME OUT WITH AN APPLICATION.
7. Meet up with an ESL teacher (Quinn's contact comes to mind.  Time to set up a meeting.)