Georgia Project, Inc. records, 1974, 1990-2007.

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Georgia Project. Georgia Project, Inc. records, 1974, 1990-2007.

Georgia Project, Inc. records, 1974, 1990-2007.

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The Georgia Project, Inc. Records document the partnership among the Georgia Project, a community based non-profit organization, the University of Monterrey, and the City of Dalton and Whitfield County schools to seek qualified bilingual teachers from Spanish speaking countries and develop an exchange program with local schools. The records also demonstrate the partnership between the Georgia Project and the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) to develop workshops on issues of second language acquisition, culture, and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and English as a Second Language (ESL) instructional strategies. Correspondence, marketing materials, presentations, meeting minutes, and reference materials document local and national Hispanic and Latino organizations and activities on college campuses throughout Georgia to work with Spanish speaking students. Committee Files, Conference and Meeting Files, General Files, and Budget and Financial Records document the administrative activities of the staff of the Georgia Project. The Executive Committee files include the articles of incorporation, correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, and, of particular significance, the Monterrey Accord. Correspondence and meeting minutes related to the Teachers Advisory Committee, which reported to the Executive Committee, can also be found in Series I. Georgia Project staff regularly attended local and national meetings and conferences related to education, bilingual curriculum, and culture. These activities are documented in Series III through notes, agendas, presentations, and correspondence. The general files primarily consist of correspondence and memoranda that discuss funding, education legislation, partnerships and cultural programs, and general operations. Financial statements for the Georgia Project from 2000 to 2003, budget information for the Summer Institute and Monterrey teaching assistants, and federal and private grant files may be found in Series V; however, many of the financial records are duplicated elsewhere in collection, especially in Series I. The collection includes a large number of clippings documenting the Georgia Project, bilingual education and legislation, and Hispanic and Latino communities in Georgia and the Southeast. A small number of press files document the relationship between the Project and local and national media. Included in these files are correspondence and drafts of articles, several of the press files relate to the interviews and news reports found in the audiovisual series. Reference material in the form of ethnic statistical data, Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) and the Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT) scores for Georgia students, and various publications related to education and culture provide the context for the creation and activities of the Georgia Project.

23 boxes (23 linear ft.), including 116 photographs, 87 VHS tapes, 3 DVDs, and 1 CD