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Migrant Education Workshops

Identification & Recruitment (Ages 3-21)

The ESC will provide required information to districts in meeting compliance with state and federal laws, regulations, and guidelines. The migrant component at Region 10 has funds set aside for recruiting purposes. The ESC will be responsible for training recruiters, providing technical assistance, and maintaining the auditable records for all children identified in non-project districts. Awareness training will also be conducted on site. The ESC will send copies of NGS data to each district to assist in maintaining data entry activity. (Year-round)

New Generation System (NGS)

The ESC will encode student data for non-project districts. The ESC will attend to districts needs in meeting the requirements and timelines for NGS data and provide technical assistance and school district reports for information and documentation. The ESC will provide technical assistance to districts for encoding correct information in the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) to ensure that migrant student data are consistent. (Fall)

Migrant Services Coordination for Migrant Students and Families

Migrant Services Coordination refers to a comprehensive set of instructional counseling and support activities for migrant students and includes inter-agency coordination with existing community agencies. (August)

Graduation Enhancement Program (Grades 7-12)

Programs include, but are not limited to, direct instruction, tutorials, distant learning, SAT/ACT fees, counseling or migrant services coordination, life management skills retreats, correspondence and advanced placement courses, drop-out recovery, and parent training on graduation requirements. (Fall)

Secondary Credit Exchange and Accrual Process (Grades 9-12)

This includes, but is not limited to, identifying overage migrant students who are not on track to graduate with their 9th grade peers in the general student population, as well as making timely, up-to-date course credit consolidations, proper course placements for late-entering students, and credit updates in NGS for early withdrawing students. (Fall)

Parental Involvement

The ESC will provide information on the legal requirement for districts to have a Migrant Parent Advisory Committee. For Non-Project districts, the recruiter, paid by Region 10, provides home visits to complete the Certificate Of Eligibility with the family and provides "Red Bag" training (Texas Migrant Student Transfer Packet). An information video is also available. (Fall/Spring)

Early Childhood Education (Ages 3 -Grade 2)

The emphasis placed on early education for three and four-year-olds enhances performance opportunities for young migratory students. Region 10 provides models for home-based education directly involving parents and school-based early childhood programs, which coordinate with other available services such as Headstart or Even Start. (Fall/Spring)

SAS Migrant Application Training

The Texas Education Agency provides technical assistance to school districts who would like to apply for migrant program funding by providing an annual training session at Region 10. The workshop offers information on the automated funding system that supports effective instructional programs and provides greater operational efficiency for districts. Flyers announcing the workshop date, location and time are sent to all school districts. (May)

Priority of Services/Needs Assessment

This workshop, integrated with the SAS application training, will focus on determining a comprehensive needs assessment (ages 3-Grade 2) used to determine the general instructional areas and grade levels on which the service delivery plan for migrant students will focus. The analysis of data will also be included. (May)

Math Plus and Summer Activities

Math Plus is a national learning program specifically designed for migrant students. For migrant summer projects using the curriculum, DVDs are available through Region 10. An information workshop is offered to provide summer activities, strategies and the implementation procedures using Math Plus. (May)

Home and School: Parent and Child Together

This workshop will focus on providing parent educators with ideas on setting up a successful home/school environment and how to provide scheduled opportunities for parent-child interaction as well as other types of parent education and support. Making home visits with safety in mind will also be discussed. (Fall)

 

We Have Migrant Students – Now What Do We Do?

A secondary counselor workshop that will address: Who is the migrant student? What are the migrant students' needs? How are they identified and met?

  • Based upon the Non-Regulatory Guidance Manual
  • Based upon the Graduation Enhancement for Migrant Students (GEMS) Resource Guide
  • Supported by the Tools Kit by Escort

 

Helping Students to Graduate

This session will give an opportunity to educators, counselors, and administrators to conduct a thorough exploration of the fifteen strategies of the National Dropout Prevention Center.

  • Based upon Helping Students to Graduate
  • Covers school and community perspectives, early interventions, core strategies and instruction

 

Star Teachers of Children in Poverty

An educator training that focuses on facts dealing with students living in poverty. The session will provide strategies that will help the teachers to better connect with the students.

  • Based upon Star Teachers of Children in Poverty
  • Based upon Teenager's Brains: Works in Progress
  • Topics include: Having high expectations, how to deal with emotional and physical stamina, management skills and fallibility

 

Secondary Student Leadership Academy (One Day)

This academy will provide information on topics such as: public health, finances, and government. The focus will be making changes that will enhance student's interpersonal skills and encourage students to take steps to implement the changes in their community. Based upon the Bert Corona Leadership Institute (Washington, D.C.)

 

The Legal Rights of Immigrants (Roger Rosenthal)

This session describes a variety of immigration-related topics that will include:

  • The ways immigrants can legalize (or not)
  • State and local enforcement of federal immigration laws
  • Access to driver's licenses
  • Efforts to increase access to post-secondary education for immigrants including the undocumented students
  • Immigrants' access to public benefit programs such as Food Stamps and Medicaid

 

Math Plus

This model will increase migrant student achievement in math by operating a high quality curriculum instruction and innovative uses of technology.

  • A design that promotes the five dimensions of mathematical proficiency
  • Integration of math and literacy skills

 

Onsite Technical Support for Migrant Services Coordinators

The intent will be to provide 3 annual visits to assist school districts and charters to better serve and monitor migrant students' academic progress.