Migrant Education Program (MEP) - Resources
IDENTIFICATION & RECRUITMENT:
Identification of
families for the Migrant Education Program is essential. Identifying
families that may qualify for Migrant services is done through the eight
local programs via Educational Recruiters. The recruiter identifies families
by getting in touch with their local schools, contacting employers that work
in an agricultural-related field or through word of mouth. Recruiters meet
with the families to discuss whether they qualify for the Migrant Education
Program. Families can qualify if they work in an agricultural-related field
or if they intended to work in an agricultural-related field. However, if a
family has been in the area for longer than 36 months they do not qualify
for the Migrant Education Program.
For additional information please
download the Migrant Education Program Recruitment Manual 2003
HEALTH SERVICES:
Health services are an essential part of the Migrant
Education Program, which plays a very important role in the success of the
Migrant Student. The Migrant Education Program allocates approximately
$195,000.00 to provide health services. The services may include dental,
vision and medical or sealants, dental cleaning and minor/major medical
services.
PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PAC)
The state level PAC serves in an advisory capacity to the Director of
Migrant Education. Their advice assists the Director in making decisions to
improve the program. The PAC meets a minimum of three times a year. Meetings
for the PAC provide information as well as professional development. The
meetings are held at various sites throughout the state. This is done to
accommodate all of the six programs. The PAC is made up of one representative from each
program. A chair and a secretary are elected every year during the spring
and serve for one year. Program staff or community member can be part of the
state PAC. However, only parents that participate can vote on issues. The
PAC can and does play a critical role in the effectiveness of the Migrant
Education Program. Therefore, Migrant Education staff needs to provide and
maintain a quality professional development program as well as maintain the
PAC as a credible and viable vehicle for Migrant Education success.
Information and Dissemination:
The goal of this component is design, develop, and disseminate
information to enable educators to meet the educational needs of the
binational migrant child, to help them Identify a pedagogical model that
specifically addresses the instructional needs of the binational migrant
child.
Transfer Document: Elementary (1-6) Secondary (7-9):
The major
focus of the Binational Program is to develop, revise and promote the use of
the Transfer Document. The Document provides the student his/her grades so
that he/she may enroll in school when he/she returns to Mexico. The students
credits are accepted, thus, the student is placed appropriately. Parents
need to notify the schools when they are going to leave to Mexico so that
the school has ample time to complete the document. The student needs to
provide a transfer document when he/she returns to the U.S. The Binational
Program can retrieve student’s grades through a request for transcripts form
that has been developed by the Binational Program and has been accepted by
the U.S. and Mexico’s Binational Program.
This document is to be
utilized for those students who are departing the United States and are
returning to Mexico to enroll in an elementary school.
Teacher Exchange:
The goal of the teacher exchange
is to learn about both educational systems so that we can implement
educational programs to better meet the needs of the migrant binational
child. The Binational Teacher Exchange Program (BTEP) is designed to provide
a cultural and educational exchange to benefit binational migrant students
in the U.S. as well as expertise to educators serving binational students.
These direct experiences among exchange teachers result in a better
understanding of the cultural, educational, and linguistic diversity of
Mexico and the U.S.
Culture and Education Resources:
Mexico’s Secretary of Public Education and the Secretary of Foreign
Relations through the Mexican Cultural Center have provided us with 39 sets
of content area texts (1-6 grades) that they use in their national
curriculum. These books have been distributed to all the local Migrant Ed.
programs in Colorado so that they may be used with migratory students or
during summer school. Colorado schools have also received information on how
to solicit these free instructional content area textbooks.
As part of the Free Textbook Distribution Program, Mexico’s Secretary of
Public Education and the Secretary of Foreign Relations (through the Mexican
Cultural Center) have provided Colorado with resource books for 1-6 grades,
that are used for Mexico’s national curriculum, to be a resource for
binational students.
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