Jonathan Fernow State Migrant Specialist ODE
I will read a statement about the migrant program. You will circle the T if you think it s True or the F if you think it s False. On the left side of the T/F you will wager an amount between $5 and $35 dollars and write the amount in the box. I will give the answer. If you were correct, you will add your wager. If you were wrong, you will subtract the amount.
#1, a migrant student is one who travels to Oregon from another country.
#2, migrant students are the same as ESL or ELL students.
#3, the migrant program provides accident health insurance to all Oregon migrant students.
#4, there are 19 programs in Oregon receiving Title IC allocations.
#5, Oregon migrant programs receive three separate allocations : 1) Regular Year, 2)Preschool and 3) Summer School.
#6, before the Title IC program, over 90% of migrant students dropped out or did not graduate.
#7, the measurable program outcomes for Title IC are: 1) reading, 2) math, 3) school readiness and 4) graduation.
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Most are born in Mexico or Guatemala (73%) but almost all the rest (26%) are 2 nd generation immigrants-children of immigrants. Two of five (42%) of the foreign born are from traditional sending areas of Mexicothe Bajio. But more than one-quarter (28%) are from the southern predominantly indigenous states (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero).
Almost 75% of the migrant youth who work in agriculture grew up in a household speaking primarily Spanish, 6% speaking an indigenous language as their primary language and about 25% in a bilingual household. Currently 52% speak no English while 17% say they speak a little English. The rest speak it well.
In Oregon although a majority of migrant students are Hispanic, we are unique in that we also have Russian and Native American migrant students.
Purpose is to improve the educational opportunities and academic success of migrant children, youth, agriculture workers and fishers, and their families. Serves children and youth ages 3-21.
Children who traveled with or joined parents who migrated to find agricultural work. Youth who themselves migrated to perform agricultural work. They must cross district lines and do qualifying work.
We are one of the few federal education programs that require a document for eligibility. All states have over 66 data elements on their COEs. Oregon is in the process of developing an electronic COE.
The Migrant has a statewide Service Delivery Plan that includes four Measurable Program Outcomes (MPOs). These four are: preschool readiness for Kindergarten, meeting benchmarks in reading and math and graduation of migrant students.
Support high-quality and comprehensive supplementary educational programs for migrant children in order to reduce the educational disruption and other problems that result from the migrant life style.
Ensure that migrant children who move among the states are not penalized in any manner by disparities among the states in curriculum, graduation requirements, and state academic content and student academic achievement standards.
Ensure that migrant children are provided with appropriate educational services (including supportive services) that address their needs in a coordinated and efficient manner.
Ensure that migrant children receive full and appropriate opportunities to meet the same challenging state academic content and student academic achievement standards that all children are expected to meet.
Design programs to help migrant children overcome educational disruption, cultural and language barriers, social isolation, various healthrelated problems, and other factors that inhibit their ability to do well in school, and to prepare them to make a successful transition to postsecondary education or employment.
Oregon has 19 programs in the state. Ten of them are school districts and nine are educational service districts (ESDs). There are over 19,000 migrant students in Oregon.
The following districts have a Title IC program: Beaverton, Forest Grove, Hillsboro, Hood River County, Newberg, Nyssa/Adrian/Vale, Ontario/Annex, Portland, Salem- Keizer and Woodburn.
The following ESD have a Title IC Program: Clackamas, Columbia Gorge, High Desert, Intermountain, Lane, Multnomah, Northwest Regional, Southern Oregon and Willamette.
Once they qualify, they can receive Migrant services for three years. Educationally, they receive help during school, after school tutoring, migrant pre-schools and migrant summer schools.
In Oregon, Migrant students receive 24 hour accident insurance. They receive free lunch/breakfast without filling out a form. They receive health services. Because of free and reduced lunch, they can waive AP and SAT assessment fees.
Currently every state collects their own data regarding Migrant information. Oregon s system is OMSIS. There is a national data system called MSIX, (Migrant Student Information Exchange), which will help with student placement, information towards credit recovery, movement history and health information.
The migrant program offers a week long summer leadership institute to high school migrant students. For the last five years it has been held at OSU and included: three days of leadership training, high and low ropes course, hands on experiences and an understanding of college and applying to colleges.
HEP, (High School Equivalency Program), provide intense GED instruction and support services for migrant students that have not completed high school. There are 43 HEP programs throughout the U.S.A.. Oregon has 3 HEP programs for migrant students.
CAMP, (College Assistance Migrant Program), provides intensive support services to help migrant students make the transition into college. There are 40 CAMP programs. CAMP offers academic support, personal and career counseling, stipends, scholarships, health services, and other supports necessary to ensure that migrant students are successful. Oregon has 2 CAMP programs for migrant students.
ODE and the Portland Mexican Consulate meet regularly during the year to collaborate and share information for binational students that move back and forth between Mexico and the United States.
For students traveling to Mexico we coordinate with districts with the binational transfer document and the Apostille. For students grades K-9 going back to Mexico, the bi-national transfer document will guarantee: 1) Placement at the same grade as here in the United States,
2) Students can enter the school right away and not wait till the next term or start of the new school year, 3) Students can attend the school close to their home, even if it s crowded.
Students grades 10-12 need to take an Apostil. The procedure is to get their transcripts notarized. Bring the transcripts to the office of Secretary of State in the Public Service Building. Pay $10 and get the Apostil.
There is a Binational Document that allows students from grades 1-9 from Mexico and U.S.A. to enter school when they move. We have a Binational Teacher Exchange where teachers come from Mexico and teach in our Summer Schools. Teachers from Oregon go to Mexico and teach ESL to the Mexican teachers teaching English.
The Mexican Consulate provides free National Mexican curriculum to Plazas Comunitarias in Oregon. The Mexican curriculum has been aligned with the Oregon standards in the elementary and the curriculum is a bit more advanced. Students can take a class in Spanish and receive credit in Oregon and in Mexico and graduate from both.
Oregon has joined nine other states to develop materials and trainings for binational students that travel between Mexico and the United States. We are looking at how we can facilitate the unique needs of these students traveling between two educational systems and cultures.
Jonathan Fernow, Migrant Specialist, ODE 503-947-5807, jonathan.fernow@state.or.us http://www.doleta.gov/agworker/naws.cfm Office of Migrant Education, USDE http://www2.ed.gov/programs/mep/resources.html# pubs