Title: Panhandle Area Educational Consortium Migrant Education Program
1Panhandle Area Educational ConsortiumMigrant
Education Program
SOS!!! SUPPLEMENT OR SUPPLANT in MIGRANT
EDUCATION
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! CONOCIMIENTO ES PODER
2Panhandle Area Educational ConsortiumThe Oldest
Consortium in the State of Florida 1967
- The Migrant Education program serves
approximately 2000 Hispanic Migrant students in
the Panhandle of Florida 12,500 square miles
located in 17 school districts. - 90 are of Mexican descent
- 100 qualify for Free or Reduced lunch
- 95 qualify for the Homeless program
- Our goal is to break the cycle of poverty and
illiteracy by linking families to services and
programs that support their well-being and most
importantly the education of their children.
3Title 1, Part C, Migrant Education2004
- Goal 8 To assist all migrant students in meeting
challenging academic standards and achieving
graduation from high school (or a GED program)
with an education that prepares them for
responsible citizenship, further learning, and
productive employment.
4Program Purpose
- SEC. 1301. (3) ensure that migratory children
are provided with appropriate educational
services (including supportive services). - (5) design programs to help migratory children
overcome educational disruption, cultural and
language barriers, social isolation, various
health-related problemsto make a successful
transition to postsecondary education or
employment.
5Supplemental vs. Supplant
- Section 1306 (b)(2) Unaddressed Needs
- Funds can be used to address the needs of
migratory children that are not addressed by
services available from other Federal or
non-Federal programs.
6SUPPLEMENTAL!Frosting on the Cake!
SUMMER
Before and After
Evenings and Week-ends
7LISTEN
- Ask the parents!
- Ask the teachers!
Ask the students!
8Breaking Barriersby Supplementing
- College Prep begins in Pre-K!
- Family Literacy
- Help parents understand Educational opportunities
- Summer programs In-home tutorials
- Cultural Competency for Teachers
- Exchange teachers that students and families
identify with.
9What Services Do We Provide?
After school tutorials, summer school programs
PK-12, PASS courses, Scholarship Assistance,
translation during IEP, AIP, LEP meetings, Parent
Education, Migrant Resource Center. Survival
English Civic Education Adult Ed. Workforce
Development Immigrant Services Foundation
Grants Health Protective clothing Referrals
Migrant Clinics Health Depts. work w/Schools of
Medicine Young Adult/Adult Education FREE -
Completion of Primaria and Secundaria Educatio
n Literacy in Spanish programs
CONEVyT/INEA Free Textbooks Mexican
Consulate Passports/Mexican National IDs
(matricula) Mexican Consulate (Great tool for
recruiting). ,
10Greatest Impact!
- Summer school programs.
- Pre-K programs for three and four year olds.
11Why Pre-K Summer Intervention?
- To equalize our students disparity of a 30
million word gap by age three (Hart, Risley,
2003). - By age 4 child in a professional class family
hears 35 million more words than disadvantaged
families (Viadero, 2007). - References
- Hart, B., Risley, T. R. (2003). The early
catastrophe The 30 million word gap by age 3.
American Educator, 27(1), 4-9. Retrieved April
17, 2008, from ProQuest database. - Viadero, D. (2007), School readiness. Education
Week, 27(11).
12and the Research says
- NCLB requires evidenced based and scientifically
based research! - More than two months of grade level equivalency
is lost during the summer months by disadvantaged
children NOT participating in
Summer Programs
(Cooper, 1996).
13Summer Does Make a Difference!Target Achievement
Gaps
- Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
- Achievement gaps are formed before children come
to school and persist throughout their school
careers (Viadero, 2007). - Viadero, D. (2007), School readiness. Education
Week, 27(11).
14Success
- 2007 219 students 1,150 books read
- 4th grade students 450 books and book reports
- 2007 FCAT scores show most children scored equal
to or higher than general population - 346 children served by in-home tutorials 83
families working with materials 100 want to
continue - Star Academy High school credit accrual
15Donated Services
- 235 students Donated services
- 14,100.00 Physicals
- 12,000.00 Vision screening glasses
- 24,675.00 meals
- 12,000.00 Health Educator Med.
Student 4,888.00
Interns/Tutors - 1,000.00 School Supplies
- TOTAL 68,663.00 and rising!
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17- Maria I. Pouncey
- Migrant Coordinator
- PAEC Migrant Education Program
- 315 N. Key Street
- Quincy, FL 32351
- 850-875-3806
- pounceym_at_paec.org