Panhandle Area Educational Consortium Migrant Education Program

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Panhandle Area Educational ConsortiumMigrant
Education Program
SOS!!! SUPPLEMENT OR SUPPLANT in MIGRANT
EDUCATION
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! CONOCIMIENTO ES PODER
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Panhandle 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.

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Title 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.

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Program 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.

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Supplemental 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.

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SUPPLEMENTAL!Frosting on the Cake!
SUMMER
Before and After
Evenings and Week-ends
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LISTEN

• Ask the parents!
• Ask the teachers!

Ask the students!
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Breaking 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.

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What 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). ,
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Greatest Impact!

• Summer school programs.
• Pre-K programs for three and four year olds.

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Why 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).

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and 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).
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Summer 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).

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Success

• 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

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Donated 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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• Maria I. Pouncey
• Migrant Coordinator
• PAEC Migrant Education Program
• 315 N. Key Street
• Quincy, FL 32351
• 850-875-3806
• pounceym_at_paec.org