Migrant Education Messenger

This is a great tool to communicate and stay connected with each other. Here you will find upcoming events, news, and any requirements within the Migrant Education Program.

"The goal of the Migrant Education Program is to ensure that all migrant students reach challenging academic standards and graduate with a high school diploma (or complete a HSED) that prepares them for responsible citizenship, further learning, and productive employment."

*Please follow all updates from TEA regarding Coronavirus support and guidance.

• All MEP Validations suspended until further notice
• META Associates will be reviewing the evaluation data submitted by all districts
• ID&R Updates and Guidance during school closures, see below
• ESCORT providing online training opportunities for MEP staff next week
• ESC 17 MEP Professional Development Opportunities Online this Thursday, 3/26
• New iPads readily available for check-out, if needed-please email Lachelle Carrillo

Things to Do while Quarantined:

• Stay healthy and safe
• Program maintenance in NGS (Guidance email from Destiny)
• Complete student folders
• Collect pre-tests for 2019-2020 school year
• Compile data for 2019-2020 MPO Excel Spreadsheet (new forms available)
• Complete LNA timeline to support your 2020-2021 MEP Program
• Start planning your district's MEP 2020-2021

NGS Reminders, please see below:

• You must encode ALL supplemental's for reading instruction and math instruction for your students into NGS, please let us know if you have any questions about this.
• Run all necessary reports (Guidance email from Destiny)
• NGS Helpdesk is available for assistance

It is imperative we continue to provide as many professional development opportunities to you, to support the requirements and updates within the MEP. What a perfect time to learn about virtual meetings and trainings online. We will be utilizing Zoom meetings for our trainings. Take a look at the video tutorial if you are unfamiliar with it. Email invitation coming soon!

ESCORT will be offering weekly webinars beginning Monday, March 30th at 1pm. This will be a great resource for all MEP staff as they train on identification and recruitment in the MEP. Please see flyer below!

Website: escort.org/MEPtv

• Online tutorials available: Math, Reading, and Science (K-12)
• STAAR Practice Assessments
• Course Study Guides available upon request

Website: https://www.psjaisd.us/domain/2278

This is a great program for your MEP students who are lacking credits. This program is paper based and students can work at their own pace. There are many courses available. Click on the picture to check the program out. If you are interested in offering to your district, please let us know so we can start the process.

Website: http://www.npcpass.org/npcc.htm

Region 17 ESC will be closed starting March 23, 2020 through April 3, 2020, to support our community and health care professionals in the ongoing goal of containing the spread of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. We are available via email and phone. We have postponed or moved scheduled trainings to zoom meetings. All scheduled events for the months of March and April 2020 have been modified.

We are hopeful that these measures will better ensure the long-term health and safety of students, staff, and the larger community.

*If you plan on attending the conference, as of today (3/24/20), there have been no changes, please continue to monitor the website for updates.

https://www.nasdme.org/the-national-conference

We had a great day of learning and prepping for the COEs, and although our students will not be required to take them this year, we are confident they would have conquered it!

Thank you MEP staff for supporting your students educational goals by attending this event at the ESC. We look forward to next years learning experiences and opportunities!

We want to thank our districts who were recently validated on MSIX. That was a tough one as we have found MSIX access and usage is definitely one of our weaknesses as a region. We are going to work harder to provide more in-depth MSIX training for our MEP staff.

Thank you Muleshoe MEP and Floydada MEP for compiling the necessary data for the validation, it was a very busy week on top of the TEA requested materials, and right before Spring Break! You made it look easy and got it done!

We will be providing a training in the near future on Transfer Student Policies and Procedures.

• All new family interviews must be completed via phone
• All recruiters/staff must use the interview guidance document (below)
• All staff must communicate new family interviews with ESC specialist
• Family signature will be determined on case by case as further guidance is available

*Further guidance to come from the Office of Migrant Education

What is IRRC?
IRRC (Identification and Recruitment Rapid Response Consortium) is one of four OME-funded Consortium Incentive Grants. The mission of IRRC is to develop resources, strategies, best practices, and creative solutions whose purpose is to improve and enhance ID&R activities in IRRC member states. IRRC is a collaborative effort between the states of- ME, NY, DE, SC, GA, TN, IL, NM, AZ, KS, IA, with NE acting as the lead state of this collaboration.
The proper identification and recruitment (ID&R) of migrant children and youth is the foundation on which all other services and migrant education programs (MEPs) are delivered. This first step in the process of delivering high quality services to meet the educational needs of migratory children is highly critical. There has been an overarching need for improvements in the MEP community in terms of how states conduct ID&R and in the level of quality and consistency in which ID&R activities occur.

Check out their website: https://www.idr-consortium.net/Index.html

As we have recently discovered with our 2018-2019 MPOs, we understand the amount of information needed to fulfill them. Now would be a great time to begin working on your current school year data. Start collecting pre test information for your students as well as inputting supplemental reading and math instruction for the 2019-2020 school year. The form has been updated below.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your MEP specialist.

The LNA helps the local projects determine migrant students' needs and develop a plan for delivering appropriate services based on migrant students' unique needs.

Below is an outline of the LNA timeline for your district. Please note the assessment tools which should be implemented or completed within the given time frames.

We will be running OME reports for each district soon. You will receive many reports for the LNA Tool 2-1 Student Profile. Thank you for your patience!

1. You will no longer scan and send monthly PFS Reports, unless requested by the ESC.
2. You will no longer scan and send in Student Progress Reviews, unless requested by the ESC; however you will keep those reviews on file for each PFS student.
3. PFS criteria now includes those students at the "approaching" level and will be reflected within NGS.

Who is an OSY?

• Under the age of 22
• Has not graduated from high school
• Works in agriculture
• Moving around to work or with working guardians

If you have any questions, please reach out to our OSY specialist, Jean Anne Williams.

*Please refer to current ID&R guidance stated above.

• ALL COEs must be submitted to the ESC.
• ALL COEs must have the Blue TEA logo on the first page.
• ALL COEs must have three signatures: parent, interviewer, and reviewer.
• ALL final copies must be printed in color, blue ink signatures.

* If you need a COE(s) printed for your district please let your MEP specialist know.

The purpose of the agricultural map is to provide a statewide list of crops, fish, livestock, and poultry for agricultural and fishing related purposes. Two of the key objectives in providing the agricultural map are to: 1) Aid in identification and recruitment efforts by helping to develop profiles and calendars reflecting major crops, seasons and hiring practices by regional employers, and 2) Foster and strengthen intra-regional networking.

http://www.texasmepagmap.esc2.net/map.asp

Check out the monthly parent newsletter.

If you are needing assistance with ID&R, NGS, or any organizational ideas for your migrant program we would love to help. There are several components and updates within the migrant program which can sometimes feel overwhelming, our focus is always on the success of the students, please continue to reach out to us with any questions or concerns.

Education Specialist-MEP, NGS, Project SMART

Email: lcarrillo@esc17.net
Website: https://www.facebook.com/region17MEP/
Location: Region 17 Education Service Center, West Loop 289, Lubbock, TX, USA
Phone: 806-281-5886

Education Specialist-SSA MEP, NGS, Title III

Email: dchavarria@esc17.net
Location: Region 17 Education Service Center, West Loop 289, Lubbock, TX, USA
Phone: 806-281-5882

Education Specialist-MEP, ACE, eGrants

Email: frodriguez@esc17.net
Location: Region 17 Education Service Center, West Loop 289, Lubbock, TX, USA
Phone: 806-281-5890

Education Specialist-MEP OSY, Early Literacy

Email: jwilliams@esc17.net
Location: Region 17 Education Service Center, West Loop 289, Lubbock, TX, USA
Phone: 806-281-5894

You can find more resources on Region 17 web page, and be sure to follow us on Facebook!

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