IDAHO MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM Migrant Directors’ Meeting 2011 Title I Conference April 6-8, 2011

Migrant State Service Delivery Plan (SDP)  Implementation begins SY11-12  SY11-12 baseline data collected  Changes to strategy language Goal 2.0 Strategy 2-11 Goal 3.0 Strategy 3-8  “Person Responsible/Date” column added  Updated forms for evaluation  Updated SDP Plan and SDP Decision Chart on State MEP website

Consolidated Federal State Grant Application Migrant Education Program (MEP)  New Federal Consolidated Application design  Information on Training will be forthcoming  MEP Demo Site MEP Demo Site  District Migrant Plan & Guidance Document  District Migrant Plan removed from monitoring document

State MEP Re-interviewing  Loma Linda Consultants will be conducting re- interviewing April 25-29, 2011  Vallivue, Caldwell, Homedale, Twin Falls, and Cassia School District will participate

State Guidelines for Migrant Family Liaison/Recruiter  Active Identification and Recruitment—60%  Home/School Liaison—20%  Social Services—10%  Documenting Time, Activities, Services—9%  Other Identification and Recruitment Activities—1%  See handout “Managing Essential Recruitment Tasks” for specific descriptions of each area

District MEP Collaboration  Consider working with another nearby district to provide services to migrant students and their families (Example: Vallivue Annual Parent Meeting)  Work with nearby district to develop Regional PAC if not having success with District PAC  Meet monthly with nearby District MEP director(s) to collaborate and discuss successes/challenges

Guidance with MEP funds and Translating for Districts  MEP funded staff can translate MEP related materials (i.e., Migrant PAC invites, agendas/minutes; information regarding Migrant funded services)  MEP funded staff cannot translate documents provided to all students (i.e., school newsletters, district newsletters, report cards, PTO newsletters, LEP Placement letters, etc)  If a MEP funded staff is translating general documents provided to all students, a proportionate percentage of the staff’s salary must come from other funds.

Other MEP Updates  Idaho will not participate in the Mexican Teacher Exchange Program this summer  In the process of re-writing State Migrant Student Information System (MSIS) to align with ISEE  Less manual input=more time on identification and recruitment of migrant students  Idaho State MEP will receive technical assistance this summer to develop an MSIX plan