1. Title I-C Migrant Program in the State of Oregon
Odyssey 2016
Jonathan Fernow- Title IC Specialist, ODE

2. Purpose
The purpose of this presentation is to share the history of the program, how students qualify, and benefits of the Title IC Migrant program in Oregon.

3. Rules for Place Your Bets
You will read a statement about the migrant program.
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. Add the wager if correct, or subtract if wrong.

4. #1. A migrant student is one who travels to Oregon from another country.

5. #2. Migrant students are the same as ESL or ELL students.

6. #3. The migrant program provides 24 hour accident insurance to all Oregon migrant students.

7. #4. There are 19 programs in Oregon receiving Title IC allocations.

8. #5. Oregon migrant programs receive three separate allocations: 1) Regular Year, 2) Preschool, and 3) Summer School.

9. #6. Before the Title IC program, over 90% of migrant students dropped out or did not graduate.

10. #7. The goals for Title IC are:
1) reading , 2) math, 3) school readiness, and 4) graduation.

11. Title IC Video
The Office for Migrant Education (OME) from USDE has prepared a short video covering the history, purpose, and qualifying requirements of the Title I-C Migrant Program.

12. Migrant Creative Rankings
Please rank the following characteristics that migrant families experience. Then get together in groups of 3-4 and identify the top 5 which you believe would be the most difficult.

13. Who are our migrant workers?
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.

14. Who are our migrant workers?
In Oregon although a majority of migrant students are Hispanic, we are unique in that we also have Russian and Native American migrant students.

15. Federal Funds
Oregon is the 5th largest migrant state. Who do you think the top 5 states are? These top states make up 71% of all migrant qualified students in the nation.
Our yearly allocation is over 10 million dollars a year. During we will go up to 18 million.

16. Facts and Numbers of Migrants
The National Agricultural Worker Survey (NAWS) (Carroll, et al., 2005) estimated that there are over three million migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the US. These migrants are primarily Hispanic (94%), have Spanish as their native language (81%), and have a 7th grade median level of education.
Total family income averaged between $15,000 and $17,499.

17. Facts and Numbers of Migrants
Using the most recent data available, OME reported that State educational agencies (SEAs) identified approximately 376,801 eligible migrant children and youth. 35% of these children were considered limited in English proficiency, and 15% were out-of-school youth (OSY).

18. Migrant Education
The purpose of migrant education is to improve the educational opportunities and academic success of migrant children, youth, agriculture workers and fishers, and their families.
The program serves children and youth between the ages 3-21.

19. Eligibility Requirements:
There are specific eligibility requirements for identification of children qualifying for migrant education services.
They must have:
traveled with or joined parents who migrated to find agricultural work;
themselves migrated to perform agricultural work; and
cross district lines and do qualifying work.

20. Certificate of Eligibility (COE)
We are one of the few federal education programs that require a document for eligibility.
All states have more than 71 data elements on their COEs.
Oregon is in the process of developing an electronic COE.

21. Migrant Programs in Oregon
Oregon has 19 programs in the state.
Ten of them are school districts and nine are educational service districts (ESDs).
There are a around 20,000 migrant students in Oregon.

22. District Migrant Programs
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.

23. ESD Title IC Programs The following ESDs have a Title IC Program:
Clackamas, Columbia Gorge, High Desert, Intermountain, Lane, Multnomah, Northwest Regional, Southern Oregon and Willamette.

24. Benefits of the Migrant Program
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.
Biggest Success of funds are on focusing on Kindergarten readiness and summer school growth.

25. Benefits of the Migrant Program
In Oregon, migrant students receive:
24 hour accident insurance;
free lunch/breakfast without filling out a form;
health services.
Because of free and reduced lunch, Advanced Placement and SAT test fees can be waived.

26. Data Collection
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.

27. Supplement, not Supplant
The Title I-C migrant funds are to supplement the ESDs and districts. The Federal guidelines are very clear that migrant students should participate and receive all the educational and support services that districts provide to all their students.

28. Supplement, not Supplant
The migrant program should provide the “extra” educational and support services to migrant students after all other resources have been exhausted. Public Law , 1306 (b) (2)

29. Migrant Summer High School Leadership Institute
The migrant program offers a week long summer leadership institute to high school migrant students.

30. Migrant Summer High School Leadership Institute
For the last eight 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.

31. Migrant Summer Camp for Middle School Students
We provide a Summer Camp for middle school students that have completed grades 6-7.
The purpose is to prepare them for high school expectations and see themselves as future postsecondary students.

32. Stride Academy License
All migrant students have a license for Stride Academy, which focuses on LA, reading, math, and science tied to the common core. The program assesses the skills they are missing and provides practice on those skills. It provides a report showing skills mastered. At Tom McCall Upper Elementary, their report shows 35% usage outside of school.

33. Parent Involvement
The Title I-C program requires that Parent Advisory Committees (PACs) be involved in the:
1) design,
2) implementation, and
3) evaluation of the local programs in each funded area.

34. Parent Involvement
A State Parent Advisory Committee, (SPAC) meets at the state level to guide the State Title I-C program.

35. HEP and CAMP, Migrant Partners
HEP (High School Equivalency Program) provides intense GED instruction and support services for migrant students that have not completed high school.

36. HEP and CAMP, Migrant Partners
There are 44 HEP programs throughout the USA. Oregon has 2 HEP programs for migrant students. WSU and Idaho State have residential programs.
CAMP (College Assistance Migrant Program) provides intensive support services to help migrant students make the transition into college. There are 42 CAMP programs nationwide.

37. HEP and CAMP, Migrant Partners
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.

38. Oregon-Mexico Education Partnership (OMEP)
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.

39. Apostille no Longer Needed
In the past, students from grades needed to get an Apostille from the Secretary of State in Salem for students to attend the Colegio de Bachilleres in Mexico. They no longer require an Apostille.

40. Binational Teacher Exchange
We have a Binational Teacher Exchange where 31 teachers came from Mexico and taught in our migrant summer schools. Teachers from Oregon go to Mexico and teach ESL to the Mexican teachers teaching English.

41. Binational Program
The Mexican Consulate provides free National Mexican curriculum to Plazas Comunitarias in Oregon. They also provide books and textbooks from Mexico.

42. Migrant Resources Jonathan Fernow, Migrant Specialist, ODE
Office of Migrant Education, USDE