DOCUMENT RESUME ED 060 975 32 RC 006 004 TITLE Training Program, Region II Office of Migrant Education: A Component [of] the California Plan for the Education of Migrant Children. INSTITUTION Butte County Superintendent of Schools,Oroville, Calif.; California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Bureau of CommunityServices ana Migrant Education. SPONS AGE 7CY Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, D.C.Office of Programs for the Disadvantaged. PUB DATE 71 NOTE 1414p. EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$16.45 DESCRIPTORS Activity Units; *Curriculum Design; Enrollment; *Instructional Materials; wLanguage Instruction; *Migrant Child Education; Program Design; Resource Materials; Staff Role; Summer Programs; Teacher Aides; Teacher Education; *Teaching Guides;Units of Study (Subject Fields) ABSTRACT In a discussion of the summertraining program for teachers of migrant children in the 120 schoolsserved by Region II of California's Office of Migrant Education,the following elements are included: an evaluation ofthe 1970 summer school program, a description of the program's organization in termsof staff members' responsibilities, and examples for organization ofinstruction. Sample daily lessons are presented in the areasof language skills (e.g., visual discrimination of lettersand English words, auditory perception, and phonetics), reading, and mathematics;materials for use with each lesson are alsoincluded, as are sample tests and mini-courses in writing behavioral objectives. Aguide for extended-day activities developed for personsworking with migrant children from primary and intermediate gradesis also included. This guide contains activities for languagedevelopment, recreation, and arts and crafts which are"educationally valuable as well as culturally acceptable to migrant youngsters:"the guide also contains an index and a resourcebibliography. (NQ) TRAININGPROG C=) U.S. DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEHREPRO- DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVEDFROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATIONORIG- INATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OROPIN- IONS STATED DO NOTNECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICEOF EDU- CATION POSITION OR POLICY. REGION H OFFICE OF MIGRANT EDUCATION A Component The California Plan for the Education of Migrant Children Administered By Ktti State Department of Education Division of Compensatory Education Bureau of Community Services and Migrant Education Elementary and Secondary Education Act Butte C unty Title I Superintendent of Schools PL 89-7SO 1971 The objectives of the Cal_if rnia Plan for the Education of Ant Children are based upon the following general statemeat of needs of migrant children in California: "Over 80,000 children of migrant agricultural workers between the ages of 3 and 17 attend schools in approximately 200 school districts in 43 Galifornia counties for at least a part of each year. _The-Sechildren from the least affluent segmentof American soerety tend to move frequently, attend school irregularly,and suffer health defects and language handicaps resulting in signifi- cantly retarded progress in school. In general their rate of progress is not more than .7 months for each month spent in school. This retardation is cumulative and eventuates in most becoming early school leavers, poorly prepared for economic success or upward social mobility. These problems are of such magnitude and severity taat local school districts have been unable to solve them with the resources nolwally available. GENERAL INFORMATION STATE OPERATED PROJECT The Migrant Amendment to theElementary and SecondaryEducation supplementary edu- Act of 1965, litle I (P.L.89-750), provides for cational programs to meet thespecial educational needs ofmigratory children of migratory agriculturalworkers. The Act provides that in accord- the state educational agencyshall administer the program entire allocation ance with Federal andState regulations, and the educational of funds for operatingthe program is made to the state agency. The California P an forthe Education of MigrantChildren California and pro describes he procfram for the State of carried the framework within whicheducational programs will be supplementary compensatory programs out. This Plan provides for and services for the educationof migrant children in schooldis- and for tricts which have majorimpactions of migrant children certain Statewide and interstateprograms affectingmigrant chil- State It is the project whichis submitted by the California dren. and the Department of Education tothe State Board of Education U. S. Commissioner ofEducation for approval. Unlike regular Title I programs,local school districts do not local have an entitlement to funds. Instead, provision is made for partici- school districts and countysuperintendents of scho'als to to carry on pate cooperativelywith the state educational agency portions of the Statewide programthrough a regional organization. II. REGIONAL ORGANIZATION California The organizational structurefor operation of the the.regional Plan fOr the Education ofMigrant Children is based upon n ept. is 'the operating The regional conceptrecognizes that the State the responsi- agency for programs formigrant children, and it is that will assist in bility of the State Office toinvolve agencies requires State level providing such programs. The California Plan policy determination andcoordination, regional level program management, and supervisionat the operationallevel. t at It is essentially anadministrative and planning concept requires involvement ofall counties ih aparticular geographic and implementation purposesregardless of how area for zlanninz the involve- funds will be allocated. Regional planning requires k wledge of all ment of planning oradvisory committees having operation throughout the programs affectingmigrants which are in region. also includes the idea of acomprehensive The regional concept coordinated with the program of educationaland ancillary services services and activities of all agenc 7.s that serve migrant families. The regional approach reou res that fuds be used ta=llsalsnr the j rosouies t at r e alrctadv in the reLt,ion. The cr lCLLia for fund- ing components and providing service agreements for school districts will include their commitment to mobilize available resources and Soorgp_nize cooperaLive activiLies throuPhout the region. III. LOCATION OF REGIONAL COMPO ENTS Migrant agricultural workers and their families are concen- trated in the major crop areas of the state. A regional component to provide educational and ancillary services for migratory children may be designed to include one or several school districts or counties in a large geographical area having high concentrations of migratory 'children. The state education agency identifies those areas in which projects will be located on a priority basis, grouping districts and counties geographically. In California, seven major crop areas have been identified as having high concentrations of rigrant farm workers and their families. These areas include 43 of California's 58 counties. The following seven areas have the greatest number of migrant workers: 1. San Joaquin Valley 2. Central Coast 3. Sacramento Valley 4. South, Coast 5. Desert 6. Northern Coast 7. Tulelake Federal administrative policy lists the following factors to be used in determining priorities for the location of project corn- ponents: I. Areas where there are successfulongoing projects. Areas with high concentrations of migrants. Areas having greatest need for programs. .4. Areas with greatest potential for a successful program; i.e., community services available for migrants, supplemental -migrant programs sponsored by other agencies, harmonious Title I programs ete. REGION II OFFICE of MIGRANTEDUCATION 5 Region II Office of Migrant Education covers fourteencounties with an area of 22,801 sq. miles. Our project is designed to provide supple- mentary edueatignal services to migrant children inthis area. There are approximately 2,500 school age migrantdhildren in Region II during the summer. Because a child's health and nutrition influences his ability to learn we work toward the coordination of variousagencies that provide these services to migrant children. To assist us in our efforts during the summer we employ the following staff that isavailable to work with you in regards to the education of migrant children. Director: Bill Waroff Oroville 533-2333 Curriculum Consultant: Betty Vassar 7 Oroville 533-2333 Program Assistants: Nodules 1 & 2 Yolanda Holt 342-1838 (Glenn, Butte Co. Modules 3 & 4 Velma Gonzalez 743-1855 (Yuba, Sutter Co. Modules 5 & 6 Frank Ludovina 662-7349 (SacramentO, Yolo Co.) Modules 7 & 8 Jesse Camacho 662-7349 (I Yolo, Colusa, Solano Co ) Modules 9 & 10 Gil Martinez 527-2443 (Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino & Lake Co. Bilingual Paraprofessionals: 75 Instructional Aides 50 Mini-Corpsmen (Paraprofessionalsare assigned on a ratio of -- 1:20 migrant children) 125 Paraprofessionals x 20 Migrant Children In2,500 m.c. served MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM - LINES OF RESPONSIBILITY Regional Executive Board: a. To be composed of representatives of county superintendents and local school districts in the region b. Responsible to the Bureau of Community Services and Migrant Education and county superintendents for development of policies governing the implementation of the California Plan for the Education of Migrant Children in the region. c. Advises regional consultant and designated agency county superintendents regarding needs for migrant programs in counties and districts