Invisible Children: Integrating Them Into Afterschool Programs ELO Conference March 5 th , 2009

Edward G. Rendell, Governor ▪ Dr. Gerald L. Zahorchak, Secretary of Education www.pde.state.pa.us

Tutoring the Invisible Children

Invisible Children: Integrating Them Into Afterschool Programs

ELO ConferenceMarch 5th, 2009

Lysandra M. Lopez-Medina

Sheldon Winnick

Shazia Waters

Garry Hutchison



Edward G. Rendell Governor

Gerald L. Zahorchak Secretary of Education



Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Diane Castelbuono, Deputy Secretary

Bureau of Community and Student Services Mary I. Ramirez, Director

Division of Student Services and Migrant Education Carmen M. Medina, Division Chief



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The mission of the Pennsylvania Department of Education is to lead and serve the educational community, to enable each individual to grow into an inspired, productive, fulfilled lifelong learner.



Clear Standards

FairAssessments

CurriculumFramework

Instruction

Materials & Resources

Interventions

StudentAchievement

How you help struggling kids understand thecontent

What students should know and do

How you measure what students should know

and be able to do.

The content behind the standards

How you teach the content behind the standards

The stuff you use to teach the content

Standards Aligned System



Clear & Consistent Boundaries

School Code of Conduct Truancy Intervention Plan/Tool Kit

School-wide Positive Behavior Supports Training

High Expectations

PDE Standards/PSSAGovernor’s Institutes

Accountability Block Grants Project 720/CFF/Dual enrollment

Governor’s Special Education Performance Grants

Meaningful StudentEngagement

Student Council Service Learning

Youth Surveys

Connectiveness & Bonding

Mentoring & Drop-out grants Parent Involvement Conference After school/summer programs Homeless, Migrant & Refugee

student programsSkills for Life

Anti-bullying programsCharacter education

Social/Emotional learning Resiliency training

Anti-tobacco/drug programs Career Counseling Grants

Unconditional Support

Alternative Education Student Assistance Program

Youth Suicide Prevention Pregnant/Parent/Teen

ELECT ProgramSpecial Education

Strong Results for

Students

Linkages Between Student Achievement and …Quality Teaching Quality Leadership

Artful Use of Infrastructure Continuous Learning Ethic



Student Services Programs• Alternative Education• Character Education• Charter Schools• Commonwealth Student Assistance

Program• Community Collaboration Advisory

Committee• Community Service Grant Program• Correctional Education• Crisis Response/Homeland Security• Dropout Prevention• ELECT Programs• Homeless Education• International Education• Learn & Serve America• Migrant Education

• Pregnant and Parenting Teens• Private Residential Rehabilitation • Institutions• Refugee Children• Safe & Drug Free Schools• Safe Schools• Services to Non-Public Schools• State Board of Private Academic

Programs• Successful Student Partnerships• Textbooks/Supplies for Non-Public

Schools• Truancy• 21st Century Learning Centers• Unsafe School Choice Option• Learn & Serve• Homeless



Migrant Children Definition • Age 3-21• Is migratory agricultural worker or fisher in

his/her own right or in order to accompany or to join a migrant parent or guardian

• Has moved for economic necessity from one school district to another

• In the preceding 36 months• In order to obtain temporary or seasonal

employment in qualifying agricultural or fishing work



Law Authorizing the Migrant Education Program

The Migrant Education program is

authorized by Title I, Part C of the

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

as reauthorized by the No Child Left

Behind Act of 2001



Migrant Student Demographics In Pennsylvania 07-08 school year

• 6,234 students (60% male, 40% females)• In 49 counties• Ages 3-22 --18% Preschool

57% K-12

25% Out-of-School Youth• Speak more than 10 languages (Top 5: Spanish,

English, Khmer, Vietnamese, Chinese)• 91% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% White, 1% Black



Migrant Students in Afterschool Programs

• Culturally Relevant / Congruent• Natural Language Transition• Experiential Learning• Supplemental Services• Cooperative / Collaborative learning

– Share Experience

– Parental / Community Involvement

• Independent Learning / Higher Order Skills• Committed Teachers / Diversity of Instruction



Research on Migrant StudentsCampano, G. (2005, January). The second class: Space

in the margins. Language Arts, 82:3, 186-194.Reyes, P., & Fletcher, C. (2003). Successful migrant

students: The case for mathematics. Journal of Curriculum & Supervision, 18:4, 306-333.

Romanowski, M. H. (2003). Meeting the unique needs of the children of migrant farm workers. The Clearing House, 77: 1, 27-33.

Book: Scholars in the Field: The challenges of Migrant Education. (2004).

Migrant PDE Website: www.pde.state.pa.us



Program Definition

The Pennsylvania Homeless Children’s Initiative

The main objective is to expedite school enrollment and remove educational barriers that may exist so that the homeless student may immediately be enrolled and participate in school activities like any other student.



Law Authorizing the Program


Subtitle B of Title VII of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance ActReauthorized in January 2002

“Individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.”




Pennsylvania has 8 regional sites and 9 local sites to serve all 501 school districts, 29 intermediate units, 127 public charter schools, and 53 career and technical schools.

The program served over 12,500 homeless students in the last school year.

Demographics




The program offers direct services such as:

After-school tutoring in shelters

After-school educational programs like computers and reading in shelters

Summer programs for shelters

Tutoring Programs Available




After-school activities/games/socializing/swimming

After-school tutoring/reading/computer usage

After-school co-curricular activities/sports/play/band

After-school educational field trips

After-school transportation

After-school activities in the shelter

Strategies for working with homeless students



Homeless Research

• www.pde.state.pa.us/homeless

• Pennsylvania Department of Education

• National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth

• National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE



Refugee - Any person who is outside his or her country of nationality who is unable or unwilling to return to that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution. Persecution or the fear thereof must be based on the alien's race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. People with no nationality must generally be outside their country of last habitual residence to qualify as a refugee. Refugees are subject to ceilings by geographic area set annually by the President in consultation with Congress and are eligible to adjust to lawful permanent resident status after one year of continuous presence in the United States. The Department of Homeland Security www.dhs.gov



Authorization

• Authorizing Statute and Regulations: This program is authorized by Section 412(c)(1)(A)(iii), as amended of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(c)(1)(A)(iii)). As amended.



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• Helping Children Cope with Trauma

• Supporting Academic Adjustment

• Establishing Positive Parent/Teacher Relationships

• ELL Support

• Culturally and linguistically appropriate activities

Strategies for working with Refugee Children



• Refugee Education website in PA: http://www.pde.state.pa.us/svcs_students/cwp/view.asp?a=175&q=129524&svcs_studentsNav=|5751|&svcs_studentsNav=|

• Refugees in PA: www.refugeesinpa.org • Freeman, D., Freeman, Y. & Mercuri, S. (2002). Closing the

Achievement Gap: How to Reach Limited-Formal-Schooling and Long-Term English Learners. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Publishing.

• Lindsey, R., Robins, K., & Terrell, R. (2003). Cultural Proficiency: A Manual for School Leaders Second Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

• Emery, F. (2002). That’s Me! That’s You! That’s Us! Philadelphia, PA: L.R.E. Graphics and Imaging.

• Flaitz, J. (2006).Understanding Your Refugee and Immigrant Students.

Research on Refugee Students



How to Make Learning Experiential for the Invisible

Children through Learn & Serve America School

Based K-12 Grant.



Learn & Serve America K-12 Grant

The Learn and Serve America: K–12 School-Based Program is a component of the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993. It provides federal funds through the Pennsylvania Department of Education to public schools for the development and/or expansion of local service learning programs.



Service Learning is an educational method: Which is integrated into and enhances the academic curriculum of the students. 50 Learn & Serve grantees are currently working with over 10,000 students throughout the Commonwealth.

Learn & Serve America K-12 Grant



Learn & Serve America K-12 GrantService learning is a method in which students learn and develop through active participation in thoughtfully organized service that is conducted in, and meets the needs of, the community.

RFA Re-Issued. Due date March 13, 2009.

http://www.pde.state.pa.us/servicelearning

http://www.nationalservice.org/



Learn & Serve Research

• Corporation for National and Community Service. http://www.nationalservice.org/

• Learn and Serve America online Reporting System. http://lsareports.org/

• Corporation for National and Community Service EGrants system. https://egrants.cns.gov/



Questions? / Comments



Contact InformationThe Pennsylvania Department of Education

333 Market Street Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333

• Carmen Medina, Division Chief, [email protected], (717) 783-6466

• Susan D’Annunzio, Student Services Supervisor, [email protected], (717) 346-3186

• Lysandra M. López-Medina, Program [email protected], 717-783-6465

• Sheldon Winnick, State [email protected], 717-783-6468

• Shazia Waters, Program Officer, [email protected], (717) 214-7314

• Garry Hutchison, Program Officer [email protected], 717-346-3251

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