Priority for Services PFS Action Plan Texas Migrant Education Conference November 1517, 2006

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Priority for Services (PFS) Action PlanTexas
Migrant Education ConferenceNovember 15-17, 2006

• Maria Elena Garza, megarza_at_esconett.org
• NGS/Quality Control Specialist
• Region One ESC
• 1900 West Schunior
• Edinburg, TX 78541
• [phone]
• www.esc1.net

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Purpose

• To provide guidance on the development of a
  Priority for Services (PFS) Action Plan.

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Agenda

• Welcome Introductions
• NCLB-PFS
• PFS Action Plan Criteria from Consolidated
  Application
• Sample PFS Action Plan

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NCLB P.L. 107-110 1304 (d)

• Each recipient (LEA) of such funds shall give
  priority to migratory children who are
• Failing or most at risk of failing to meet
• State academic content standards challenging
  State student academic achievement standards
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• Whose education has been interrupted during the
  regular school year.

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Criteria for Priority for Services on New
Generation System
Students are flagged who
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PS3103 Title I, Part C Migrant Education

• Priority for Services (PFS) Action Plan
• Before the 1st day of school, develop a PFS
  Action Plan for serving PFS students.
• Plan must clearly articulate criteria for
  defining student success, including timelines for
  achieving stated goals and objectives.
• Migrant funds must be targeted to serve Priority
  for Services students first and foremost before
  serving migrant students who do not fall into
  this category.
• From Part 2 Required Program Activities of the
  Consolidated Application for Federal Funding

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Priority for Services Report contains

• Enrollments from current regular school year
• Education data from the current and previous
  regular school year.

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Performance-Based Monitoring Compliance Item 8

• Priority for Services
• Note
• Reports should be run on a monthly basis in order
  to target students for services, as well as to
  verify the students inclusion in reports.

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PS3103 Title I, Part C Migrant Education

• Priority for Services (PFS) Action Plan
• Before the 1st day of school, develop a PFS
  Action Plan for serving PFS students.
• Plan must clearly articulate criteria for
  defining student success, including timelines for
  achieving stated goals and objectives.
• Migrant funds must be targeted to serve Priority
  for Services students first and foremost before
  serving migrant students who do not fall into
  this category.
• From Part 2 Required Program Activities of the
  Consolidated Application for Federal Funding

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What type of assistance is your LEA providing?
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What type of assistance is your LEA providing?
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Are the services that your LEA is providing for
migrant students the same as those services being
provided for PFS students?
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PFS Action Plan will include

• When the MSC will provide PFS Criteria updated
  PFS reports to campus principals, appropriate
  campus staff parents.
• When the MSC will meet with district PEIMS staff
  to review accuracy of migrant student data.
• A detailed list of services provided for PFS
  students at the Federal, State local level.
• A narrative that explains how the MSC will use
  PFS reports to give priority placement to PFS
  students.
• When the MSC staff will make home and/or
  community visits to update parents on the
  academic progress of their children.
• A narrative that explains how the MSC will ensure
  that PFS students receive priority access to
  social workers community social
  services/agencies.
• PFS Action Plan will be a part (on its own) of
  the districts Student Achievement Improvement
  Plan (SAIP) uniquely titled (i.e. Migrant PFS
  Action Plan Section).

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1. Include when the MSC will provide PFS Criteria
updated PFS reports to campus principals,
appropriate campus staff parents.

• Sample
• During a staff meeting to be held September 14,
  2006, the migrant services coordinator will
  provide designated personnel including migrant
  lab instructors, counselors, migrant clerks,
  community liaisons information regarding PFS
  criteria and discuss the utilization of PFS
  reports in order to accurately serve PFS
  students.

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2. Include when the MSC will meet with district
PEIMS staff to review accuracy of migrant student
data.

• Sample
• The migrant services coordinator and head NGS
  Data Specialist will meet with the PEIMS
  coordinator to share and compare migrant student
  data to ensure that NGS and PEIMS data match on
  September 25, 2006 and on January , 2007.

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3. A detailed list of programs provided for PFS
students at the Federal, State local level.

• Federal State Programs
• ? NADSME-Strengthens national networks of
  practitioners sharing in the task of the
  education of migrant children.
• NGS-Anywhere ISD in coordination with consortium
  states uses this Internet-based program to
  maintain migrant student health academic data.
• TMIP-Anywhere ISD coordinates with TMIP to ensure
  out-of-state TAKS/TAAS testing.
• National PASS- Anywhere ISD uses this program to
  assist students with credit accrual.
• UT-Austin Migrant Student Program- Anywhere ISD
  uses this program to assist students with credit
  accrual.
• St. Edwards Graduation Enhancement Program-
  Anywhere ISD uses this program to assist students
  with credit accrual.
• Math Plus-Anywhere ISD uses this distance
  learning program/curriculum to provide education
  continuity by promoting literacy development and
  higher order thinking skills for mobile migrant
  youth.

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3. A detailed list of programs provided for PFS
students at the Federal, State local level.

• Local Programs
• ?NovaNet-High School students use this on-line
  program for credit accrual and to enhance reading
  and writing fluency for the TAKS.
• ?My Skills Tutor-Elementary middle school
  students use this computer-based program to
  enhance skills in content area classes and to
  enhance reading and writing fluency for the TAKS.
• ?Achieve 3000-Middle school students use this
  computer-based program to enhance reading and
  writing fluency and to increase vocabulary
  development.
• ?Building Bridges-3 and 4 year old children
  participate in school-based or home-based
  curriculum to build the childs growth and
  development.

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4. A narrative that explains how the MSC will use
PFS reports to assist assign services to PFS
students.

• Sample
• The migrant services coordinator will analyze why
  the migrant student is identified as Priority for
  Services before considering appropriate services
  for each individual.
• For example, if the student is in 3rd grade, has
  education interruption and has failed the TAKS
  reading, the student will be assigned a Play
  Station with a reading program so that the
  student can practice reading skills in an
  innovative way and simultaneously improve his/her
  reading fluency. The student must master each
  level before moving to the next one. His/her
  progress will be monitored according to the level
  that the student has achieved.

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5. Include when the MSC staff will make home
and/or community visits to update parents on the
academic progress of their children..

• Sample
• The migrant services coordinator, community
  liaisons and/or recruiters will make home visits
  every 3rd week of each 6 weeks as an intervention
  strategy to keep parent(s) abreast of childs
  academic progress, share instructional services
  provided by the campus, let parent know what
  service is appropriate to assist the child in
  improving his/her skills and ask the parent to
  share the responsibility of monitoring the
  childs progress.

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6. A narrative that explains how the MSC will
ensure that PFS students receive priority access
to social workers community social
services/agencies.

• Sample
• The migrant services coordinator will obtain a
  list of community services from the recruiter and
  a list of social services agencies from the
  campus counselor. These lists will be shared
  with all migrant personnel and with parents. PFS
  students will be considered a priority and will
  be interviewed on a one-to-one basis by the
  campus/migrant counselor. The campus/migrant
  counselor will recommend services for PFS
  students based on the interview. This information
  will be provided to the MSC. Recruiters/community
  liaisons will follow-up with each PFS
  student/parent to ensure that services are
  provided.

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7. Include PFS Action Plan on its own in the
districts Student Achievement Improvement Plan
(SAIP) uniquely titled (i.e. Migrant PFS Action
Plan Section).
Migrant Priority for Services (PFS) Action Plan
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Closure

• Comments
• Questions
• Suggestions