Program Descriptions

Regular School Year Objectives

Main objective is help our Migrant students to make up the gap in their grade level education they have missed. We are able to meet some of their needs by doing the following:

• Using Fresno State Mini-Corp Students: With a few volunteers from the Mini-Corps Program, we will be able to help our migrant students at some of our elementary schools. Mini Corp Student volunteers will help our students to overcome problems they are having in reading, language arts, writing, math, social science, and science.
• Taking advantage of the opportunities to expose our students from elementary, middle, and high schools to college
• Providing reading books for our students
• Providing opportunities to attend leadership camps
• Providing services to our pre-school and OSY student

Regular School Year Objectives

Migrant Instructional Aides: Biola and Madison Elementary English/Spanish speaking instructional aides are being hired to help Migrant students at both elementary schools, because they have the most Migrant students in the district.

The aides primary job are to help the Migrant students make up the gap in their grade level education they have missed. They help the students to overcome problems they are having in reading, language arts, writing, math, social science, and science.

Summer School Objectives

Summer School program starts a week after regular school ends in the afternoon. The students attend regular summer school in the morning, and after their lunch is over, the student attend the Migrant classes. Migrant summer school is for two weeks.

Students are receiving instruction in the areas they are having problems in reading, writing, and math. Nora Ceballos reviews the summer CLP with pre-school parents and OSY students when they are given the packets. She explains the assessments for the CLPs.

The K-11 students are also given CLPs to continue their education during the summer.

I & R Process

Identification & Recruitment

Central USD has two Migrant Community Aides. Kevin Yang and Nora Ceballos are our Hmong and Spanish I and R personnel. They recruit all year long, but the busiest times are during the early spring, summer, and fall. Often, they go out in the early mornings, late afternoons, evenings, and on the weekends. They go into the fields, packing sheds and wherever the parents are working.

Strategies used by our Community Aides are posting flyers in the grocery stores, getting referrals from our Migrant families, and collecting all our Family Mobility Service forms from our school sites in the district. We are trying to fill a part-time Community Aide position to help with our Spanish recruitment.

Assessment Tools

• CST and CAT-6 (California Standardize Test) District Wide
• CAHSEE (California High School Exit Exam)
• CELDT (California English Language Development Test) District Wide
• ROLA (Reading Oral Language Assessment) Site, AR (Accelerated Reader)
• DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy) Site, AM (Accelerated Math) Migrant Preschool Assessment (3-4 Years Old) and Out of School Youth Needs Assessment (18 -21Years Old)
• CST, CAT-6, CASHEE, and CELDT scores are down loaded to Aeries by the I.S. Department. ROLA , DEBELS, AR, and AM are recorded at the site files.

Click Below to View Assessment Scores for Central Unified School District Migrant Education Students:

2006 CST Assessment Scores
2006 CAHSEE English Assessment Scores
2006 CAHSEE Mathematics Assessment Scores
2006 CELDT Assessment Scores

Parent Meeting & Program Involvement

Our Migrant Program keeps parents informed of all the services available for their family and the education opportunities for their children. All our meetings are held at Central High School East in the Library except the last meeting is in the cafeteria.

The meetings dates and times are

• 9/6/07 @ 6:30 PM,
• 11/1/07 @ 6:00 PM,
• 12/13/07 @ 6:00 PM,
• 2/21/08 @ 6:00 PM,
• 4/24/08 @ 6:30 PM, and
• 6/6/08 @ 6:30 PM.
  

• President: Rosario Zafra
• Vice President: Maria Gomez
• Secretary: Maria Dolores
• Treasurer: Bertha Tiznado
• Regional Representative: Socorro Robles,
• Alternate Rep: Irene Ocaranza
• Other Executive Members: Pa Vang, Juan Tepee, and Reina Pastrana

For the first time our parents are excited about having their first Central USD Mini Conference. The extra carryover fund for this year will provide the parents this opportunity. The date for the conference has not been determined, because they are in the planning stage.

Health Support Services & Health Clinics

Migrant Health Clinic is held at Central Community Church, and the address is 4710 N. Polk Ave., Fresno, CA 93722. The Phone number is 559-271-8869.

• Health Clinic: Central Community Church - November 14, 2007 - 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM
• Health Clinic: Central Community Church - January 15, 2008 - 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM
• Health Clinic: Central Community Church - April 30, 2008 - 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM
• Medical Dr. Clinic: Central Community Church - May 5, 2008 - 9:30 AM to 2:15 PM

RN Nurse: Suzanne Kelly and Nurse Health Aide: Alice Jacinto

We make sure our families are receiving the latest health information and referred them to the right place to receive services. If they do not have transportation to the services. We provide transportation.

Questions? Call (559) 274-4700

Other Programs

• Title I
• English Learner
• After school tutorial (Reading & math)
• Accelerated Reading & Accelerated Math Intervention Classes
• ELD and EL After School Programs

Professional Development

• PESA Conference
• PASS Conference
• Annual Regional IV Migrant Parent Conference
• MEES Conference
• UCLA Leadership Institute
• Central USD Migrant Mini Conference
• R and I Conference
• State Migrant Parent Conference

Other Information

The staff in Central USD Migrant office is a very cohesive group. We are a team, and I never feel that I am Nora Ceballos's and Kevin Yang's Supervisor. We constantly articulate with each other with feedback that is very productive. Nancy Uribe, our State and Federal Director, is very supportive and part of the team. I am proud to be part of this team.