Additional Resources for Educating Mobile Students

Collaborative for the Study of Migrant Children and Their Families
Migrant Special Education Training Project
School of Education, Room 112, Old Main Building
State University of New York at New Paltz
New Paltz, NY 12561
(845) 257-2836
http://www.newpaltz.edu/collaborative/index.html
The Collaborative seeks to improve delivery of services to migrant children through projects that offer information, resources, and services addressing the needs of migrant children and families. Its Web site provides annotated lists of the following: resources addressing migrant education; organizations providing migrant education resources and services; videos, films, and readings about the migrant experience; and electronic lists and news sources about migrant education programs in various states and regions.

Easing the Impact of Student Mobility: Welcoming and Social Support
From Addressing Barriers to Learning, 2(4), Fall 1997
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/easimp.htm
This article discusses welcoming and social support as a basic element of program quality. The authors identify phases of intervention and key intervention tasks for creating a welcoming school environment and involving students and families in school life. The article also provides an outline of welcoming steps and activities. http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/fall97.htm

ESCORT
State University College at Oneonta
Bugbee Hall
Oneonta, NY 13820
(800) 451-8058
http://www.escort.org
ESCORT is a national resource center on teaching children of migrant farm workers and other English language learners (ELLs). It maintains the National Migrant Education Hotline, which is designed to help migrant children enroll in school and access migrant education program services. ESCORT also conducts professional and program development activities for state and local education agencies and schools. It makes available two online key resources: "Help!" kits for primary and secondary educators of migrant ELLs, and "The Challenge of Educating English Language Learners in Rural Areas" article, which provides examples of strategies used by schools and districts to reduce cultural isolation for ELLs.

Developing Partnerships: A Framework for Family Involvement
National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE)
3929 Old Lee Highway, Suite 91-A
Fairfax, VA 22030-2401
(703) 359-8973
fax:(703) 359-0972
http://www.ncpie.org/DevelopingPartnerships/
NCPIE has provided a framework, policy guidelines, and keys to success for developing effective practices in family involvement. NCPIE is also developing a clearinghouse of resources to provide information about creating and sustaining effective family/school partnerships.

National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) at SERVE
P.O. Box 5367
Greensboro, NC 27435
(800) 755-3277
http://www.serve.org/nche
NCHE is a national resource center that provides research and information to help educators remove barriers to education for homeless students. The Web site contains state directories of homelessness resources, including advocacy organizations, coordinators, and community awareness resources.

National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH)
1012 Fourteenth Street, NW, #600
Washington, DC 20005-3471
(202) 737-6444
fax:(202) 737-6445
info@nationalhomeless.org
http://www.nationalhomeless.org
NCH provides information about the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, Subtitle VII-B, which is the federal law that entitles homeless children to a free, appropriate public education and requires schools to remove barriers to the homeless students' enrollment, attendance, and success in school. The Web site provides: summaries and analyses of the federal law pertaining to education of homeless students, a directory of state coordinators for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, fact sheets, and K-12 educational materials.

New Generation System
Migrant Education Division
Texas Education Agency
1701 N. Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 463-9067
fax:(512) 463-9759
http://ngsmigrant.com/index.htm
The New Generation System is a Web-based information network for sharing demographic, educational, and health data on migrant students. The system allows educators to record the movement of migrant students and facilitate academic placement by generating student transfer records.

Out of Reach 2001: America's Growing Wage-Rent Disparity
National Low Income Housing Coalition
1012 Fourteenth Street NW, # 610
Washington, DC 20005-3471
(202) 662-1530
fax: (202) 393-1973
http://www.nlihc.org/oor2001/index.htm
Out of Reach provides income and housing cost data by state, metropolitan area, and county. It calculates the affordability of rental housing, estimates how many households cannot afford to pay their monthly housing costs, and what households would need to earn in order to keep their housing costs affordable (30 percent of household income).

Self-Assessment Guide for Schools
Education of Homeless Children and Youth Program (EHCY)
State House, Room 229
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2798
(317) 232-0590
fax: (317) 233-9293
http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/alted/homelesslinkpg.htm
The Indiana Department of Education Division of Alternative Education and Learning Opportunities has adapted a tool developed by Joseph Johnson, Jr. to help schools evaluate their current services to homeless students. The division has other useful links regarding the education of homeless students.

Snapshot Assessment System for Migrant, Language-Different, and Mobile Students
By Richard Rangel and Bill Bansberg
Available from:
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning
2550 S. Parker Road, Suite 500
Aurora, CO 80014
(303) 337-0990
fax:(303) 337-3005
info@mcrel.org
http://www.mcrel.org
The Snapshot Assessment System is a diagnostic tool for use by classroom teachers. It includes English and Spanish checklists and instructions and a phonetics guide for nonSpanish speaking teachers. The purpose of the tool is to help teachers identify newcomer students' strengths and weaknesses. The tool provides a series of performance tasks mapped to foundational content standards and benchmarks for students in Grades 1-8.

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