EXHIBIT A MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION-MEMORANDUM To: Members of the State Board of Education JANUARY 16, 1973. Subject: Program Activities Report of the Michigan Migrant Education Pro gram. Attached is the 1972-73 Program Activities Report of the Michigan Migrant Education Program administered by the Compensatory Education Services. Recommendation I recommend that the State Board of Education receive this program activities report. THE MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM OF THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION INTRODUCTION In Michigan upwards of 10,000 children receive educational and special elementary services under Title I Migrant Education Programs. This report describes the Migrant Education Program under the Michigan Department of Education, in terms of the Department's six step accountability thrust. GOALS OF THE PROGRAM The primary goal of the Migrant Education Program is to establish and implement educational programs which will identify and meet the unique educational needs of Migrant children coming into Michigan. Related to this goal is the need for this Department to provide staff training programs for all personnel engaged in Migrant Education as well as for providing all the ancillary services needed by Migrant children. PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES-1972-73 1. The Migrant Education staff will review all of the proposals submitted by local school districts requesting to receive Migrant funds. There will be approximately 60 summer program proposals as well as 15 school year proposals. 2. The Migrant Education staff will provide to all districts submitting a proposal, the necessary technical assistance to make their proposals meet Federal Title I regulations and guidelines, as well as State Guidelines provided by the Migrant Unit office. 3. The Migrant Education staff will monitor the activities of all local Migrant Education programs funded. This will be done through onsite visits. All summer programs shall be visited a minimum of three days to insure that they are providing effective quality programs for Migrant children. 4. The Migrant Education staff will initiate and maintain constant communication with other agencies serving Migrants and Migrant children. All efforts will be made to cooperate with other agencies in an effort to improve the total program and to avoid duplication of services. 5. The Migrant Education staff in cooperation with local Migrant Program personnel will provide staff training pre-service and in-service necessary to insure the accomplishment of program objectives. This will be done primarily through the development of five regional three-day pre-service workshops. Approximately 400-500 teachers, 800-1,000 para-professionals and 200-300 non-instructional personnel will participate. 6. The Migrant Education staff will conduct three one-day conferences for all local project directors to instruct them in the use and development of performance objectives. 7. The Migrant Education staff in cooperation with the Michigan Department of Education Research Assessment and Evaluation staff will develop a State Evaluation Plan for evaluating State Migrant Education program effectiveness. 8. The Migrant Education staff will continue the development of curriculum materials in cooperation with the Migrant Education Center at Central Michigan University. 9. The Migrant Education staff will develop and submit the State Migrant Program Application to the State Board of Education by June 30, 1973. 10. The Migrant Education staff will take all the necessary steps to disseminate information regarding the State Migrant Education Program. As part of this effort, an informative brochure will be developed by the Migrant Education staff. It will be completed by April 1, 1973. NEEDS ASSESSMENT The needs assessment is based upon past years data and projections made cooperatively with local Migrant Education Program directors and other representatives of agencies which serve Migrants. It is estimated that approximately 10,000 children will be enrolled in the sixty summer Migrant Program Schools. In addition, 3,000 to 4,000 will be served in approximately 15 or more regular school year Migrant Program Schools. Approximately 2,000 of the children to be served will be pre-kindergarten, 3,000 will be kindergarten, 8,000 will be elementary with 1,000 secondary. It is estimated that aproximately 20,000 Migrant children and youth fall into the 221⁄2 year old to 17 year old age groups. This is the age group covered by Title 1 Migrant legislation. The unmet needs as determined by the State Migrant Office result from several basic conditions. They are: 1. All Migrant Program funds come from the U.S. Office of Education. 2. The funds are strictly categorical. 3. Local Educational Agencies need not provide programs for Migrant children, nor allow the use of their buildings and buses. 4. The inherent impredictability of the Migrant population with regard to size and movement. There remains a : 1. Need for a wider range of programs for Migrant children. Infant Care through Adult Basic Education. Especially pre-vocational as well as vocation1 training. 2. Need for more programs for the settled Migrant child. 3. Need for Family Unit Education Programs. 4. Need for more intensive and comprehensive training programs for all personnel engaged in Migrant Programs. 5. Need for more staff who are representative of the ethnic or racial make-up of the Migrant population. 6. Need for more teachers trained in Early-Childhood Education. 7. Need for more teachers trained to teach non-English speaking children. 8. Need for curriculum materials in all areas which are developed specifically to meet the needs of short range, Migrant Education Programs. 9. Need for curriculum materials in all areas which are specifically related to the Spanish-speaking Migrant child. 10. Need for curriculum materials in Family Unit Education. 11. Need for Adult Education curriculum materials for older Migrant children-vocational or pre-vocational. 12. Need for testing and diagnostic instruments appropriate for Migrant students in general. 13. Need for a more comprehensive assessment of the Statewide Migrant Program. July 1972.-Submit 1973 Migrant applications to Michigan State Board of Education. August 1972.-Conclude all summer 1971-72 Migrant programs. Begin processing local program applications for fall and regular school year Migrant programs. September 1972.-Continue processing of applications and begin monitoring of local programs. October-November 1972.-Conclude final evaluation and review of program end reports for 1971-72. December 1972.-Attend U.S.O.E. Annual conference for State Migrant Education Director. January 1973.-Begin planning for In-service regional conferences. Meet with Governor's Migrant Task Force subcommittee on Migrant Education. Meet with Evaluation staff to plan for summer evaluation. February 1973.-Begin work on developing brochure for Migrant Education. Continue monitoring process. Regional one day regional meetings with local program directors to plan for June pre-service workshops. Continue monitoring process. March 1973.-Annual administrative two day workshop. Continue monitoring process. April 1973.-Summer applications. Begin reviewing and processing of Summer Migrant Program applications. Informative brochure completed and disseminated. May 1973.-Continue processing of summer applications. Begin closing out of regular year Migrant Programs. June 1973.-Conduct regional workshops for all local Migrant Program staff,. Begin summer programs and intensive monitoring. Submit State Migrant Ap plication to Michigan State Board of Education. July 1973.-Continue summer monitoring. The State Title I Migrant Education Program Application will be submitted to the State Superintendent and the State Board of Education early enough so that approval by the U.S. Office of Education can occur before the start of the school year in September. August 1973.-Close out all 1972-73 Migrant Programs. Total average daily attendance is not the same as total enrollment. Total enrollment will be much greater, 3,165; estimated total enrollment, 4,000 to 5,000. Total amount requested (this amount is subject to change based on review by migrant unit staff and negotiations with local districts), 1,210,998.00. PROPOSED MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM SITES, MICHIGAN, SUMMER 1973 PROPOSED MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM SITES, MICHIGAN, SUMMER 1973-Continued Bangor Public Schools, Bangor.... Bangor Elementary, Bangor... Lawrence Public Schools, Law- Lawrence Elementary, Lawrence......do.. rence. Beginning and ADA ending date 75 July 5-August 20. July 1-August 20. 115 June 28-August 6. 35 June 21-July 30. June 15-August 31. 100 June 14-August 31. 54 June 1-August 30. Van Buren...-- 600 June 15-August 31. Do. Do. Wayland Union Schools, Wayland.. Wayland Elementary, Wayland... Allegan................... 1 Where local school districts do not wish to administer the migrant school program, administrative responsibility is undertaken by an intermediate school district office. In some cases, specific school locations are changed as a result of last-minute planning. Note: Total ADA, 6,935; estimated total enrollment, 10,000. EVALUATION Based upon the data received from the Migrant Education Center evaluation of 1971 summer programs, and local program evaluation for the summer of 1972, substantive gains in English Oral language and reading have been achieved by Migrant children as a result of their participation in Migrant Education Programs. Additionally the State Migrant Evaluation of 1971 indicated that Migrant children's attitude toward schools improved as a result of their participation in the programs. |