Teachers who work with English as a Second Language learners will find ESL/ESOL/ELL/EFL reading/writing skill-building children's books, stories, activities, ideas, strategies to help PreK-3, 4-8, and 9-12 students learn to read.
Migrant Students
Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs
The Association of Farmworker Opportunity Program's (AFOP) mission is to improve the quality of life for migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families by providing advocacy for the member organizations that serve them. AFOP's Children in the Fields campaign also advocates for enhanced educational opportunities and protective child labor laws for children.
College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP)
CAMP is the College Assistance Migrant program, a unique educational program that helps students from migrant and seasonal farmworking backgrounds succceed in college. CAMP alumni run the program website.
Eastern Stream Center on Resources and Training (ESCORT)
ESCORT is a national resource center dedicated to migrant education since 1986. Located at the State University of New York at Oneonta, ESCORT partners with federal, state, and local education agencies to help improve services for migrant youth.
Effective Programs for ELLs with Interrupted Formal Education
This research article from the Office of English Language Learning & Migrant Education at the Indiana Department of Education gives an overview of effective instructional approaches for English Language Learners with interrupted formal education, and provides comprehensive resources and research on SIFEs.
Farmworker Justice is a nonprofit organization that seeks to empower migrant and seasonal farmworkers to improve their living and working conditions, immigration status, health, occupational safety, and access to justice.
Interstate Migrant Education Council (IMEC)
The mission of IMEC is to advocate policies that ensure the highest quality education and other needed services for the nation's migrant children.
Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Quality Improvement Centers
The National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Quality Improvement Center is an entity that provides culturally and linguistically appropriate training and technical assistance to Migrant and Seasonal Head Start programs nationwide.
Migrant Legal Action Program (MLAP)
MLAP works to enforce rights and to improve public policies affecting farmworkers' working and housing conditions, education, health, nutrition, and general welfare. The program works with an extensive network of local service providers.
The Geneseo Migrant Center provides a variety of services to migrant farmworkers residing in the immediate geographic area as well as coordinating programs on a regional, statewide, and national level to benefit migrant farmworkers and their families.
The National Association of State Directors of Migrant Education (NASDME)
NASDME is a professional organization of state officials charged with the administrative responsibilities of using these federal funds effectively and productively to help all migrant children succeed in school.
The National HEP/CAMP Association is an organization whose membership is comprised of universities, colleges and non-profit organizations that administer a High School Equivalency Program (HEP) and/or a College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP). The Association’s membership is committed to improving the quality and effectiveness of the national HEP and CAMP program, all HEP and CAMP projects, and to disseminating information about HEP and CAMP.
The National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Association (NMSHSA)
The National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Association (NMSHSA) is made up of Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Directors, Staff, Parents, and Friends that meets regularly to discuss issues and concerns unique to Migrant and Seasonal Head Start children and their families.
U. S. Department of Education: Migrant Education Program
The goal of the Migrant Education Program is to ensure that all migrant students reach challenging academic standards and graduate with a high school diploma (or complete a GED) that prepares them for responsible citizenship, further learning, and productive employment.
U. S. Department of Education: Migrant Student Records Exchange Initiative
The Migrant Student Information Exchange (MSIX) is the technology that allows States to share educational and health information on migrant children who travel from State to State and who as a result, have student records in multiple States' information systems.
U.S. Department of Education: High School Equivalency Program (HEP)
The High School Equivalency Program (HEP) helps migratory and seasonal farmworkers (or children of such workers) who are 16 years of age or older and not currently enrolled in school to obtain the equivalent of a high school diploma and, subsequently, to gain employment or begin postsecondary education or training
U.S. Department of Education: Office of Migrant Education
The mission of the Office of Migrant Education (OME) is to provide excellent leadership, technical assistance, and financial support to improve the educational opportunities and academic success of migrant children, youth, agricultural workers and fishers, and their families.
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