TNTESOL 2014 Free Materials Available from the Migrant Education Program Paula GaddisPaula Gaddis Tennessee Department of EducationTennessee Department of Education

FREE Source #1  Materials: life skills for ELs, math, reading, and science  Created by migrant multi-state consortia through federal incentive grants  All materials shared are free of copyright restriction.  Nearly all are available in both English and Spanish. 2

FREE Source #2  Materials created by Tennessee Opportunity Programs (TOPS) and the Tennessee Migrant Education Program (MEP)  For use with migrant students and families in TN  Federal funds made available specifically to Tennessee  Free to anyone 3

Migrant Defined Between 3 and 21 without HS/GED diploma Moved in the preceding 36 months from across school district lines (county or state) Seasonal or temporary employment in agriculture, dairy or fishing Economic necessity 4

OSY Migrant Defined  OSY = Out-of-School Youth  Meet migrant eligibility  Upper ages of eligibility  Not in school - Met compulsory attendance in country of origin - Left school to earn money  Often in the area only briefly 5

Consortia Materials, Free #1   Created specifically for OSY  OSY materials also appropriate for parents  Can navigate to other consortia from here  Other consortia materials will be appropriate for grades K-12 as well as parents. 6

 Take a look at the web site  Slides created here as a guide and will only be used in the even that internet does not work on the day of presentation.  Talk through the step by step directions for locating materials on the OSY web site.  Then do the same for the TOPS web site. 7

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TN Migrant Education Program Materials, Free #2 18

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Contact Information Paula Gaddis office Jessica Castañeda cell 24