Comprehensive Needs Comprehensive Needs Assessment OverviewAssessment Overview

In your state, how are your migrant In your state, how are your migrant students doing compared to the rest of students doing compared to the rest of the kids in…the kids in…

- - reading?reading?- math?- math?- readiness for kindergarten?- readiness for kindergarten?- graduating from high school?- graduating from high school?

Why?Why?

• Comprehensive Needs Assessment Comprehensive Needs Assessment • Three-Phase ModelThree-Phase Model• Student ProfilesStudent Profiles• NeedNeed• Special Educational Needs of Migrant Special Educational Needs of Migrant

ChildrenChildren• Levels I, II, IIILevels I, II, III• Needs Assessment CommitteeNeeds Assessment Committee

Three Phase ModelThree Phase Model

Phase I – “What is?”Phase I – “What is?”Phase II – Gather and Analyze Phase II – Gather and Analyze

Data DataPhase III – Make DecisionsPhase III – Make Decisions

- DemographicsDemographics- Outcome/Achievement Data- Outcome/Achievement Data- Perception Data- Perception Data- Student Mobility- Student Mobility

Components of a ProfileComponents of a Profile

DemographicsDemographics• Age/Grade• Age/GenderAge/Gender• EthnicityEthnicity• School Enrollment School Enrollment

(enrolled, dropout, (enrolled, dropout, here-to-work)here-to-work)

• Priority-for ServicesPriority-for Services• English Language English Language

ProficiencyProficiency• DisabilityDisability• Economic Economic

DisadvantageDisadvantage• Geographic LocationGeographic Location

• Number of Children in Number of Children in HouseholdHousehold

• Language Spoken in the Language Spoken in the HomeHome

• Education Level of ParentsEducation Level of Parents• Employment data (i.e., type Employment data (i.e., type

of migrant work)of migrant work)• Other Characteristics Other Characteristics

Important to the Migrant Important to the Migrant Population in your StatePopulation in your State

Outcome/Achievement DataOutcome/Achievement Data

• State assessment resultsState assessment results• Dropout ratesDropout rates• Language Proficiency ResultsLanguage Proficiency Results• Local AssessmentsLocal Assessments• OtherOther

Perception DataPerception Data

• Student surveysStudent surveys• Parent surveysParent surveys• InterviewsInterviews• Focus groupsFocus groups• ObservationsObservations• OtherOther

Mobility DataMobility Data

• Qualifying movesQualifying moves• Intrastate/interstateIntrastate/interstate• Moves in 12, 18, 24, 36 monthsMoves in 12, 18, 24, 36 months• GeographicGeographic• OtherOther

Current StateCurrent State(What is)(What is)

Need Need (Gap)(Gap)

Desired StateDesired State(What should be)(What should be)

Migrant students Migrant students participate in only participate in only 140 days of 140 days of instruction in instruction in reading due to reading due to family mobility.family mobility.

Non-migrant Non-migrant students students participate in at participate in at least 175 days of least 175 days of instruction in instruction in reading.reading.

Current Current StateState

(What is)(What is)

Need Need (Gap)(Gap)

Desired Desired StateState

(What should be)(What should be)

Migrant students Migrant students participate in only participate in only 140 days of 140 days of instruction in instruction in reading due to reading due to family mobility.family mobility.

Migrant students Migrant students need need 3535 days of days of instruction to instruction to make up for lost make up for lost teaching and teaching and learning time in learning time in reading.reading.

Non-migrant Non-migrant students students participate in at participate in at least 175 days of least 175 days of instruction in instruction in reading.reading.

Roots of the Seven Areas of ConcernRoots of the Seven Areas of Concern

- high levels of migration (mobility)- high levels of migration (mobility)- move from and to other countries- move from and to other countries- low socio-economic status- low socio-economic status- low levels of educational attainment- low levels of educational attainment cultural adjustment problems and cultural adjustment problems and linguistic differenceslinguistic differences

Seven Areas of ConcernSeven Areas of Concern

• Educational ContinuityEducational Continuity• Time for InstructionTime for Instruction• School EngagementSchool Engagement• English Language DevelopmentEnglish Language Development• Education Support in the HomeEducation Support in the Home• Health Health • Access To ServicesAccess To Services

Level 1 – Migrant Children Level 1 – Migrant Children and Families and Families

Level 2 – Service Providers andLevel 2 – Service Providers and Migrant Staff Migrant Staff Level 3 – SystemLevel 3 – System

Needs Assessment CommitteeNeeds Assessment Committee

- - Effective ManagerEffective Manager- Migrant Educators- Migrant Educators- Local Education Agency Personnel- Local Education Agency Personnel- Experts in Content or Skill Areas- Experts in Content or Skill Areas- Gatekeepers (SEA)- Gatekeepers (SEA)- Migrant Parents & Students- Migrant Parents & Students- Facilitator/Technical Assistance- Facilitator/Technical Assistance- Provider/Consultant- Provider/Consultant

• Comprehensive Needs Assessment Comprehensive Needs Assessment • Three-Phase ModelThree-Phase Model• Student ProfilesStudent Profiles• NeedNeed• Special Educational Needs of Migrant Special Educational Needs of Migrant

ChildrenChildren• Levels I, II, IIILevels I, II, III• Needs Assessment CommitteeNeeds Assessment Committee

Dr. Goniprow Questions:Dr. Goniprow Questions:

1. “What did I miss?”1. “What did I miss?”

2. “Why this particular model of CNA?”2. “Why this particular model of CNA?”

3. Other comments3. Other comments