This document discusses programs for newcomer immigrant students in northern Colorado. It describes a Newcomer Academy in Fort Morgan that provides English language instruction and acculturation support to recent immigrants with limited English skills. The academy has partnerships with community organizations and uses migrant education funds. It assesses students' English levels upon entry and exit to determine completion of the program. The presentation also discusses summer programs and transitional support for middle and high school students.

1. A Snapshot of Secondary and Summer
Programs in the CBOCES in Colorado
(Northern Region)
Presenter:
Mark Rangel – Instructional Program Coordinator -CBOCES

3. Newcomer students are recent immigrants who have
little or no English proficiency and who may have had
limited formal education in their native countries.
The next few slides will highlight
a Newcomer Academy
in Fort Morgan, Colorado.
What is a newcomer?

4. MENA –
Migrant Education Newcomer Academy
Goals of the program
• Establish a bridge between newcomer
needs and existing language support
system
• Develop English language skills
• Help newcomers acculturate to
U. S. schools
• Make newcomers aware of educational
expectations and opportunities
• Create connections to existing
community resources
Program Design
Must match student needs with District
resources
• Use of migrant funds
• Potential for other grants
Program structure-half day program
Off campus site
Secured curriculum materials and tools
Provide extended time for learning
• Integration within regular school,
extracurricular activities, etc. Ex. Reading to
elementary students

5. Must match student needs with
District resources
• Use of migrant funds
• Potential for other grants
Program structure-half day programming
Off campus site
Secured curriculum materials and tools
Provide extended time for learning
• Integration within regular school, extracurricular activities, etc. Ex.
Reading to elementary students
Program Design

6. LEARN Consortium –
Migrant Literacy Net

7. MENA –
Migrant Education Newcomer Academy
Partnerships
• OMC- Community Integration for
students and Parents
• Workforce Center – Job readiness skill
development
• SARA Inc. – relationships
• CSU Extension Program – Hands on
Science lessons in robotics
• Doctoral Students from UNC and DU-
Group counseling
• Colorado Heights University –
community presentations and campus
visit
• Cargil Meat Solutions – donation of
SMART Board system $4000

8. • Entrance Criteria – school referrals, pre-assessment of English
language proficiency (CELA PLACETest), transcripts of formal
educational experiences.
• Exit Criteria – Formative and Summative Assessments
(Inside/Edge Curriculum, LEARN Consortium assessments, A+
courseware assessments, CELA PRO state assessment, CSAP
Assessment)These assessments as well as instructor
observations and recommendations will provide a body of
evidence to determine each student’s completion of services.
Entrance and Exit Criteria

9. Turn to your shoulder partner and discuss
ideas about creating a newcomer
academy in your area.
What would it take?
Shoulder Partner Activity

10. -Migrant Camp visits
-Instructional Services; MP3 Players with ESL lessons
-Support Services; OSY bags, dental kits, and more
-Re-engaging visits
-GOAL Academy
• Community ESL and GED prep program partnerships
-Traditional High School
-Project READY- Resources for the Education And Development forYouth
• Designed to serve Out Of SchoolYouth (OSY) Migrant students and At-risk high
school migrant students in language development, workforce readiness
development, GED Preparation, and academic support.
OSY

11. Migrant Learning Labs – Fort Morgan
• Two labs (MENA & Pioneer Elem.)
• C.A.I. and Direct instruction
ARAR – (Advancing Refugee Academic
Readiness)
• Grant from LFS to FMSD. (a number
of the refugee students also migrant)
• Used LEARN Consortium Materials
Math Masters Curriculum
2012 Summer Programs
• Bi –National Consortium
• Two teachers assigned to the Fort
Morgan summer program in July.
• Received training in Math Masters
• FM MEGA Dolores DelCampo served as
host family.
• Great collaboration: (CDE, Bi-National
Consortium, CBOCES and Morgan
County School District.
• Added an additional teacher at Pioneer
site to run an additional Math Master
program.

12. CBOCES Greeley Programs
• School Readiness (Si Sail) Success in School and in Life – 3-5 year olds,
focus on Newcomer families.
• Family Literacy Program – Elementary school age families.
• reading, writing, and speaking in English and native language
• Pre K – 5th grade and Parents
MEP funded District Programs
-Fort Lupton District- K-12 grade during the month of June
-Yuma School District- ESL class for migrant parents
2012 Northern Region Summer
Programs

13. Migrant Learning Labs – Fort Morgan
• Two labs (MENA & Pioneer Elem.)
• C.A.I. and Direct instruction
• Use LEARN Consortium Materials
2013 Summer Programs
• Bi –National Consortium
• Two teachers assigned to the Fort
Morgan summer program in June.
• FM MEGA Dolores DelCampo served as
host family.
• Great collaboration: (CDE, Bi-National
Consortium, CBOCES and Morgan
County School District.

15. Middle School ReadinessTransitional
Program-Greeley
High School ReadinessTransitional
Program- Fort Morgan
2012 2013 Summer Transitional Programs

16. Post Secondary Partnerships

17. Turn to your shoulder partner and discuss
possible post-secondary partners in your
area that you work with or who could
contact about becoming a partner
Shoulder Partner Activity

18. Next Steps:
• Continue to explore and develop partnerships with post-secondary options
for students Replicate MENA and Project READY in other school districts in
our service area.
• Continue to seek community partnerships for educational programming.
• Share best practices with programs in state and nationally.

19. Questions?

20. Mark Rangel – Instructional Program Coordinator CBOCES
mrangel@cboces.org
http://markrangel.weebly.com
http://menamorganre3.weebly.com
http://markrangel.wordpress.com
Office: 970-352-7404 ext. 1122
Contact Information:
CENTENNIAL
BOCESBoard of Cooperative Educational Services
www.cboces.org