Migrant Consultant Contact
Marilú Calixto
903-575-2668
mcalixto@reg8.net

Our Purpose

The purpose of the Migrant Education Program (MEP) is to ensure migrant children receive a quality education. We support school districts in helping to ensure migrant students overcome the challenges of mobility, cultural and language barriers, social isolation, and other difficulties associated with a migratory lifestyle. These efforts are aimed at helping 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.

Services/Resources

  • Migrant services coordination

  • Migrant Early Childhood support through the A Bright Beginning Program

  • Identification and recruitment of migratory students

  • New Generation System (NGS) for transfer of migratory student data

  • MEP Parent Advisor workshops and parental supports

  • Phone and onsite technical assistance

Math Resources

Khan Academy produces short lessons in the form of videos. Its website also includes practice exercises and materials for educators.

IM Certified curricula are rich, engaging core programs built around focus, coherence, and rigor. The curricula are trusted, expert-authored materials developed to equip all students to thrive in mathematics.

Mathigon is part interactive textbook and part virtual personal tutor. Using cutting-edge technology and an innovative new curriculum, we want to make learning mathematics more active, personalized and fun.

Reading Resources

Colorín Colorado is the premier national website serving educators and families of English language learners (ELLs) in Grades PreK-12. Colorín Colorado provides free research-based information, activities, and advice to parents, schools, and communities.

Storyline Online®, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.

Reading Rockets is a national public media literacy initiative offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help.

BITS provides a variety of read along audio books. This resource helps students improve their listening and reading comprehension of the English language.

Texas Migrant State Parent Advisory Council (PAC)

The State Parent Advisory Council (PAC) is an advisory group composed of 15 members, with the majority being parents of migrant children. The role of the State PAC is to advise TEA in planning, implementing, and evaluating the state program design to meet the educational needs of migrant children. In advising TEA, the State PAC is invited to comment and make recommendations to improve:

  • the Texas Migrant State Plan,

  • programs and services offered to migrant children,

  • the evaluation of the migrant programs,

  • the quantity and quality of parent involvement, and

  • other items which may be appropriate to the role of the State PAC.

All recommendations made by the State PAC are forwarded to the State Director of the Migrant Education Program for consideration and appropriate action.

Check out this video clip to see how we celebrate our students.