The Migrant Education School Readiness Program is a statewide, home-based and center-based early childhood education program. It is authorized under No Child Left Behind, Title 1, Part C, Section 1304(6) (C). Projects are administered by 23 Migrant Education regions at 332 sites. Educational services are provided to migratory parents to enhance literacy levels, expand parenting skills, and learn English-as-a-second language. Children 3-5 years old, are provided early childhood education and preschool services. School Readiness projects are funded by Federal Migrant Education funds.
Requirements
Families participating in the Migrant Education School Readiness Program (MESRP) must be classified as "migratory." See Migrant Education for guidelines. Children must be between 3-5 years old, and parents and children must participate together in project activities. California has 332 MESRP project sites within 23 migrant education regions.
Service Models
Home-based
Project teachers and assistants work in the home with migratory parents and their children providing parenting skills and early childhood education services.
School-based
Parents and children attend classes together at a school or center site. Classes may include English as a second language, parent and child interactive literacy, parenting skills, early childhood education, and kindergarten readiness skills.
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