Early Childhood Education / MEES
Preschool Programs
The CALIFORNIA MIGRANT EDUCATION EVEN START (MEES) PROJECT is an early childhood developmental and kindergarten readiness skills program for children birth to seven years of age. MEES is a statewide home-school family education model with emphases on assisting migratory parents in increasing their literacy and parenting skills so they can prepare their children for successful school experiences. At the school center sites, parents and children attend classes together to provide common learning experiences for parent and child. Parents participate in parenting classes, early education and kindergarten readiness skills. Language development skills in English as a second language and native language literacy classes are also made available to parents.
KINDER PREP PROGRAM was developed by the University of California, Berkeley, Extension Center, Bakersfield. Teachers receive special training to assist parents in preparing their four year old children for kindergarten success. Parents learn to assess their children's kindergarten readiness, set individual learning goals, make learning games to achieve goals, meet with their child's future kindergarten teacher and visit classrooms.
Migrant Education Supplemental Curriculum Center
The center has a collection of curriculum and staff development materials and programs selected to strengthen the academic achievement of students and provide a variety of challenging and interesting education matyerials that teachers can readily use in the classrooms. The center offers a variety of services which include:
- Curriculum materials recommendations and support.
- School site inservices of materials for teachers and parents.
- Internet curriculum and instruction research.
- Networking with school districts: curriculum and instruction programs.
Materials currently available:
- Literature Units Lesson Plans.
- Curriculum and Instruction Projects.
- MIGRANT, REGION V NEWSLETTER.
- Migrant Region V Brochures.