Escort, with funds from the U.S. Office of Migrant Education, Department of Education, 2001. — 251 p.
Welcome to the Help! Kit for teachers of middle and high school migrant students. The Help! Kit for elementary school teachers was produced in 1989 by a task force of Virginia migrant educators who were getting an increasing number of requests for information about and assistance with their English language learners (Ells). This secondary version of the Help! Kit provides helpful information to busy mainstream teachers who are seeking practical, research-based advice on how they can more effectively teach, evaluate, and nurture their limited English proficient (Lep) migrant students. It is important to emphasize that most of the strategies promoted are ones that are characteristic of good teaching and will benefit all students, not just English language learners.
In addition to the goal of providing teachers with a resource that helps them to boost the achievement of their Lep students, the secondary Help! Kit includes sections that address issues that are particularly relevant to the needs of migrant secondary students. These issues include the following:
Focusing on credit accrual
Meeting graduation requirements in an era of rising standards
Promoting continuing education options
Suggesting ways of using technology to enhance continuity of instruction