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The Missouri Migrant Education and English Language Learning program is committed to assisting migrant children to achieve challenging academic standards and graduate from high school through:
proper and timely identification and recruitment of eligible students—especially those who are the most mobile, selection of students for services based on priority for service and need, and
provision of services at a sufficient level of quality and intensity to give a reasonable promise of meeting the needs of the children being served.
The first component, identifying and recruiting eligible migrant children, is a cornerstone of the migrant education program, and its importance cannot be overemphasized. Identification means determining the presence and location of migratory children within the state. Recruitment means describing the benefits of a migrant program to the child and his or her family and obtaining the necessary information to document the child's eligibility and enroll the child in the program.
Identification and recruitment of migrant children are critical because:
The children who are most in need of program services are often those who are the most difficult to find.
Many migrant children would not fully benefit from school, and in some cases, would not attend school at all, if the state failed to identify and recruit them into migrant programs.
This is particularly true of the most mobile migrant children who may be more difficult to identify than those who have settled within a community.
How does ID&R work?: Identification and Recruiting Specialists develop a network of people, businesses and institutions that help in finding and referring potentially eligible children and young adults. Once the children are identified the recruiter makes a visit and determines their eligibility by asking the parents or guardians a few simple questions. If the requirements are met the Certificate of Eligibility is filled out and signed by the parent/guardian.
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