The Migrant Education Program

What is the Migrant Education Program and what services does a Migrant Education Teacher provide?

The Vermont Migrant Education Program serves students between the ages of 3 and 21 years, whose families move across school districts to obtain temporary employment on a farm, or to find work in agriculture, dairy, or logging.  Some of the activities or jobs that can make a family eligible include dairy, vegetable, fruit, tree and sod farms, logging operations, milk truck driving and some food processing jobs.  The program works with parents and teachers to provide free educational support, and helps students transition into their new schools.  Students may receive services for three years after a qualifying move.  Although our main focus is to serve students who are at risk of failing or are not meeting the Vermont standards, we are available for all migrant students.
Depending on students' needs, we offer:

• Home and school coordination
• In-school academic support
• After school homework support
• Summer programs
• Literacy-based activities for families
• Free Reading is Fundamental (RIF) books and activities
• Community resource information and referrals

Does my family qualify?
If you have moved in the last three years, from one school district to another, to obtain employment in dairy, temporary or seasonal work in agriculture or logging, your family may qualify for services.
Whom do we serve?
The Northeast Kingdom Migrant Education Consortium is made up of ten school supervisory unions in Orleans, Essex, Caledonia, and parts of Lamoille, Orange and Washington counties.  We serve the following supervisory unions:

• Blue Mountain
• Caledonia Central
• Caledonia North
• Essex Caledonia
• Essex North
• Lamoille South
• Orange East
• Orleans Central
• Orleans Essex North
• Orleans Southwest
• St. Johnsbury

Here are the different ways to contact us for more information:

NEKLS Corporate Operations Center
35 Junior High Drive
Derby, VT 05829
802-766-4757
nekls@vtlink.net

St. Johnsbury Family Education Center
364 Railroad Street, Suite 2
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819
802-748-5624