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 The
National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE creates and distributes
a number of valuable and informative resources dealing with the issue
of education of homeless children and youth.NCHE products and publications can be:
Enrollment: Ready Reference for School (enrollment foldout) This handy foldout booklet assists local homeless education liaisons and enrollment personnel in understanding the legal guidelines for the immediate school enrollment of children and youth experiencing homelessness. It explains the provisions of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act related to enrollment and suggests strategies for implementing enrollment procedures that comply with federal law. Its compact size and foldout format make it a great desktop reference.  Order this
product in hard copy. (free product limit: 10 per agency per school year) Enrollment Foldout Homeless Education Awareness Folder This sturdy, laminated folder provides an attractive way to inform colleagues and potential donors about the issues central to the education of children and youth experiencing homelessness. Customize the information presented by filling the folder with the resources most pertinent to your audience. Order this
product in hard copy. (free product limit: 10 per agency per school year) Homeless Education Awareness Folder NCHE brochure This brochure explains the educational rights of children and youth experiencing homelessness and provides information about NCHE's mission and services, including the NCHE national helpline.  Download the NCHE
brochure in English. (370K) Download the NCHE
brochure in Spanish/español. (369K) Order this
product in hard copy. (free product limit: 25 per agency per school year) NCHE brochure, English Parent booklet This brochure explains the educational rights of children and youth experiencing homelessness and informs parents about ways in which they can support their children's education during times of mobility. Download the Parent booklet in English. (348K) Download the Parent booklet in Spanish/español. (1.41MB) Order this
product in hard copy. (free product limit: 10 per agency per school year) Parent booklet, English Parent Pack Pocket Folder This sturdy, laminated folder provides parents a place to keep important records and documents related to their children's education. The folder also includes information on the rights of children and youth experiencing homelessness and helpful tips about enrollment and disenrollment. Available in Spanish/español and English. Order this
product in hard copy. (free product limit: 10 per agency per school year) Parent Pack Pocket Folder, English Parent poster This poster explains who qualifies as homeless under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and lists the educational rights of children and youth experiencing homelessness. Place these posters in your school or community to generate public awareness. Download the parent
poster in English. (color, 11x17, 189K) Download the parent
poster in English. (bw, 8 1/2 x 11, 326K) Download the parent
poster in Spanish/español. (color, 11x17, 601K) Download the parent
poster in Spanish/español. (bw, 8 1/2 x 11, 323K) Order this
product in hard copy. (free product limit: 25 per agency per school year) Parent poster, English Surviving on Your Own: Information for Youth on How Schools Can Help (youth booklet) This pocket-sized booklet for unaccompanied youth explains how schools can help youth who are living on their own without a parent or guardian. It is made of a durable, laminated paper to resist wear and tear and fits easily inside a back pocket. Order this
product in hard copy. (free product limit: 10 per agency per school year) Youth booklet Youth poster This poster explains who qualifies as homeless under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and lists the educational rights of children and youth experiencing homelessness. Place these posters in your school or community to generate public awareness. Download the youth
poster in English. (color, 11x17, 194K) Download the youth
poster in English. (bw, 8 1/2 x 11, 741K) Download the youth
poster in Spanish/español. (color, 11x17, 1.0MB) Download the youth
poster in Spanish/español. (bw, 8 1/2 x 11, 588K) Order this
product in hard copy. (free product limit: 25 per agency per school year) Youth poster, English A Look at Child Welfare from a Homeless Education Perspective Although navigating the child welfare system can be daunting for those working in the field of homeless education, local liaisons and others must determine whether children in the child welfare system are eligible for McKinney-Vento services and collaborate with child welfare staff. This document provides an overview of the U.S. child welfare system, the challenges children in care face, and practices to ensure their educational best interest. Download
the document. (926K) Child Welfare publication A McKinney-Vento Toolbox: Constructing a Robust and Rigorous Homeless Education Program, In Case of Disaster and Every Day This toolbox is designed to help school districts implement the McKinney-Vento Act fully, so they can address the needs of children and youth experiencing homelessness on a daily basis and in times of disaster. The toolbox contains information and practical lessons learned and resources developed during the recovery process following the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes.
 A McKinney-Vento Toolbox Collaborations of Schools and Social Service Agencies This report explores collaborative efforts of schools and social service agencies working with homeless children and families. The report identifies frequently encountered barriers and successful strategies to overcome them. It examines specific programs and practices that could be adapted effectively for use in similar settings by school-level educators, local homeless liaisons, state homeless coordinators, social service workers, and other personnel who work in any capacity with homeless students.  Download
the report in Microsoft
Word format. (492K) Download
the report in PDF
format.
(331K) Collaboration Report Connecting Schools and Displaced Students Handbook Series This handbook series explains how the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act applies to students displaced by disaster and how the Act can assist these students and their families. Each handbook in the series targets information to either parents of displaced children, relief agencies, or educators. Download After the Storm: Information for Parents on How Schools Can Help After Disasters (A Handbook for Parents)* (707K) Download Disaster
Relief Agencies and Schools: Working Together to Ensure School Enrollment
and Success (A Handbook for Local Liaisons and State Coordinators)* (566K) Download From the
School Office to the Classroom: Strategies for Enrolling and Supporting
Students Experiencing Homelessness (A Handbook for Local Liaisons,
Enrollment Staff, and District Administrators)* (1.69MB) Download School
as a Safety Net: Connecting Displaced Children With Educational
and Support Services (A Handbook for Relief Agency Staff and
Volunteers)* (1.19MB) Order this
product in hard copy. (free product limit: 10 per agency per school year)
These handbooks were originally created to print in booklet format. To make printing easier, they are available for download in handbook format. For the original booklet-format file, e-mail homeless@serve.org 
Enrolling Displaced Students Handbook Effective Teachers of At-Risk and Highly Mobile Students: A Review of the Literature This literature review examines quality teaching through a framework of the special needs of students who are at risk of school failure because of high poverty or high mobility. First, the review defines the population of students that are a part of the study. The review then explores the personal qualities of teachers associated with effective teaching. Download
the review. (283K)
Effective Teachers Literature Review Guide for Federally Required State Data Collection This guide, revised for the 2005-2006 data collection, assists State Coordinators for Homeless Education and local homeless education liaisons in reporting accurately the data required by the U.S. Department of Education. Separate guides are included for districts with and without McKinney-Vento subgrants. Download
the
guide (without
appendices). (130K) Download
Appendix A. (124K) Download
Appendix B. (71K) Download
Appendix C. (152K) Download
Appendix D.
(200K)
Data Collection Guide Homeless Education Issue Briefs These series of briefs discuss selected issues pertaining to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and offer strategies for implementation. Best Practices in Homeless Education series Confirming
Eligibility for McKinney-Vento Services: Do’s and Don’ts for Local Liaisons Confirming
Eligibility for McKinney-Vento Services: Do’s and Don’ts for School Districts Determining Eligibility
for Rights and Services
Under the McKinney-Vento Act Housing
Agency and School District Collaborations to Serve Homeless and Highly Mobile
Students Guiding
the Discussion
on School Selection Immediate Enrollment
Under McKinney-Vento: How Local Liaisons Can Keep Homeless
Students Safe Immediate Enrollment Under McKinney-Vento: How Schools Can Keep Homeless Students Safe Immigrant
and Homeless:
Information for Local Liaisons Immigrant and Homeless: Information for School District Title III Programs and Community Agencies Prompt and Proper
Placement: Enrolling Students without Records Supporting Homeless
Students with Disabilities: Implementing IDEAConnecting Schools and Displaced Students series Meeting
the Educational
Needs of Students Displaced by Disasters: Youth on Their Own What
Relief Agencies Should Know About the Educational Rights of Children Displaced
by Disasters What
School District Administrators Should Know About the Educational Rights of Children
Displaced
by DisastersHelping You Help Your Child: Information for Parents School
Help for Homeless Children with Disabilities: Information for ParentsMcKinney-Vento Law Into Practice series Dispute
Resolution  Updated
January 2008
Domestic Violence,
Homelessness, and Children's Education Enrollment Updated
February 2008 Identifying
Students in Homeless Situations Updated February 2008
Including
Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness in State and Local School District
Accountability Systems Individuals
with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) of 2004:
Provisions for Homeless Children and Youth with Disabilities Introduction
to the Issues Customizable
fourth page (companion to Introduction to the Issues) Local
Homeless Education Liaisons Updated
May 2008 Migrant
Children and Youths Experiencing Homelessness School
Selection
Summary of McKinney-Vento
Act and Title I Provisions The
McKinney-Vento Act
at a Glance Updated
January 2008 Title
I and Homelessness Transportation Unaccompanied
Homeless Youth What
LEA Administrators Should Know Updated
January 2008 What
Service Providers Should Know Updated
January 2008 When
Legal Guardians Are Not Present: Enrolling Students on Their Own Who
is Homeless? Introduction to the Issues brief Increasing School Stability for Students Experiencing Homelessness: Overcoming Challenges to Providing Transportation to the School of Origin This monograph reviews the provisions of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act as related to the provision of transportation to the school of origin, and provides recommendations for implementing the transportation mandate. Recommendations are based on interviews with local homeless education liaisons and pupil transportation directors from eight school districts across the country. Sample district policies and documents are included. Download the monograph
with appendices. (1.85MB) Download the monograph
without appendices. (116K) Transportation monograph Local Homeless Education Liaison Toolkit The Local Homeless Education Liaison Toolkit is a comprehensive resource that will assist both new and veteran local liaisons in carrying out their responsibilities. The Toolkit, updated in 2007, contains over 250 pages of the most useful and current information on supporting the education of children and youth experiencing homelessness. Cd-rom orders are limited to 1; however, the files contained on the cd-rom may be copied and distributed freely. Select the file name below to download:
Order
this product on cd-rom. (free product limit: 1 per agency per school year)
 Local Liaison Toolkit McKinney-Vento Data Standards and Indicators Guidebook This NCHE guidebook will assist McKinney-Vento programs with the collection and reporting of outcome data. It will help program staff become familiar with the current set of McKinney-Vento standards and indicators, understand the purposes of these standards and indicators, assess the strengths and challenges associated with the collection of data on each of the standards, and develop strategies for implementing the standards and indicators at the program level. Download
the guidebook.
(1.09MB) Standards and Indicators Guidebook McKinney-Vento Data Standards and Indicators - 2006 Revisions This NCHE resource provides an updated version of the original five Standards and Indicators for Quality McKinney-Vento Programs developed in 2000. Reflecting provisions in the reauthorized McKinney-Vento Act and five years of effective practice, the revision includes 10 standards and proposed indicators that are comprehensive and quantifiable. Also included is a guide for developing program benchmarks. Download
the 2006
revisions.
(728K) Standards and Indicators - 2006 Revisions Reading on the Go! Reading on the Go! is a two-volume project that explores reading instruction for students experiencing high mobility as a result of high poverty. Reading on the Go! (Vol 1): Students Who Are Highly Mobile and Reading Instruction, reviews the characteristics of highly mobile students and provides a literature review of reading instruction, with a focus on the research on reading and high poverty in an effort to help practitioners better understand the needs of highly mobile students and inform their selection and structure of programs by making research-based decisions. Reading on the Go! (Vol 2) A Handbook of Resources discusses the implementation of reading programs. Volume 2 is based on the literature reviewed in Volume 1 but was also shaped by the voice of practitioners captured through focus groups and site visits. Volume 2 focuses on supplemental instruction and children experiencing homelessness in preschool and elementary grades. Volume 1 Complete
manuscript (Vol 1) (331K) Title
and table of contents (85K) Executive
summary (26K) Chapter
1 - Reading and Highly Mobile Students (106K) Chapter
2 - General Educational Support Systems for Highly Mobile Students
(52K) Chapter
3 - Theory and Research in Reading Instruction (100K) Chapter
4 - Characteristics of Effective Schools and Classrooms in the
Teaching of Reading (64K) Chapter
5 - The Components of Language and Reading Instruction (135K) Chapter
6 - Concluding Thoughts (21K) References
(46K)Volume 2 Complete
manuscript (Vol 2) (1.46MB) Chapters (1.72MB) Appendices (288K) References
and Resources (58K) Reading on the Go! State Coordinator's Handbook for LEA Monitoring This document is designed to assist State Coordinators for Homeless Education in the development and implementation of an effective monitoring process that includes all Local Educational Agencies (LEAs), those with and without McKinney-Vento subgrants. Based on the experiences of veteran State Coordinators and others with information to share about the monitoring process, this handbook discusses challenges and strategies related to monitoring LEAs for compliance with the legislative requirements of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. State Coordinators will also find sample tools for use in developing, adapting, and customizing their own monitoring process. Download
the handbook. (345K) State Coordinator's Handbook for LEA Monitoring State Coordinator's Handbook for Supporting Local Homeless Education Liaisons The State Coordinator's Handbook for Supporting Local Homeless Education Liaisons is a useful tool to assist State Coordinators for Homeless Education in implementing the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act in their state. The Handbook provides information and strategies compiled from State Coordinators across the country for identifying local liaisons (as required by federal law), training liaisons in their role, and maintaining ongoing communication with liaisons. The handbook, developed by NCHE in collaboration with the College of William and Mary, is intended to be a companion document to the Local Homeless Education Liaison Toolkit. It also provides sample forms and a PowerPoint presentation introducing the Local Homeless Education Liaison Toolkit. Select the file name below to download:
 State Coordinator's Handbook Students on the Move: Reaching and Teaching Highly Mobile Children and Youth This handbook, a joint publication of the National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education, synthesizes research on the education of various subpopulations of students who tend to be highly mobile and explores commonalities and differences among these groups. Subpopulations explored include migratory children and youth, children and youth experiencing homelessness, children of military families, and students experiencing mobility on a global scale. Download Students
on the Move. (3.88MB) Students on the Move Unaccompanied and Homeless Youth Review of Literature (1995-2005) This review is based on literature published between 1995 and 2005 on issues concerning unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness. It provides an overview of the challenges these young people face and includes research about why they leave their homes, how they live after leaving, and what interventions are being used to assist them. Download the
review.
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