1. 2014 NASDME Conference
Innovative practices to best serve
Out-of-School Youth (OSY)
CBOCES in Colorado
(Northern Region)
Presenters:
Mark Rangel - Director of Innovative Education Services, CBOCES
Maria Castillo - Instructional Program Coordinator, CBOCES

3. Think-Pair-Share
What are some successful instructional and
support services that you are doing or you
have heard of in your state?

4. OSY
 Migrant Camp visits
 Instructional Services
 Support Services
 Re-engaging visits
 Project READY
 Referral Services Community and Post-Secondary

5. Age
Working
Yes
MP3 Instruction/
Life Skills or OSY
mini lessons
ESL Classes / Adult
Basic Ed. Classes
Yes
Full time or Part
time? flexible
hours
Online or
Alternative H.S.
Diploma
GED Prep
No
GEP Prep
Online or
Alternative H.S.
Diploma
Transportation
Yes
What kind? own
car? a ride?
public?
No
Bus pass, Can get
a ride
Do you have
children?
Yes
Is child care an
issue?
Financial or
transportation?
No
What program
best fits student
skills and needs
English
Proficiency level
NEP
ESL Classes
See Yellow box
LEP
ESL Classes
See Yellow and
purple boxes
FEP
GED Prep
Online or
Alternative H.S.
Diploma
Last Grade
attended /
Number of Credits
Close to high
school diploma?
- Traditional H.S.
- Alternative H.S.
- Competency based H.S.
- Online
- GED Preparation
GED
 Project READY Fort Morgan CO.
 Project READY Wray CO.
 HEP- AIMS - Fort Lupton Campus
 Greeley AIMS Campus
 Morgan Community College
Online & Alternative H.S.
 CBOCES High School (Greeley, Longmont)
 Innovative Connections H.S. (Fort Morgan)
 GOAL Academy
 Jefferson H.S. (Greeley)
 GAP (Greeley)
ESL Classes
English Hour at Lincoln Park Library 919 7th St. Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 506-8460
Spanish and English Reading and Writing Class 919 7th St. Greeley, CO 80631 Contact Mary Saldaña at (970)308-0146
Aims Intensive English Program 5401 West 20th St., Greeley, CO 80634 (970) 339-6200, Barbara.Maxfield@aims.edu
Billie Martinez School 341 14th Ave. Greeley CO 80631
Christ Community Church 1301 15th St. Greeley, CO 80631
Global Refugee Center, Inc. Cameron Community Center 1424 13th Ave. (970) 313-8800 or (970)978-5935
First United Methodist Church 917 10th Ave. Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 353-5522
The Grove Neighborhood Network 119 14th Ave. Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 304-9636
Right to Read Adult Education Center 717 6th Street Greeley, CO 80631-3901 (970) 352-7323
Rocky Mountain Language Training Institute (970) 402-9478, rockymountainlti@yahoo.com
School District 6, Welcome Center & Parent Involvement 1025 9th Ave. Greeley, CO 80631 (970) 348-6041
Glenn A. Jones, M.D. Memorial Library 400 S. Parish Ave. Johnstown, CO 80534
St. Vrain Valley Adult Education 820 Main Street Longmont, CO 80501 (303) 678-5662
Front Range Community College, Boulder County Campus 2190 Miller Dr. Longmont, CO 80501 (303) 678-3648
Morgan Community College
Key questions to ask OSY
students and possible
pathways for education.

6. Migrant Camp Visit- Fort Lupton, CO

7. Migrant Camp visits

8. Referral Services
 RMSER (Rocky Mountain Service, Employment,
Redevelopment)
 GED programs
 ESL classes, etc.
 HEP if available

9. Support Services Include:
 OSY bags
 Dental kits
 Vision Vouchers
 Diapers – for teen
parents, when
available
 Informational
Booklets

10. Re-engaging visits
 Traditional High School
 GOAL academy - online, for students in isolated
rural areas
 Project READY- Resources for the Education And
Development for Youth

11. Designed to serve Out Of School Youth (OSY) Migrant students
and At-risk high school migrant students in language
development, workforce readiness development, GED
Preparation, and academic support. (Began March 2012)
2 Campuses – Fort Morgan and Wray Colorado.
Project READY-
Resources for the Education And Development for Youth

12. Instructional Services
 Sososy resources: http://www.osymigrant.org/
 Oxford Pictionary, other ESL lesson from OSY website
 MP3 Players with ESL lessons
 Rosetta Stone
 Basic Literacy
 Homework help for students in school
 GED lessons delivered in Spanish and English

13. 163 individuals have received services since March
2012. 14 have passed GED since program started.
Rosetta Stone GED Prep Literacy Homework
29 29
3 have passed this year
18 21
Current students:

14. LEARN Consortium –
Migrant Literacy Net
Pre-GED materials

15. Shoulder Partner Activity
Turn to your shoulder partner
and discuss programs/services
that you are using within your
OSY programs.

16. Community Partnerships
 Lutheran Family Services
 Global Refugee Center
 Workforce Investment Act- Youth
Programs
 Rocky Mountain SER
 HEP/ CAMP programs
 Education Opportunity Center

17. Post Secondary Partnerships

18. Shoulder Partner Activity
Turn to your shoulder partner
and discuss possible community
& post-secondary partners in
your area that you work with or
who could contact about
becoming a partner

19. Next Steps:
• Continue to explore and develop partnerships OSY and
replicate Project READY in other school districts in our
service area.
• Partner with Goodwill Career Center in Greeley, Co
• Continue to seek community partnerships for educational
programming.
• Share best practices with programs in state and nationally.

20. Questions?

21. Contact Information:
 Mark Rangel – Director of Innovative Education Services - CBOCES
 mrangel@cboces.org / Office: 970-352-7404 ext. 1122
 http://cbocesinnovative.weebly.com
 http://markrangel.weebly.com
 http://www.linkedin.com/in/markrangel
 http://menamorganre3.weebly.com
 Maria Castillo– Instructional Program Coordinator CBOCES
 http://cbocesmegas.weebly.com
 mcastillo@cboces.org / Office: 970-352-7404 ext. 1203
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