NEW YORK STATE PASS PROGRAM

The Portable Assisted Study Sequence (PASS) Program is a nationally recognized Program designed to allow migrant students to earn credits toward high school graduation. A similar curriculum called Mini-PASS is available for students at the middle school level. PASS curriculum and Mini-PASS curriculum offer migrant students the opportunity to earn full or partial credit toward high school graduation, high school promotion, or middle school promotion, through the completion of curriculum outside the regular school program.
 

What is the Purpose of PASS?

When can PASS be Used?

How does PASS Operate?

What PASS Courses are Available?

What Mini-PASS Courses are Available?

What is the History of PASS?

A New York Success Story

For further information about the PASS Program you may contact the PASS Coordinator in your State or Sharon A. Hickey in New York. Also, check out the National PASS Center in Geneseo, NY

  

What Is The Purpose Of PASS?

1. To provide portable, self-contained semester learning packets developed for use with migrant students.
2. To assist students to learn at their own pace and accrue credits.
3. To enhance individual student study through independent competency based learning activities.
4. To help students work toward the completion of his/her secondary sequence of courses leading to graduation.

 

When Can PASS Be Used?

A PASS course can be taken during the school year along with regular school course offerings or it can be taken during the summer. A student may begin a PASS course at any time. Usually a student takes only one course at a time unless enrolled in a full time summer school program.
 

How Does PASS Operate?

1. Student need for a PASS/Mini-PASS Course is assessed by the migrant educator and school personnel.
2. The student's migrant eligibility is determined.
3. The student and teacher (contact person) examine the course together and decide if the student should enroll in the program.
4. The student works independently with their contact person monitoring their work.
5. The student completes the five student workbooks, through appropriate readings and activities. The contact person administers the five unit exams at the end of each unit.
6. A semester grade is awarded to the student upon successful completion of workbooks and exams.

NOTE: Often a student needs only one or two units to complete a course started in their home school, or to begin a course if they will be returning to their homeschool after school has begun.
 

What PASS Courses Are Available in New York State?

English  Transitional English  English IA -New From the National PASS Center English IB  -New From the National PASS Center English IIA -New From the National PASS Center English IIB -New From the National PASS Center English IIIA -New From the National PASS Center English IIIB -New From the National PASS Center English IVA -New From the National PASS Center English IVB -New From the National PASS Center  Social Studies  Global Studies 9  Global Studies 10  US History A  US History B  World History  American Government  Free Enterprise Economics   Mathematics  Algebra IA -New From the National PASS Center Algebra B  Course IA  Course IB Course IIA  Course IIB  Consumer Math  General Math A  General Math B  Pre-Algebra

Science  Biology A  Biology B  Physical Science A  Physical Science B   Health  Health Education   Life Skills  Work Experience   Miscellaneous  Color and Design  Study Skills  Contemporary World Problems  History of Ethnic Groups

What Mini-PASS Courses Are Available in New York State?

English  Language Arts 6A  Language Arts 6B  Language Arts 7A Language Arts 7B Language Arts 8A  Language Arts 8B   Social Studies  American History 8A  American History 8B  Texas History 7A  Texas History 7B

Mathematics  Math 7A  Math 7B  Math 8A  Math 8B   Science  Life Science 7A  Life Science 7B  Earth Science 8A  Earth Science 8B

What Is the History Of PASS?

PASS originated in California in 1978 as part of the Secondary School Migrant Dropout Prevention Program. It was designed to allow migrant high school students to earn credits though the completion of self-directed courses as they moved with their families from one school district to another. Migrant Educators from other states soon learned of the program and it's success. Arkansas and Washington started using PASS in 1981, Arizona and Oregon in 1983 and New York and Wisconsin in 1984. Today over twenty-five states are using PASS and Mini/PASS to serve Migrant Students.
 

 

Jessica Steer Schachtler

When I was about eighteen years old I became pregnant with my first child, which at the time seemed to take precedence over being involved in school.  About five months into my pregnancy, I moved out of the school district and had no interest in getting involved in reacquainting and adjusting to a new school environment.

 On September 29, 1994, I gave birth to my daughter.  From that point on, I devoted nearly all my time and energy to raising and providing for her well being.  The thought of returning to school and receiving an actual diploma never entered my mind until a concerned lady, who checked periodically on the development of my daughter, mentioned a new program to me.  The program, through BOCES, offered students an opportunity to continue their education through alternative schooling.  She set up everything so that I could start my schooling at home.  Once or twice a week she would tutor me and guide me in the right direction.

Through the PASS Program, I successfully completed nine courses equaling the four credits necessary for me to graduate from high school with a Waterville Central School Diploma.
Throughout the year and a half it took me to complete these courses, I realized how important it was to stay in school.  If it weren't for the PASS Program and my tutor, I wouldn't be enrolled in the college courses I am taking today.  I'm proud to be putting all of me into becoming an integral part of a fast functioning society.  I want to show all of those in the same position I was in, what can come of hard work and good help.

Although I completed all the requirements necessary for me to graduate, I never could have done it without the help of all the people who make and run the program.  The PASS Program receiving an award - for awarding people their pride - seems more conceivable...
 

PASS Coordinators

ARIZONA Virginia Rivera 3150 S Avenue A, Bldg. 6 Yuma AZ 85364 Phone: (520) 344-3905/3903 Fax: (520) 726-4628 E-mail: do_rivera@hotmail.com CALIFORNIA Dr. Guido Prambs 823 W. Nielsen Ave. Fresno CA 93720 Phone: (559) 488-7545 Fax: (559) 264-8326 E-mail: gprambs@fcoe.k12.ca.us CONNECTICUT Manuel. DaSilva Goulart Hartford Migratory Children's Program C/O Hartford Public Schools 153 Market Street Hartford CT 06103 Phone: (860) 297-8426 HAWAII Patricia Bergin Program Director Migrant Education 75-140 Hualalai Road Kailua-Kona HI 93740 Phone: (808) 327-4991 Fax: (808) 327-4994 Email: pat_bergin@notes.k12.hi.us ILLINOIS Brenda Pessin Illinois Migrant Council 28 E. Jackson Blvd, Suite 1600 Chicago IL 60604 Phone: (312) 663-1522 Fax: (312) 663-1994 E-mail: Brenda_Pessin@msn.com KANSAS John Farrell USD 261 1745 W. Grand Haysville KS 67060 Phone: (316) 554-2215 Fax: (316) 529-3520 E-mail: jfarrell@usd261.com MARYLAND Cvieta Sheridan Migrant Education Program 700 Glasgow St. PO Box 619 Cambridge MD 21613 Phone: (410) 221-0151 Fax: (410) 221-1085 E-mail: mesc@dmv.com MINNESOTA Noemi Treviño Office of State & Federal Programs Dept. of Children, Families & Learning 1500 Highway 36 West Roseville MN 55113-4266 Phone: (651) 582-8236 Fax: (651) 582-8727 E-mail: noemi.trevino@state.mn.us MONTANA Angela Branz-Spall Office of Public Instruction State Capital 1300 11th Avenue (Zip 59601) PO Box 202501 Helena MT 59620-2501 Phone: (406) 444-2423 Fax: (406) 449-7105 E-mail: angelab@state.mt.us NEVADA Dr. Roberta Lindeman, Facilitator Churchill Co. Federal Programs 690 S. Maine Fallons NV 89406 Phone: (702) 423-6955 Fax: (702) 423-8041 NEW YORK Sharon Hickey, Coordinator NYS PASS Program 311 Bugbee Hall SUNY Oneonta Oneonta NY 13820 Phone: (607) 436-2300 Fax: (607) 436-3606 E-mail: sharonhickey@escort.org OHIO John Kreis, Director José Salinas, Associate Director Ohio Migrant Education Center 428 1/2 Croghan St. Fremont OH 43420 Phone: (419) 332-6007 (800) 332-7505 Fax: (419) 332-8350 E-mail: nwo_omec_JK@nwoca.org PENNSYLVANIA Dr. Manuel Recio, State Director State Department of Education 333 Market Street, 5th Floor Harrisburg PA 17126-0333 Phone: (717) 783-6464 Fax: (717) 783-4392 E-mail: recio@aol.com UTAH David Gomez Migrant Education Program State Office of Education 250 E. 500 South Salt Lake City UT 84111 Phone: (801) 538-7720 Fax: (801) 538-7991 WISCONSIN Robert Froehlich CESA 8; PO Box 320 223 W. Park Street Gillett WI 54124 Phone: (920) 855-2114 or (800) 831-6391 Fax: (920) 855-2299 E-mail: rfroehli@cesa8.k12.wi.us

ARKANSAS Mary Collins 103 W. Park Bald Knob AR 72010 Phone: (501) 724-6227 Fax: (501) 724-6973 E-mail: collinm@bkps.wmsc.k12.ar.us COLORADO Bernie Martinez, Director Migrant Ed/Binational Program 201 E. Colfax, Room 401 Denver CO 80203 Phone: (303) 866-6870 Fax: (303) 866-6857 E-mail: martinez_b@cde.state.co.us FLORIDA Dinh Nguyen, Coordinator Migrant Education Programs 325 W. Gaines St./FEC #306 Tallahassee FL 32399-0400 Phone: (850) 487-3533 Fax: (850) 922-9648 E-mail: nguyend@mail.doe.state.fl.us IDAHO Kelly Wheeler State Dept.- Migrant Education 650 W. State Street Boise ID 83720 Phone: (208) 332-6907 Fax: (208) 334-2636 E-mail: kwheel@sde.state.id.us INDIANA Darlene Slaby Indiana Dept. of Education - Migrant Education 251 East Ohio Street – 3 rd Floor Indianapolis IN 46204-2798 Phone: (317) 232-0555 Fax: (317) 233-1175 E-mail: dslaby@doe.state.in.us MAINE William T. Dobbins M.S.A.D. #14 Route 1 - Box 50 Danforth ME 04424 Phone: (207) 448-2882 Fax: (207) 448-7235 E-mail: wdobbins@sad14.k12.me.us MICHIGAN Marion Stiles 9534 Red Bud Trail Berrien Springs MI 49103 Phone: (616) 471-1139 Fax: (616) 473-1711 E-mail: tfdoyle@qtm.net MISSOURI Cheryl A. White E. Missouri Migrant Ed. Ctr. 407 County Road J Malden MO 63863 Phone: (573) 276-5228 Fax: (573) 276-6059 E-mail: cwhite@sheltonbbs.com NEW HAMPSHIRE Rose Savino / Barbara Patch State Department of Education State Office Park South 101 Pleasant Street Concord NH 03301 Phone: (603) 271-2273 Fax: (603) 271-6195 E-mail: rsavino@ed.state.nh.us NEBRASKA Elizabeth Alfred Nebraska Dept. of Education P.O. Box 94987 301 Centennial Mall Lincoln NE 68509-4987 Phone: (402) 471-3440 Fax: (402) 471-2113 E-mail: balfred@nde.state.ne.us NORTH DAKOTA Donald Rood Manvel School P.O. Box 98 801 Oldham Ave. Manvel ND 58256-0098 Phone: (701) 696-2212 Fax: (701) 696-8217 E-mail: donrood@cs.com OREGON Jose Romero Special Projects Director Woodburn Schools 965 Boones Ferry Road Woodburn OR 97071 Phone: (503) 981-9555 Fax: (503) 981-2728 E-mail: Jromero@woodburn.k12.or.us TEXAS Patricia Meyertholen Division of Migrant Education Texas Education Agency 1701 N. Congress Austin TX 78701 Phone: (512) 463-9067 Fax: (512) 463-9759 E-mail: pmeyerth@tea.state.tx.us WASHINGTON Linda Roberts Office of Secondary Education for Migrant Youth 810-A East Custer Avenue Sunnyside WA 98944 Phone: (509) 836-7500 (888) PASS123 Fax: (509) 836-7530 E-mail: linda@pass123.org

last updated 1/6/01