This page has been created to provide resources for staff working with OSY Youth.
This survey is to help MEP staff determine the best appropriate to design services for OSY. Youth need to be surveyed after the initial point of recruitment. The survey should not be given at the time of recruitment. It should always be done on a follow up visit. All visits of this nature should be logged on the service log and turned in at the end of the month. Completed surveys should be mailed in each week.
Resource List
The attached resource guide can act as a starting point for MEP staff to determine what services are available in their communities. This listing can help staff identify appropriate resources and referral information to share with the youth.
OSY Lesson Plan Form
Instructors must use this form and send it in weekly by Wednesday. The form should outline the session goals per student as well as show how speaking, reading, writing and listening activities have been chosen for the session. Instructors should be able to explain how the instruction will be different based on the language level of the student.
Oral Language Assessments
OSY instructors should always use one of these to assess basic oral language proficiency for out-of-school youth. This will allow the instructor to better formulate an individual educational plan for language learning. The following oral language assessment instruments have been used successfully in other MEP programs with OSY students.
The following is a listing of OSY lessons that instructors can give in their sessions with youth. Sessions should be no longer than 45 minutes once a week. Plans should be sent in to explain what parts of the unit the instructor will use in their session per week.
Understanding Directions- OSY Lesson Unit
This unit is related to the following criteria: Understanding directions, prepositions, reading maps, general driving instruction, giving instructions, following instructions, States, vocabulary related to roads, streets, and interstates.
Below are additional resources related to Understanding Directions
Getting and Giving Information- OSY Lesson Unit
The topics of this unit include talking with the police, rights of families and immigrants, giving general personal information, having an Emergency Preparedness plan, parts of a car, talking to a mechanic, understanding the gauges on a car, on-line resources for the value of a car, manuals you can get at the auto parts store.
Below are additional resources related to getting and giving informations.
Food!- OSY Lesson Unit
This unit is related to the following topics: different types of food, going to a restaurant, looking for a specific item in Wal-Mart, understanding the aisle titles at stores, and following a recipe. It also contains vital life skills which includes the current food pyramid, examples of balanced diet menus, information on importance of fruits and vegetables, and explanations of what vitamins are good for what parts of the body.
I Need a Job!- OSY Lesson Unit
This lesson covers topics related to getting a job, different types of jobs, understanding reading signs of different types, interviews, vocabulary related to different professions, using the yellow pages, phone numbers and addresses differences, numbers, etc. This lesson also includes information on life skills related to vision screenings.
Additional Lesson Resources related to Employment Issues. Please click on the link to see a plan related to these topics.
Emergency!- OSY Lesson Unit
This lesson covers topics related to emergencies, different resources available, poison control, 911 phrases, car accidents, preventative trainings related to fire alarms and what to do in a fire. Also, talking to a doctor and school sick days when a child needs to come home for OSY with children.
Additional Lesson Resources related to Health Issues. Please click on the link to see a plan related to these topics.
Finance Unit
The Finanza Toolbox is designed to increase the financial knowledge of migrant farmworkers through introduction to eight financial education topics and useful money management practices. Developed for use with children, teens, out-of-school youth and adults, Finanza provides an instructional package that includes bilingual lesson topics, teaching plans, student surveys, and practice activities.
Follow this link for Math for Living: Ten stand-alone lessons in English and Spanish are designed to improve financial literacy and life skills with examples, practice problems, and vocabulary relating to work, smart shopping, and budgets, as well as information on obtaining the resources for college. Created for use in the MASTERS (Mathematics Achievement and Success Through Engagement in Resources for Migrant Students) Consortium Incentive Grant project, the lessons are non-sequential and written at a middle school reading level. Activities reinforce basic math skills while teaching practical concepts that apply to both everyday life and successful careers.
Math on the Move (MOM), developed by the Geneseo Migrant Center, is a series of Pre-GED math lessons geared to out-of-school youth (adult oriented). MOM consists of 24 lessons, in either English or Spanish, which are designed to be used as stand-alone segments to address a particular skill area, although each builds upon assumed knowledge addressed in prior lessons. These materials are not copyrighted, and can be reproduced without permission.
Bilingual Clip Sheets
Limited English proficiency profoundly hinders survival skills on many levels including awareness of and competing for adequate paying jobs, securing health and other services, finding housing, improving living standards and communicating in daily life. To address this need, the Geneseo Migrant Center developed a series of bilingual “Clip Sheets.” There are a total of fifty (50) bilingual Clip Sheets that are available for as a resource in working with OSY. The sheets include the following topical areas: Careers, Opportunities, Health, Looking for a Job and Survival Skills.
