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DARE Program

Eileen Helm Weaver, Ed.D.,
Supervisor, Non-Public School Services
484-237-5059

Local police officers provide drug education presentations to fifth grade and middle school students.

Data Retreat

Rina Vassallo, Ed.D.
Director, Curriculum, Instructional Improvement & Assessment Services
484-237-5094

School district teams engage in data review analysis of local and state assessment for decision-making purposes.

Deaf/Hearing Impaired Classroom Support Program - Cross District

Vince McVeigh
Supervisor, Special Education
484-237-5013

CCIU operates district-based Deaf and hearing impaired classrooms at the elementary and secondary levels. The program supports students whose degree of hearing loss and communication needs require placement in a total communication setting.

Instruction is provided in the following areas:

  • Functional academics
  • Daily living skills
  • Pre-vocational/vocational experiences
  • Speech/language development
  • Integrated district curricula

Audiological services are included in the basic program. Additional related services are available as required by individual students, among which are speech and language therapy and interpreting/transliteration.

Discover Program

Vince McVeigh Supervisor, Special Education
484-237-5013

The Discover program integrates classroom and pre-vocational instruction with on-the-job training. Students with IEPs, between the ages of 16 and 21, are assessed for placement in group or individual settings within the community. Work experiences vary in length and intensity depending on student ability, past experience and student worker/employer match. Trained evaluators assess students; contact employers to identify appropriate employment opportunities; coordinate on-the-job coaching; and support the classroom teacher.

The Discover Program also coordinates the assignment of students to the Handicrafters Work Placement Program. This services will include facilitating the referral process, providing weekly oversight of students and providing quarterly feedback to referring districts.

The primary goal of this program is to prepare students for success in the workplace and for independent living.

Document Imaging & Record Retention Services

Liz Hummel
Data Imaging Clerk
484-237-5179

The Document Imaging & Record Retention department electronically maintains records for school districts, such as regular education (transcripts and mandated information), special education, personnel/payroll, migrant education records, etc. These documents are scanned and stored on a secure web-based server and are accessed via the CCIU web site.

Driver Education

Del Brown, Coordinator
484-237-5055

The Chester County Intermediate Unit’s Driver Education program provides 30 hours of classroom instruction and six hours of behind-the-wheel instruction to high school students. The CCIU Driver Education program and its instructors are approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Classroom instruction is scheduled after regular school hours and during the school day depending on school districts and in the summer.

Behind-the-wheel instruction is scheduled on an individual basis after the regular school day, weekends, and in some school districts during lunch and study hall hours.

Please print the Driver Education brochure, complete the registration form and send it along with payment to:
Chester County Intermediate Unit
Attention: Driver Education
455 Boot Road,
Downingtown, PA 19335

Classroom Instruction

  • $204/student

Behind-the-Wheel Training (IU car)

  • $356/student

Classroom Instruction and Behind-the-Wheel Training

  • $560/student

Drug Free Consortium

Eileen Helm Weaver, Ed.D.
Supervisor, Non-Public School Services
484-237-5059

This program assists school districts in implementing various drug education programs.

Duplication Services

Tonia Farnum, Supervisor
484-237-5355

Duplication services provide high-speed, black and white copying and color copying services, as well as collating, binding, stapling, punching and folding.

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