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Instruction in the Home

Susan Mateka, Principal
Child & Career Development Center
610-383-7400

The Instruction in the Home program provides learning experiences in the home for students who have disabilities so severe that they cannot attend a school-based program. Instruction is provided for students ages five through 21. Parents or guardians are fully involved in the educational process.

The primary goal of the program is to enable the student to maintain optimal function in the areas of cognition, communication and self-help.

Instructional Coaches

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

Instructional coaches work in district classrooms with regular and special education teachers to refine and extend their content knowledge and instructional effectiveness. Coaches are available in mathematics and literacy.

Instructional Technology & Training Services

Kim Breuninger
Educational Technology Programs Coordinator
484-237-5098

This service provides extensive training for school districts throughout the county in the effective use of technology for instruction. Staff members work with district teachers to develop curriculum, educational Web sites and collaborative partnerships. In addition to researching and evaluating the newest educational technology resources, staff members also develop new applications designed to meet the needs of school districts. Staff members develop on-line resources for use by teachers that provide lesson plans, links to curriculum related Web sites, video-on-demand, Moodle, and distance learning training and collaborations.

Grant and program consultations are also available for:

1:1 Laptop Initiatives
Classroom for the Future Grants

Insurance Consortium

Iain Strachan Director of Human Resources
484-237-5085

The CCIU coordinates a cooperative effort to purchase life, medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, disability, worker’s and certain liability insurance coverages for school districts.

Interagency Collaboration

Jerome R. Gardner
Interagency Coordinator
484-237-5065

Through the Home, School & Community Council, school districts have an opportunity to bring all child serving agencies to the table to help children achieve in school. Both the Child and Adolescent Service Support Program [CASSP] and the Cordero Court Order have identified the benefits of and support such meetings. Child service staff from educational, clinical, protective and corrections services work to help enhance and coordinate services for the students who are most difficult to serve. Each district has a targeted day of the month in which they can schedule up to three families for a council meeting. These meetings can be scheduled by families, districts or other child serving agencies, but always at the convenience of the school. This program is for regular and special education students who are not benefiting from the educational experience.

Council staff have also developed a collection of intervention manuals which are available to school districts or clinical agencies for psychological counseling for social competence. Continuing professional education training on these interventions began in January of 2006.