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Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Preparation Program
Eileen Helm Weaver, Ed.D.
Supervisor, Non-Public School Services
484-237-5059
SAT prep courses prepare students to take the scholastic aptitude test, the examination used by the majority of colleges in the United States to evaluate a student’s academic readiness for post-secondary education. Classes are held after school in the fall and spring of each year.
School-based Mental Health Services
Cris Chambers, Psy.D.
Supervisor, Assessment & Clinical Services
484-237-5064
These services provide school districts with local program audits, program development, direct specialized mental health and/or social competence services, clinical supervision, and program development. Services are arranged through collaborative planning.
School Board Member Inservice
Jacob E. Dailey, Esq.
Director, Legal & External Relations Services
484-237-5171
This service provides training programs to keep school board members and administrators informed on current educational topics and issues, such as: education legislation, tax reform and collective bargaining. Programs are scheduled on an as-needed basis. An annual meeting with area legislators is conducted in cooperation with the Chester County School Boards Legislative Council.
School District Purchasing & Procurement Program
Elizabeth M. Hampton,
Director of Purchasing
484-237-5156
This service provides school districts with assistance in complying with legal requirements for school purchasing and procurement. Services include: bid development and administration; product specifications; bid analysis; assistance with on-going purchasing; and supply management.
School Improvement Planning
Marjorie Graeff
Mathematics Consultant
484-237-5334
The CCIU works with school improvement team members from districts and schools to develop an effective plan. School improvement technical assistance is organized to provide teams with a data-driven, researched-based framework. Schools/districts define their goals and objectives for improving student learning and select strategies/measures to improve the effectiveness of the instruction.
Adequate yearly progress, EMetric, and PVAAS data is collected, analyzed, and used to identify areas for school/district improvement. The process of alternating specific practices and policies in order to improve teaching and learning involves a study/inquiry process by the school/district team. Teams use relevant data to identify the root cause, choose/develop an action plan, identify their desired outcomes, and reflect on the action plan’s design. Lastly, the team articulates its commitment to providing the appropriate time and resources to ensure the success of the improvement plan.
School Psychological Services
Cris Chambers, Psy.D.
Supervisor, Assessment & Clinical Services
484-237-5064
School psychological services include diagnostic, consultative, intervention and support services for students, aged three to 21 years old, who are enrolled in regular and special education programs. Services are provided to both public and non-public school programs by education specialists certified as public school psychologists as mandated by Pennsylvania Special Education Regulations.
School psychological services may include participation in multidisciplinary evaluation, special education program planning and provision, as well as direct intervention when education plans require provision of related psychological services or behavioral support.
Program Features:
- Consultation with professional staff regarding
programmatic needs of exceptional students, students at risk and regular education students
- Direct intervention in cases requiring emergency psychological services
- Inservice training programs for professional and paraprofessional staff
- Consultation and intervention with families to promote the educational success of children
- Generation and maintenance of appropriate (legally prescribed) documentation during and following service provision
- Ongoing supervision and professional development to assure high quality services
- Review, evaluation and distribution of materials and supplies necessary for service provision
- Clerical services
- Psychological counseling and evaluations
School-to-Careers
Mame Linford,
Project Manager
484-237-5106
These programs provide employers and school districts the opportunity to develop partnerships.
Career Awareness:
- Career Talks
- Workplace and Industry Tours
- Techies Day
- Girls Exploring Tomorrow's Technology (GETT)
Career Exploration:
- Job Shadowing
- Summer Career Academies
- Educator in the Workplace
Career Preparation:
- Tech Prep
- CareerScope Assessment
Science Assessment Bank
Patti Gaydos, Curriculum Instruction
484-237-5364
This online bank of over 600 field-tested science questions helps educators prepare students for the PSSA Science Exam. Questions exist for each state testing level (grades 4, 8, and 11). Users can search for questions by anchor and can narrow their search by difficulty level (easy, medium, or hard), type of question (multiple choice or open-ended), and/or level of knowledge (conceptual, procedural, or strategic thinking). Each open-ended question has an exemplar response for easy scoring, and all questions can be exported to Microsoft Word. Pennsylvania science teachers and content area experts developed this product collaboratively with the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit. It is currently being used by over 125 Pennsylvania school districts.
Science Curriculum Framework
Patti Gaydos,
Curriculum Instruction
484-237-5364
An online resource for science educators that contains tools that address all eligible content found in the PDE Assessment Anchors for Science. Users may choose the subject specific eligible content by grade and download it into an Excel spreadsheet. This product is also loaded with links to Web sites supporting the teaching and learning of science, and is a valuable tool for all school districts and science educators.
Science Network
Cheryl Everett,
Science Consultant
484-237-5336
The Science Network is a forum for sharing and discussing information related to the teaching of science in Chester County schools. Areas of focus include standards, curriculum, best practices in instruction and assessment, and professional development opportunities. K-12 science teachers and supervisors are invited to attend quarterly meetings.
Self-Insurance Benefits Program Management
Joseph P. Lubitsky
Director of Administrative Services
484-237-5071
This program assists school districts in forming self-insured healthcare benefit consortiums.
Services include:
- Structure in the consortium
- Interfacing with insurance companies and consultants
- Data collection
- Payment and claim administration
- Employee benefit orientation programs
Special Education Supervisory Services
Ambrose Finnegan, Ed.D.
Director, Student Support Services
484-237-5057
Special Education Supervisory Services provides technical assistance to both elementary and secondary level special education programs. These programs may be administered and staffed by either intermediate unit or district personnel. A collaborative consultation model of delivery is used.
The primary goal of this program is to service districts in the development and delivery of appropriate special education programs for eligible students. The special education consultant maintains regular contact with teachers and district administrators to assess needs and make program recommendations.
Program Features:
- Experienced consultant certified in special education supervision
- Collaborative consultation model
- Specialized staff development activities and materials
- Coordination of services (transition/related services)
- Technical support for teachers and district administrators
Special Education Support Services
Ambrose Finnegan, Ed.D.
Director, Student Support Services
484-237-5057
The CCIU provides the following special education support services to school districts:
- ACCESS billing
- Bilingual psychological evaluation
- Captioning for the hearing impaired
- Captioning/interpreting for the deaf/hearing impaired
- Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training
- Drug and Alcohol Partial Hospitalization Program
- Hearing impaired services
- Gifted support - itinerant.
- Instructional assistant (full- or part-time)
- Interpreter for the hearing impaired
- Mental Health Partial Hospitalization program
- Orientation and mobility travel
- Part-time personal care nurse/assistant
- Psychiatric evaluations
- Psychological counseling - hearing impaired
- Psychological evaluation/comprehensive
- Evaluation report
- Psychologist (190 days)
- Psychologist (per diem)
- Reading evaluation
- Special education class placements
- Speech and language services
- Supervisor
- Transcript typing
- Visually impaired services
- Vocational placements and assessments
Special Education Transportation
Paul K. Thompson, Jr.,
Director of Operations
610-383-5439
This program provides transportation at a significant savings to participating districts for over 250 special education students throughout and beyond Chester County. Door-to-door transportation arrangements vary from large buses to specially-equipped vans.
Special Events
Rebecca C. Givler,
Coordinator
484-237-5053
CCIU conducts, sponsors and coordinates programs and projects that enrich and enhance teaching and learning in schools. Current services, events and activities are included in the following list:
- Chester County academic competition (Grades 9-12)
- Chester County college fair (Grades 9-12)
- Chester County spelling bee (Grades 5-8)
- Chester County science research competition (Grades 4-12)
- Middle school forensics tournament (Grades 6-8)
- High school art festival (Grades 9-12)
- Kids Voting (Grades K-12)
- Law-Related Education Project (Grades 2-12)
- Martha E. Yerkes scholarships (Grade 12)
- PA academic competition (Grades 9-12)
- Regional academic competitions (Grades 9-12)
- Shakespeare festival (Grades K-12)
- Technology bowl (Grades 9-12)
Speech/Language Program (Preschool Special Education Only)
Danielle Hawkins,
Supervisor, Special Education
484-237-5102
In the Speech/Language Preschool Special Education program specialized instruction is provided to children, ages three to five, who exhibit significant delays in the areas of speech and/or language development. Parents are provided with strategies, interventions and information to support their child's progress.
In addition to speech/language support as specialized instruction, evaluations are available as a separate service, and include the evaluation and a written report. Follow-up consultation and participation in special education program planning can also be provided at an hourly rate.
Speech/Language Program (School-Age Only)
Lillian Neary,
Supervisor, Special Education
484-237-5045
In the speech/language school-age program, specialized instruction is provided as mandated on a student’s individual education plan. Speech/language clinicians assist students in remediating or compensating for speech and language deficits that affect the student’s education. Classroom teachers are provided with strategies for working with students with speech/language deficits.
Steps Program
Chuck Bonner, Ph.D.
Principal
484-237-6000, ext. 6001
The CCIU works with students who experience mental health issues and who demonstrate an interest and desire to learn, but who are reluctant to participate in mental health services. Students are provided with the tools to work cooperatively with their peers. They learn the skills to deal with everyday issues at their ability level. Educational staff provides individual attention when dealing with academic and behavioral issues.
Substitute Calling
Patricia McLaughlin,
Benefits Administrator
484-237-5088
The CCIU provides an efficient centralized service for school districts to obtain substitute employees. The CCIU system eliminates competition among school districts for substitutes; reduces individual district’s costs by sharing operating expenses; expands the pool of qualified substitute employees available to an individual district; and ensures accurate recordkeeping to better control unemployment costs and payroll processing.
Summer Career Academies
Eileen Helm Weaver, Ed.D.
Supervisor, Non-Public School Services
484-237-5059
Mame Linford,
Project Manager
484-237-5106
Summer career academies provide a wide range of enrichment and career exploration opportunities to students during the summer months. One-week academies at school-based and offsite locations are held in June, July, and August for students in grades fifth through eighth. Each academy addresses specific interests and skills, including: science, fishing, journalism, writing, culinary arts, environmental studies, study skills, cosmetology, automotive repair and maintenance, and computer technology. Academies are funded by student tuition.
Summer School Program
Eileen Helm Weaver, Ed.D.
Supervisor, Non-Public School Services
484-237-5059
The Summer School Program offers a full spectrum of courses for students in grades six through 12. The three- to six-week program allows students to earn academic credit for courses taken during the summer months for both make-up and original credit. Students may also take non-credit courses in selected areas. Courses are taught by certified staff.
Classes are held in districts throughout the county. Currently, the CCIU runs summer school programs in the Coatesville Area and Tredyffrin/Easttown School Districts.
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