Service Plan Details

Analyzing results, selecting goals, implementation of strategies, verifying results, implementation of CIP cycle, leadership retreat, SIMPL data dig @ districts

Direct support of MTSS process and practice in school districts. Example activities: team meeting, data analysis, action plans, creating process/protocols, on-site coaching.

Workshops, consultation, and on-site support for school safety teams, crisis teams, and threat assessment teams.

ESU 7 Principals have the opportunity to meet 5 times each year for opportunities to collaborate. Additionally, principal trainings are scheduled as needs are identified.

Superintendent networking meetings on ESU campus throughout the year. Visits by ESU Administrator to school district Superintendents to discuss, plan and problem solve services provided to the districts.

Assisting schools in developing, revising, and aligning curriculum based on current content standards.

Professional development surrounding instructional models (Danielson, Marzano, ITIP, homegrown, etc.), strategies, and planning.

Training specific to reading instruction; reading strategies consultation; intervention training part of - Instruction.

Professional learning based on best practices of content and pedagogy in math, PK-12

Professional learning based on best practices of content and pedagogy in science, PK-12.

Kagan, Differentiation, Vocabulary, BlendED, Direct Instruction

Trainings and support for content areas not tested through NSCAS.

Support for creation of summative and formative assessment

NWEA Certified Facilitators providing on-site consultation, training, and data analysis for administrators, teachers and staff.

Provides professional development of staff and/or individuals with the integration of technology into the classroom.

Cognitive Coaching for Teachers

Cognitive Coaching for Principals

Study and implementation of research-based, best practices designed to support beginning teachers. Includes a clear focus on career-long excellence in the classroom and the legacy we create. Topics could include: lesson design, classroom management, student engagement, high yield strategies, technology integration, SPED, parent-teacher conferences

Evaluation and training support. Example activities: consultation, Staff Evaluation Tool Support, classroom observations, walk through data collection, workshop facilitation, support with Student Learning Objectives, Professional Goal setting

Provide support and training to school LAN Managers.

EdReady, Learn 360, Discovery Ed, World Book, Other

Provides tangible resources for schools. ex: DVDs, Real Care Babies

Provide coordination and support for our school's direct connection to an internet service provider of their choice. These services range from the initial planning and design, to implementation of equipment and assuring continuity of the connection.

Coordination of DL and online learning.

This service focuses on assisting schools with completing the processes required by the Universal Service Corporation for discounts on telecommunications services. These requirements include filing numerous reports, letting bids or requests for proposals, and completing on-line requests to receive calculated discounts for eligible services.

Network personnel help plan, design, and implement infrastructure from wire to wireless, iPad, or laptops, servers and more.

Assistance with Local Area Network, technical issues, offsite data/backup service, server and application hosting, school accounts and email filtering

The Special Education Department offers leadership and services to develop collaboration with our school districts. This collaboration will lead to successful implementation of effective programming. We provide direct or consultative services in the following areas: Program Supervision, Speech Therapy, Psychology, Early Childhood, Vision, Orientation and Mobility, Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Paraprofessionals, Cen7ter, Transition, Early Development Network, Autism, and Assistive Technology.

Provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and consultative services for the educational needs of individuals with oral and/or written speech-language disorders in the areas of receptive language, expressive language, articulation, voice, fluency, literacy, and social communication.

The ESU7 Vision Team provides resources, services, and support in preparing children/youth who have a visual impairment for success in life through collaboration with schools, families, and community agencies. Vision services are available for students experiencing vision problems. Certified vision personnel provide evaluation, consultation, and intervention for these children. This assistance may include the use of adaptive equipment, assistive technology, instruction in Braille, orientation and mobility, and other skills for accessing the general curriculum, and acquire Adapted Core Curriculum skills specific to individuals with vision impairments.

Provide the appropriate assessments when evaluating students, interpret and disseminate data, provide interventions, and consult and collaborate with team members to develop an effective plan to meet the needs of each individual student.

The ESU7 Resource Coach focus is working with teachers, other district staff, and families to assist and provide guidance, training, resources, and strategies for working with students by utilizing programming and materials to improve learning through meeting each individual student's needs. IEP Development Writing and Implementing Measurable IEP Goals Facilitation of IEP Meetings In-service training for general and special education teachers and para educators Classroom Environment Design to enhance individual student performance Direct work with students to implement strategies Discrete Trial Programming and Implementation Data Collection Behavior Strategies Transition Planning Student Schedule Development Department Staff Meetings Facilitation Verbal Behavior Training Functional Life Skills Activities Independent Living Skills in Home Independent Student Time Activities Professional Growth Suggestions Model Lessons Differentiation of Instruction Other as requested by individual Districts

A teacher of the Hearing Impaired provides deaf education services and/or consultation for students verified as deaf or hard of hearing. Our Deaf Educator works with audiologists to ensure appropriate aural rehabilitation services to students, families, and schools.

The Transition Grant supports districts through training opportunities, linkages to agencies and specialists, and providing student workshops on transition-related topics.

Coordination of Services, Fiscal Management

he Northeast Regional ASD Network is available to provide Resources and Training to local school districts in the areas of: Assessment and verification of ASD ?Program planning, including identification and implementations of appropriate strategies and interventions for students with ASD The Northeast region has a lending library consisting of books, videos, and other resources that is available to school districts and parents upon request. These may be checked out from the ESU7 Media Department.

Provides grant facilitation, management, professional development, and networking for Career and Technical Education teachers through the Carl D Perkins Grant Consortium.

PEaK, Promoting Engagement and Knowledge, formerly known as ILCD stands for Improving Learning for Children with Disabilities, a Nebraska Department of Education Initiative designed to enhance program improvement that will result in better outcomes for children with disabilities. The ESU7 PEaK Coordinator assists school districts with their improvement activities for students with disabilities. The Facilitator partners with districts to gather and analyze data in collaboration with the Continuous School Improvement Process and to assist in the development of Targeted Improvement Plans. Each Nebraska school district will develop a Targeted Improvement Plan that will lead to better child and student performance and report annually to NDE on the Plan's progress.

The ESU 7 Production Department provides schools with copy and finishing services, lamination, flash and word cards, writing paper pads, Ellison Cutouts, and poster printing.

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Nebraska ESUCC Cooperative Purchasing provides compliant, competitive, aggregated bidding and purchasing to control and reduce costs to its members by maximizing efficiency of resources and processes in Nebraska and Nationally. Cooperative Purchasing is authorized to coordinate purchases for public school districts, nonpublic school systems, other ESUs, and other public agencies, including any county, city, village, school district, or agency of the state government, any drainage district, sanitary and improvement district, or other municipal corporation or political subdivision of the State of Nebraska.