Training, support and consultation for sustaining, improving and re-establishing school environments that are conducive and supportive of learning. Includes youth Mental Health First Aid Training
Funding Sources:
Head Start
District Funds (Contract, Consortium, or Other District Dollars)
Coaching Cadre Network Meetings, Professional learning for district instructional coaches, Support and professional learning for the development and support of Peer coaches and mentors.
Workshops, consultation or direct work with school districts to develop formative and summative assessments and analyze and apply diagnostic, formative, interim and summative data. Examples: creation of classroom and district assessments, analysis of assessment data results, using assessment data to inform instruction, training and consultation related to classroom, state and national data, Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills ‘DIBELS’, Acadience, Measures of Academic Progress ‘MAP’ Growth, Nebraska Student Centered Assessment System ‘NSCAS’ Growth. Nebraska Reading Improvement Act approved assessments
Principal coaching is born out of the NE Principal Standards to support professional learning that is: ongoing, job-embedded, collaborative, personalized, purposeful, measurable, and aligned to goals. ESU 13 professional learning staff are equipped to calibrate, consult, and coach your goals to improve professional practice.
Funding Sources:
Title III, English Language Acquisition
District Funds (Contract, Consortium, or Other District Dollars)
Workshops, consultation or direct work with school districts that focus on research-based, best practices designed across a variety of services to support beginning teachers and their mentors. Examples: lesson design, classroom management, student engagement, high yield strategies, technology integration, special education, parent-teacher conferences.
Workshops, consultation or direct work with individuals who serve in specialized roles/capacities. Examples: school counselors, curriculum directors, technology integrationists, High Ability Learners ‘HAL’ coordinators, local area network ‘LAN’ managers, media coordinators, special education specialists, registered nurses, paraprofessionals, administrative assistants, custodians, lunch program staff, transportation providers and others.
Rooted in Relationships - Coaching and training child care providers on the use of Socal Emotional Pyramid in their programs. Creative curriculum, CHIME, Pyramid
Support and coaching for early childhood educators in the use of GOLD as an assessment tool and use in processes for group and individualized instruction
Head Start Partnership Liaisons support district partnership teaching staff by providing training and support in meeting the Head Start Performance Standards.
English Learners Instructional Support--providing guidance, materials, scheduling, placement, and assessment to schools. Assist schools to meet requirements in planning, implementation, review, and teacher training for Rule 15.
Maintain a lending library for district loan. Examples: Makerspace equipment, video studio, STEM/STEAM lab, media resources, learning kits, Professional Learning books/materials
Funding Sources:
District Funds (Contract, Consortium, or Other District Dollars)
Coordinate and support schools for both receiving and delivering distance learning courses. Scheduling distance learning courses in the ESU 13 consortium, but also statewide courses available to 21 schools. Support of NVIS.
Funding Sources:
ESU Funds (Levy and Core Service Dollars)
District Funds (Contract, Consortium, or Other District Dollars)
Supporting Students with the following supplemental instructional services...High School Credit Accrual, English Language Arts, English Language Proficiency, Extended Day Programs, HighSchoolEquivalency, Math, Instructional Life Skills, Prevention Education and Health, Pre-GED, Preschool, Science, Social Studies, Youth Leadership. Summer School Extended Hours/Teachers/Para Educators After School/Before School Tutoring for Students Books/Educational Materials for Students/School-readiness Materials Support Services (Medical/Dental/Interpretation/Transportation/Referrals) Title 1C Service Provider in Districts
with High Numbers of Title 1C Students Youth Leadership Activities/College Campus Visits/Summer Camps Mentoring for High School/Out-of-School Youth High School Credit Recovery Courses for Students Parent Education
Certified staff member who delivers diagnostic, therapeutic, consultative services for students with verified speech/ language disabilities. Maintains and completes necessary paperwork following recommended guidelines.
Funding Sources:
District Funds (Contract, Consortium, or Other District Dollars)
The teacher of the visually impaired provides resources, services, and support in preparing children/youth, ages birth to 21, who have a visual impairment for success in life through collaboration with schools, families, and community agencies. The TVI provides evaluation, consultation, and instruction for these children. This assistance may include the use of adaptive equipment, assistive technology, instruction in Braille, and other skills to help the students access the general curriculum, and acquire Adapted Core Curriculum skills specific to individuals with vision impairments.
Funding Sources:
District Funds (Contract, Consortium, or Other District Dollars)
Early Childhood Special Education services includes managing referrals and conducting evaluations of children birth to 5 years old. If children are in need of special education services; it also includes evidence based service delivery of comprehensive services in homes, childcare and preschool settings that adhere to IDEA Part C and Part B (619) rules and regulations. The teams also works to smoothly transition verified children to their elementary schools as they move on to kindergarten. Schools can utilize coordinators to help manage their Teaching Strategies GOLD requirements.
Funding Sources:
District Funds (Contract, Consortium, or Other District Dollars)
Provide direct and indirect support through general education and special education processes. Provide individual, team, and systems-level supports and services to various problem-solving teams. Academic, social emotional, and behavioral assessment, consultation, collaboration with classroom teachers, special education staff, specialists, parents, administration, and school personnel to develop an effective plan to meet the needs of each individual student.
Funding Sources:
District Funds (Contract, Consortium, or Other District Dollars)
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.
Funding Sources:
ESU Funds (Levy and Core Service Dollars)
District Funds (Contract, Consortium, or Other District Dollars)
Occupational Therapy is a related service for students birth to age 21, as identified through the student’s individual education program (IEP) process. The focus of the service is to enhance the student’s education and foster a level of independence.
Funding Sources:
ESU Funds (Levy and Core Service Dollars)
District Funds (Contract, Consortium, or Other District Dollars)
Transition Staff assists district staff with student transition plans. These responsibilities may include student assessment days, student activities, connections to post-secondary adult/agencies, parent support training.
Funding Sources:
IDEA Consolidated
Transition
District Funds (Contract, Consortium, or Other District Dollars)
Provides assistance to local educators and students, both verified and non-verified, to improve classroom behavior and student/teacher interaction through observation, consultation, screening and in-service. LMHP, Behaviorist services related to better understanding mental health issues in the public schools. (Student/Family Therapy, Therapeutic Consultation, Intensive Outpatient Therapy)
Funding Sources:
Title IV, Part A, Subpart 1, Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants
NE Department of Education Mental Health Contract
Head Start
ESU Funds (Levy and Core Service Dollars)
District Funds (Contract, Consortium, or Other District Dollars)
Provides grant facilitation, management, professional development, and networking for Career and Technical Education teachers through the Carl D Perkins Grant Consortium.
Sixpence Sprouting Success - Child Care Partnerships Program
Coaching and training workforce serving infants and toddlers in community child care programs
Supporting programs with the Quality Rating and Improvement Process - Step Up to Quality
Providing grant funds to support the cost of pursuing quality
Program coordination and grant management
Services provided to students. This data will be collected for the ESU use only and will not be included in the statewide data.
ESU 13: Kindergarten Trip Through Time; Grade 4 Historic School; Grade 4 Tools & Tech Through Time; Grade 5 Project WET (Water Education); Grade 6 Branch Out