| Alternative Programs |
Alternative programs are available for elementary, middle and high school students who have been unable to successfully function in the regular school or special educational environment. |
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| Assistive Technology |
Assistive Technology services are designed to help districts meet the educational needs of students with disabilities from Birth to age 21. Consultants can provide: individual assessment, teach coaching, professional development regarding current trends in assistive technology.
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| Blind/Visually Impaired |
CESA 6 offers a variety of educational services to support school districts to meet the needs of children with vision loss including: Assessment, Consultation, itinerant Blind/Visually Impaired programming, and Orientation & Mobility training. |
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| Career and Technical Education |
Career and Technical Education provides students:
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academic subject matter taught with relevance to the real world
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employability skills, from job-related skills to workplace ethics
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career pathways that link secondary and postsecondary education
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education for additional training and degrees, especially related to workplace training, skills upgrades and career advancement
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| Center for Operational Excellence |
The Center for Operational Excellence provides government entities the opportunity for greater efficiency and economy in procuring goods and services through cooperative purchasing processes and procedures, to ensure competitive contracts. |
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| Crisis Planning |
Regional Crisis Team supports the development of a regional crisis team to support districts' planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of their individual crisis management plans and procedures. |
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| Curriculum / Instruction / Assessment |
CESA 6 Instructional Services provides leadership within a continous improvement model of best practices in the design, development, implementat and sustainability of local standards-based curricula, assessments, and instruction. |
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| Deaf / Hard of Hearing |
CESA 6 offers a variety of educational services to support school districts to meet the needs of children with hearing loss including: Assessment, Consultation, Educational Audiology, DHH programming (itinerant and resource classroom), and Educational Interpreter.
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| Early Learning Resources |
| CESA 6, through an IDEA Discretionary Grant provides professional development, consultation and materials support to the 42 districts in CESA 6 with links to regional and statewide initiatives and services. |
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| Educator Licensing |
CESA 6 provides licensing support services to educators. These services include license renewal connected to PI 34 and Alternative Licensure (RITE).
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| E-Learning |
CESA 6 provides leadership and support in the area of distance education ( BadgerNet video distance ed, Compressed video solutions, and content management systems for provision of online classes).
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| ESEA - No Child Left Behind |
| ESEA Services provide oversight, information, professional development and technical assistance regarding aspects of No Child Left Behind. The service is offered through a consortium or consulting basis. |
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| Fallen Timbers Environmental Center |
| Fallen Timbers is an environmental center located near Seymour, WI owned by six area school districts and operated by CESA 6. The educators at Fallen Timbers provide hands-on learning opportunities for students throughout the state. |
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| Grant Writing and Related Services (GROW) |
GROW provides the following grant-related services: funding-source identification; proposal development, writing and submission; project and program evaluation; and, grant-project consultation and management. |
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| Instructional Services |
| The Primary function of the Instructional Services Department is to assist or support school districts in meeting their instructional needs. This function is carried out by support specialists through a broad range of services. |
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| Individualized Youth Services |
The Individualized Youth Services program is a community-based alternative to long-term residential care for children with severe emotional disturbance (ages 6-17). |
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| Legislative Leadership Forum |
The legislative leadership forum is open to all District administrators and school board members in the CESA 6 region. Forums are held throughout the legislative floor periods and give District Administrators and school board members an opportunity to dialog with area Legislators about state policy issues, with a primary focus on those issues dealing with education.
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| Literacy Leadership - Administrators |
Provide support services for all professionals serving as a literacy leader. Services include: summer institutes, networks, long-range planning, on-site training for literacy walk-throughs. |
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| Media Center |
The CESA 6 Media Center provides an extensive collection of materials for direct classroom instruction, staff development. and district or school improvement.
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| Pupil Services |
Pupil services support educational programs to facilitate and enhance the learning process for all students. Services include School Psychology and School Social Work. |
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| Professional Advisory Committee (PAC) |
The Professional Advisory Committee (PAC) is made up of the 42 school district administrators from the CESA 6 region. PAC meetings are held monthly to share information, plan services and provide other professional development opportunities for district administrators. |
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| Professional Networks |
| CESA 6 Professional Networks provide an opportunity for leaders to engage with peers regarding topics of interest within their discipline. |
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| Regional Competitions |
| CESA 6 facilitates regional competitions for the State Spelling Bee and Kohl's Scholarship Program. Regional Champions become eligible for state level competitions. |
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| Safe and Healthy Schools and Communities |
The CESA 6 Safe and Healthy Schools/ Communities provides consultation and support to districts on planning, assessment, policy development, implementation, and evaluation of Health and Safety programs and practices, linked to Standards of the Heart.
Topics and areas include crisis management, suicide prevention, school climate, drug trends, alcohol and other drug use, violence prevention, and all issues youth face that create situations that youth are not reaching their full potential. |
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| School Based Services |
CESA 6 offers school districts an opportunity for school based services billing / reimbursement. CESA 6 offers Medicaid billing services to assist districts in recovering costs for medically related special education services. |
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| Special Education Services |
| Special Education services provide an array of products, services, and professional development activities designed to strengthen the capacity of educational institutions to successfully educate all students to reach their maximum potential in the least restrictive environment. |
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| Summer Institutes |
CESA 6's Literacy Center presents two Summer Institutes in Madison, WI. The first is June 25 - 26, 2013: Early Childhood Institute With Nell Duke and Matt Glover. The second will be held August 14 - 16, 2013: CCSS Disciplinary Literacy Summer Institute With Doug Fisher and San Diego Charter School Content Area Teachers. |
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| Effectiveness Project (EP) |
CESA 6 and partner districts have created a system of teacher, leader, and educational specialist effectiveness. The project consists of recruiting, supporting, assessing,, and retaining effective teachers, leaders, and educational specialists. Support is provided in learning, implementing, and evaluating the project in conjunction with the DPI equivalency process. |
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| Technology Services |
The mission of the CESA 6 Technology Services is to assist school districts as they attempt to meet the instructional needs of students and staff through the use of technology. |
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| Transition |
| CESA 6 offers a comprehensive approach to providing transition services that help students with disabilities transition into adult life. |
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| Web Applications |
CESA 6 has a district website Content Management System (CMS4Schools), online calendaring system (Calendar4Schools), an IEP management system (SEEDS4Schools), workshop/conference registration system (myQuickReg), and a district intranet application (Link4Learning). |
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| Wisconsin OPEB |
Government organizations interested in establishing a trust fund to manage other post employment benefits have a new option. The Wisconsin OPEB Trust was designed to manage the health, dental, prescription and long-term care benefits for government retirees and their beneficiaries. |
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