Goals and Strategies:
To provide support for district leadership in continuous school improvement through high quality services, research, and resources.
- Facilitate leadership development activities for administrators and teacher leaders
- Provide learning opportunities in systems approaches for educational excellence
- Identify and deliver best practice professional development opportunities
To provide technical assistance which supports district initiatives to maximize the achievement and success of all students.
- Promote the use of data to drive systemic alignment of curriculum, assessment and instruction in a standards based learning environment.
- Guide district leadership in the collection, analysis, and use of appropriate data for educational program evaluation and development.
- Provide support and guidance to identify intervention and service needs of student subgroups to remedy all low performance and enhance the achievement of all students.
To provide legislative awareness and monitoring activities that enable districts to meet and/or exceed state and federal mandates.
- Provide liaison between the educational and legislative communities on issues that impact educational programming.
- Assist district leadership in the implementation of and compliance with state and federal mandates.
- Create opportunities for collaboration among elected leaders and district staff to develop innovative and effective approaches and solutions to educational issues in Ohio and our communities.
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION TEAM SERVICES
School Improvement
Harry Siskind, Director, Special Services
Phone: 440-350-2563 Ext. 710
Email: lc_siskind@lgca.org
- Professional Development Coordination
- Data analysis for Systemic Change
- Focused Improvement Planning/Performance Monitoring
- Educational Leadership Initiatives
- Legislative Compliance
Gifted/Talented
Sara Marino, Coordinator
Gifted Services
Phone: 440-350-2563 Ext. 723
Email: lc_marino@lgca.org
- Gifted Curriculum / Program Development
- Professional Development
- Data Analysis - Gifted Program Evaluation
- Policy Review & Revision - Identification, Service, Acceleration
- ODE Reports / Gifted EMIS Assistance
Science K-12
Rich Benz, Science Specialist
Phone: 440-350-2563 Ext. 725
Email: lc_benz@lgca.org
 Gifted Modules Model Lessons - Technology Integration
- Lake Metroparks Liaison
Administrative Services / Special Projects
Steve Young
Phone: 440-350-2563 Ext. 706
Email: lc_young@lgca.org
- Community and School District Partnerships
- Regional and Area Curriculum Directors' Meetings
- Regional and County Principals' Meetings
- Regional and County Superintendents' Meetings
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
Region IV District Coaching
LCESC will provide facilitators to help districts analyze and prioritize needs based on the Tri-Tier model and create a collaborative plan for assisting district leadership teams with their efforts to improve student achievement and organizational efficiency. Specialists in the areas of Special Education Compliance, Literacy, School Improvement and Early Learning / School Readiness will facilitate and monitor progress of data driven performance agreements.
Professional Development Coordination
Facilitators for school improvement functions (Special Education, Literacy, Early Learning / School Readiness) will provide professional development activities aligned to district needs and guide districts in selection of consultants in research based best practices for meeting the needs of identified subgroups. Additional professional development based on needs in other areas, (Science, Gifted, Math, and program development, etc.) may be arranged through ESC coordinators and content specialists.
Value Added Support
Our ESC has two state supported Regional Value Added Specialists who are able to assist and support district value-added specialists in the training and use of value-added data and the associated reports. Assistance with data analysis and use for decision making are a key component of the value-added metric. A subscription to the Value Added Learning Network is available through LCES at a 10% savings for districts.
LAKE COUNTY ESC - GIFTED AND TALENTED SERVICES
The Lake County Educational Service Center provides leadership, consultation and support for the design, implementation, evaluation and coordination of district gifted and talented programs. The Coordinator of Gifted and Talented provides the following services to Lake County districts:
- Direct teacher support
- Professional Development
- Contact for state local and national resources and organizations
- Identification of gifted and talented students
- Personnel recruitment
- Research services
- Assistance with the ODE reviews of local programs
- Assistance in completion of Annual and Financial Gifted Reporting
For more information contact:
Sara Marino, Coordinator
Gifted/Talented
Phone: (440) 350-2563, Ext. 723
E-mail: lc_marino@lgca.org
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