Special Services

1. Jefferson City Public Schools Special Services

2. Our office • Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) • Special Education • English for Speakers of Other Languages Services (ESOL) • Reading Recovery and Literacy Coaching • 504 • Health Services • Gifted Evaluations • Summer School

3. 5,386 students receive some level of support through special services 59%

4. Our Special Education Students Early Childhood Special Education 139 School Aged Students 1002 Total 1,141 Parent Placed Private School Students 95

5. Child Count By Disability Cognitive Impairment 87 Emotional Disturbance 28 Orthopedic Impairment 10 Visual Impairment 7 Hearing Impairment 11 Learning Disabilities 218 Other Heath Impaired 243 Deaf and Blind 0 Multiple Disabilities 3 Autism 90 Traumatic Brain Injury 6 YCDD 26 Language Impairment 44 Speech Impairment 229

6. Educational Environments Inside the regular classroom more than 79% 72% Inside the regular classroom 40-79% 7% Inside the regular classroom less than 40% 10% Public Separate Day Facility 0% Private Separate Day Facility 0% Homebound/Hospital 1% Private Residential 0% Correctional Facility 0% PPPS 10% State Operated Separate School 0%

7. Our Certified Staff School Psychological Examiners 8.5 Prenger Family Center 1 Preferred Family Health .5 Early Childhood Special Ed. 15.5 Speech/Language Pathologists 14 Resource Teachers 41.5 Occupational Therapists 6.5 Physical Therapists 3.5 Self-contained Special Ed. 11 VI Teacher 1 OH Teachers 2 HI Teacher .2 Adapted Physical Education 2.5 HI Interpreters 2

8. Non-certified Staff PT Assistants 3 Classroom Paraprofessionals 91 ECSE Paraprofessionals 15 Hourly Aides and Facilitators 8

9. ESOL Mrs. Sarah Porter, Coordinator • Certified staff 4.5 • Non-certified staff 8 • Number of students served: • Public 192 • Non-public0

10. Reading Recovery and Literacy Coaching Teacher Leaders: Mrs. Karen Thom Mrs. Julie Schaefer Number of Reading Recovery/Literacy Coaches 17.5

11. Section 504 504 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a federal law that prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities in any program or activity that receives federal financial assistance from the U.S. Dept. of Education. Under 504, a person with a disability is defined as an individual who: Has a mental or physical impairment that SUBSTANTIALLY limits one or more major life activities; Has a record of such an impairment; or Is regarded as having such impairment. JCPS currently has 130 students receiving services under Section 504.

12. Health Services Ms. Jeanie Rademan, RN Coordinator 7 registered nurses 8 licensed practical nurses 3 health room aides

13. Gifted Evaluations EER- Exploration, Enrichment, and Research Elementary (grades 3-5) 112 Parochial 28 and Public 84 Middle School (grades 6-8) 107 TJMS 70 and LCMS 37 Referral Process

14. Summer School 2012 Summary ECSE 49 Pre K-5 enrollment 1226 Middle School enrollment 181 Simonsen and JCHS 660 Total enrollment 2116 Average daily attendance=91% Pre-K-grade 8 Remedial Instruction Grade 9-12 Credit (855 half units earned) Most popular courses: Driver’s Ed., PE, and Health Certified Staff 126 (full time) and 73 (part time) Support Staff 87

15. Extended Summer School South Elementary 14 students in grades 2-4 attended Average daily attendance was 96% Average Reading Gain (SRI) 112 points Average Math Gain 20% (pre/post test) 82% of the extended summer school students demonstrated an increased SRI score in September compared to 53% who did not attend summer school .

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