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Truants’ Alternative and Optional Education Program (TAOEP) Sally Veach, Principal Education Consultant
V. Sue Taylor, Principal Education Consultant
Illinois Truants’
Alternative and Optional Education
Program Directory
Illinois Truants’
Alternative and Optional Education
Program Directory
Volume 15
November 2014
Prepared in Partnership with:
Regional Office of Education #26
130 S. Lafayette - Suite 200
Macomb IL 61455
Phone: (309) 837-4821
Fax: (309) 837-2887
Web site: www.roe26.net
Illinois State Board of Education
100 North First Street
Springfield IL 62777-0001
Phone: (217) 782-5589
Fax: (217) 785-9031
Web site: http://www.isbe.net
Introduction. . . . . . .1 College Programs. . . . . . .3 Black Hawk College - Optional Education Program . . .
Contact Person: Glenda Nicke . . . .5 John A. Logan College - Adult Secondary Education . . .
Contact Person: Crystal Hosselton . . . .7
Kishwaukee College, District 523 - Right To Succeed Program and Restart Program . . . Contact Person: Joanne Kantner . . . .8
Lake Land College - Pathways . . .
Contact Person: Dirk Muffler . . . .9 Lewis and Clark Community College - Enriched GED Program . . .
Contact Person: Valorie K. Harris . . . 10 Regional Office of Education Programs. . . . . . .11 ROE #1 Adams/Pike - Abolish Chronic Truancy Program (ACT) . . . .
Contact Person: Wayne Hummel . . . .12 ROE #2 Alexander/Johnson/Massac/Pulaski/Union -TAOEP Program . . .
Contact Person: Terri Parmly . . . .13 ROE #3 Bond/Fayette/Effingham - Alternative Education Programs. . .
Contact Person: Laura Benhoff/Amber Kidd . . . 14 ROE #4 Boone/Winnebago - Regional Attendance Coop./Regional Learning Center . . . .
Contact Person: Harold Sweeney . . . .15 ROE #6 West Cook - Regional Attendance Coop./Regional Learning Center . . .
Contact Person: Dana McLeod 16
ROE #8 Carroll/JoDaviess/Stephenson - Truants’ Alternative Program. . .
Contact Person: Brandy Howard . . . .17 ROE #9 Champaign-Ford - TAOEP. . .
Contact Person: Regina Parnell . . . .18 ROE #10 Christian/Montgomery - C.A.R.E. . .
Contact Person: Gail Ebeling . . . .19
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ROE #11 Clark/Cumberland/Coles/Douglas/Edgar/Moultrie/Shelby -. . .
Attendance Improvement Matters (A.I.M.) Contact Person: Kyle Thompson . . . .20 ROE #12 Clay/Crawford/Jasper/Lawrence/Richland - TAOEP. . .
Contact Person: Travis Titsworth . . . .21 ROE #13 Clinton/Marion/Washington - TAOEP Program. . .
Contact Person: Lynette Baity . . . .22 ROE #16 DeKalb - Truancy Intervention Program. . .
Contact Person: Jeff Smith . . . .23 ROE #17 DeWitt/Livingston/McLean - TAOEP. . .
Contact Person: Glen Hoffmann . . . .24 ROE #19 DuPage County - TAOEP. . .
Contact Person: Dr. Joseph Gust . . . .25 ROE #20 Edward/Gallatin/Hardin/Pope/Saline/Wabash/Wayne/White -. . .
Learning Alternative Branch; Contact Person: Jim Taylor . . . .26 ROE #22 Fulton/Schuyler/Peoria/Tazewell - Project Stay. . .
Contact Person: Dave Demler . . . .27 ROE #24 Grundy/Kendall - TAOEP . . . . . .
Contact Person: Meghan Martin . . . .28 ROE #25 Hamilton/Jefferson - TAOEP. . .
Contact Person: Ron Daniels . . . .29 ROE #26 Hancock/McDonough - STAY-IN. . .
Contact Person: Eileen Worthington . . . .30 ROE #26 Hancock/McDonough - TAOEP Professional Development. . .. . .
Contact Person: Joni Deems . . . .31 ROE #28 Bureau/Henry/Stark - Assisting Children in Education (ACE). . .
Contact Person: Kim Sellers . . . .32 ROE #30 Jackson/Perry - Jackson/Perry/Franklin/Williamson TAOEP Program.. . .
Contact Person: Jaime Lodge . . . .33 ROE #31 Kane - Truancy Prevention Program. . .
Contact Person: Paige McNulty . . . .34 ROE #32 Iroquois/Kankakee - I-KAN Attendance Assistance Program. . .
Contact Person: Michelle Fitts . . . .35
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ROE #33 Knox - Project ADEPT. . .
Contact Person: Lorenzo Pugh . . . .36 ROE #34 Lake - PASS. . .
Contact Person: Monica Schwander-Lottermoser . . . .37 ROE #35 LaSalle/Marshall/Putnam/Woodford - Attendance Awareness. . .
Contact Person: Dr. Sandra Blanco . . . .38 ROE #38 Logan/Mason/Menard - SPIRIT Outreach Program. . .
Contact Person: Jean Anderson . . . .39 ROE #39 Macon/Piatt - Futures Unlimited. . .
Contact Person: Ed Boehm . . . .40 ROE #40 Calhoun/Greene/Jersey/Macoupin - TAOEP. . .
Contact Person: Chad Hoesman . . . .41 ROE #41 Madison - Madison County TAP. . .
Contact Person: Andrew Reinking . . . .42 ROE #45 Monroe/Randolph - Right Track Truancy Prevention . . .
Contact Person: Chelsea Wesselmann . . . .43 ROE #46 Brown/Cass/Morgan/Scott - Lafayette Academy . . .
Contact Person: Jeff Stephens . . . .44 ROE #47 Lee/Ogle - Lee Ogle Dropout Intervention System (LODIS). . .
Contact Person: Janet Kacvinsky . . . .45 ROE #48 Peoria - Project Target. . .
Contact Person: Beth Crider Derry . . . .46 ROE #49 Rock Island - Prevention Services Program . . .
Contact Person: Clayton Naylor . . . .47 ROE #50 St. Clair - TAOEP Program . . . . . .
Contact Person: Tracy Gray . . . .48 ROE #51 Sangamon - Sangamon County Learning Academy . . .
Contact Person: Shannon Fehroholz . . . .49 ROE #53 Tazewell - Tazewell County Truants’ Alternative Program . . .
Contact Person: Gail Owen . . . .50 ROE #54 Vermilion - Vermilion County Truants’ Alternative Program. . .
Contact Person: Mark Janesky . . . .51 ROE #55 Whiteside - Whiteside County Truants’ Alternative Program . . .
Contact Person: Chris Palmer . . . .52
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ROE #56 Will - Will County Truants’ Alternative Program . . .
Contact Person: Jake Mahlik . . . .53 District Programs. . . . . . .55 Aurora East School District #131 - The Advantage Program . . .
Contact Person: Michele Brown . . . .56 Belleville High School District #201 - Belleville Night School . . .
Contact Person: Scott Baer . . . .57 Bloom High School District #206 - TAOEP Program . . .
Contact Person: Mariba Woods . . . .58 Carbondale Community High School District #165 - Rebound. . . . . .
Contact Person: June Hickey . . . .59 Carlinville CUSD #1 - Attendance Counts at Carlinville Elem. Schools (ACES). . .
Contact Person: Elise Schwartz . . . .60 Century CUSD #100 - TAOEP Program . . .
Contact Person: Lisa Miller . . . ..61 Champaign CUSD #4. . . .. . .
Contact Person: Orlando Thomas . . . .62 Chicago Public Schools #299 - Attendance Improvement & Truancy Intervention . . .
Contact Person: Mary (Molly) Burke . . . .63 Community High School District #218 - Delta Learning Center. . .
Contact Person: Anne Coffman . . . .64 Decatur Public School District #61 - Make Every Minute Count. . .
Contact Person: Lawrence Trimble . . . .65 East Richland Community Unit School District #1 - TAOEP Program. . .
Contact Person: Larry Bussard . . . .66 East St. Louis School District #189 - Education & Truancy Intervention Program . . .
Contact Person: Fred Clarke . . . .67 Edwards County CUSD #1 - TAOEP Program . . .
Contact Person: Kris Duncan . . . .68 Eldorado Unit #4 - TAOEP Program . . .
Contact Person: Ryan Hobbs . . . .69
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Galesburg Community Unit District #205 - TAOEP Program . . .
Contact Person: Jason Spring . . . .70 Gallatin County Community Unit School District #7 - TAOEP Program . . .
Contact Person: Lucinda Schmitt . . . .71 Granite City Community Unit School District #9 - TAOEP Program . . .
Contact Person: Cynthia Gavilsky and Tina Arico . . . .72 Hamilton County Community Unit School District #10 - TAOEP Program . . .
Contact Person: Travis McCollum . . . .73 Jersey Community Unit School District #100 - TAOEP Program . . . .
Contact Person: Jason Brunaugh . . . .74 LaSalle-Peru Township High School District #120 - Attendance Advocacy Program. . .
Contact Person: Megan Mahaffey . . . .75 Lincoln Community High School District #404 - TAOEP Program . . .
Contact Person: Janet Lovdahl . . . 76 Mt. Vernon Township High School District #201 - TAOEP Program . . .
Contact Person: Julie Littlefair . . . .77 PORTA Community Unit District #202 - TAOEP Program. . .
Contact Person: Matthew Brue . . . .78 Quincy School District #172 - TAOEP Program. . .
Contact Person: Carol Frericks . . . .79 Rockford Public Schools District #205 - Rockford Attendance Initiative . . . . . . .
Contact Person: Angela Hite-Carter . . . .80 Round Lake Area Unit School District #116. . .
Contact Person: Suretha Tate . . . .81 Thornton Fractional District #215 . . .
Contact Person: Mike Fies . . . .82 Thornton Township High School District #205 - TAOEP Program . . .
Contact Person: Jerry Doss . . . .83 Urbana School District #116 - Urban Adult Education. . .
Contact Person: Samuel Byndom . . . .84 Waukegan Community Unit School District #60 - TAOEP Program. . .
Contact Person: Grant A. Flink . . . .85 Woodstock Community Unit School District #200 - Truancy Program. . .
Contact Person: Keely Krueger . . . .86
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What is the Truants’ Alternative and Optional Education Program?
Section 2-3.66 of the School Code (105 ILCS 5/2-3.66) authorizes the State Board of Education to provide grants for the establishment of pilot Truants’ Alternative and Optional Education Pro-grams (TAOEP). These proPro-grams serve students with attendance problems and/or dropouts up to and including those who are 21 years of age and provide truancy prevention and intervention ser-vices to students and their parents and/or serve as part-time or full-time options to regular school attendance. Programs, which primarily provide truancy prevention and intervention services, inte-grate resources of the school and community to meet the needs of the students and parents. Op-tional education programs, on the other hand, serve as part-time or full-time options to regular school attendance and offer modified instructional programs or other services designed to prevent students from dropping out of school.
What are the Services?
TAOEP services include prevention and/or intervention and optional education programs designed to prevent students from dropping out of school.
Services include: Counseling Tutoring Mentoring Childcare Transportation Summer school
Evening school, and
Alternative school
The primary goals of the program are to reduce student truancy and dropout rates.
What are the Requirements?
All projects in this program are required to develop a community-based program plan. Compre-hensive community-based program planning results in the development of the program goals and objectives and a strategic plan. The development of the strategic plan should be supported by an analysis of social, human services and academic needs of students within the context of school improvement. The development of program goals and objectives as well as the process of identi-fying local/community resources in support of program services should evolve from collaborative discussion among a group of program stakeholders and/or partners, such as, but not limited to, the business community, government agencies, parents, local school administrators, teachers and stu-dents.
Using in part the results of a comprehensive community-based program planning process, each TAOEP project must make use of the services available from schools, social service agencies, businesses, and other regional and local community entities. Projects should work to coordinate their efforts with those of others concerned with the welfare of children, including school district personnel, social service and community agencies, businesses, parents or guardians, court
sentatives, and staff advisory groups.
An individualized optional education plan (IOEP) or service plan must be developed for each student served in the TAOEP. This plan is developed with the participation of school officials, the student, and/or the student’s parents or legal guardians (if the student is less than 18 years old). Plans should outline an individual student’s academic, social and/or vocational skill needs as well as goals, objectives, and various educational experiences needed to reach those goals and objectives. In development of the IOEP, consideration must be given to results of diagnostic procedures conducted for the student. These diagnostic procedures shall include, but need not be limited to, teachers’ observations test/assessment scores, an interview with the youth, consul-tation with the youth’s parent(s) or guardian(s), a review of the youth’s academic history and current educational functioning, and an assessment of the youth’s learning environment. The assessment may also include consideration of the student’s need for mental health and social services. The individualized optional education or service plan developed for each student must specifically include:
(1) Learning objectives or individual outcomes, such as increased school attendance, course credit, graduation, gains in achievement level or employment;
(2) The basis on which the student is referred to the program;
(3) The services that will be provided in relation to the student’s educational needs to achieve learning objectives or individual outcomes;
(4) Assessment procedures to determine the degree to which the student is achieving his or her learning objectives or individual outcomes; and
(5) Appropriate time period during which the student is expected to achieve those objectives or outcomes.
Eligible Applicants
Public school districts, regional offices of education, community college districts, charter schools, area vocational centers, and public university laboratory schools approved by the State Board of Education are eligible to apply for either or both programs. Joint applications for funds may be submitted. However, in each case an administrative agent must be designated, and the joint proposal must have the signature of each superintendent or the official authorized to submit the proposal.
College Programs
Black Hawk College John A. Logan College
Kishwaukee College Lake Land College
Black Hawk College -
Optional Education Program
Counties Served: Rock Island, Henry and M ercer Program Description
The Optional Education Program is a collaborative alternative school option administered by Black Hawk College in cooperation with 6 school districts served by ROE #49. The program is a key component in the region’s continuum of educational options available to dropouts and potential dropouts. Distinguishing elements include:
Variable entry/exit at three-week intervals
Individualized instruction
Student choice
Focus on social and career as well as academic development
Academic services include high school credit and GED classes during the academic year and summer terms. Non-academic court-related, life skills, monitoring, parenting, referral, mentoring, and family services support Non-academic achievement. Leveraged funds from other resources expand the number of academic classes and provide tutoring, career and work experiences, college classes, and transportation support.
Administrative Agency:
Black Hawk College 6600 34th Avenue Moline IL 61265 Phone: (309) 796-5000
Website: www.bhc.edu
Administrative Agency:
Glenda Nicke
301 Avenue of the Cities East Moline, IL 61244 Phone: (309) 796-8222 E-mail: [email protected]
Type of Service Offered: Optional Education/Alter native
Students Served: Potential Dr opout and Dr opout
Grade of Students Served: 9-12
Age of Students Served: 16-21
John A. Logan College -
Adult Secondary Education (ASE)
Counties Served: W illiamson and Franklin - Jackson and Perry (In lieu of expulsion only) Program Description
The Adult Secondary Education (ASE) program at John A. Logan College provides intervention services through: 1) an optional learning opportunity to dropout and potential dropout youth and 2) a credit recovery opportunity to po-tential dropout youth with academic problems associated with attendance issues.
The following services are provided through the ASE programming:
1. An intensive, comprehensive, full-day educational program for dropout and potential dropout youth that includes education (academic instruction), academic and personal counseling, support services, community internships, workplace readiness, and volunteer activities.
2. A supportive educational summer and evening program that allows potential dropout youth with truancy issues the opportunity to earn high school credit and remain “on track” for high school graduation.
3. A supportive program of counseling and communication for students, parents, and staff facilitated by on-staff counselors and licensed social workers.
4. A program of assessment and counseling in academic, vocational, and life skill areas.
Administrative Agency:
John A. Logan Community College 700 Logan College Road
Carterville IL 62918 Phone: (618) 985-3741
Website: www.jalc.edu
Contact Person:
Crystal Hosselton 700 Logan College Road Carterville IL 62918
Phone: (618) 985-3741 Ext. 8349 E-mail: [email protected]
Type of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices) and Optional Education/Alter native
Students Served: Potential Dr opout and Dr opout
Grade of Students Served: 9-12
Age of Students Served: 16-21
Kishwaukee College, District 523 -
Right To Succeed Program and Restart Program
Counties Served: DeK alb, Ogle, and Lee Counties within Kishwaukee College District 523 Program Description
The TAOEP program provides educational and support services to re-enrolled high school dropouts age 16-21, as well as truants, chronic truants, and potential dropouts in grades 6-12.
The Right to Succeed Program at Kishwaukee College assists students who have dropped from school obtain a Certificate of General Educational Development (GED). It provides counseling services, case management, and support services to assist students in meeting their educational and career goals.
The Phoenix Program at Kishwaukee Education Consortium is an in-school program that provides counseling and truancy court/social work services for truants/chronic truants/potential dropouts and retrieved dropouts. All day remedial math and reading classes as well as other core curricular subjects are provided through the alternative school program.
These programs utilize community resources and services and promote partnerships with business and industry. Referrals to community and employment services are coordinated to develop opportunities and career pathways for students as they prepare for a productive future. Program objectives reflect increased attendance and academic achievement. Skills for stu-dent success, such as respect, responsibility, critical thinking/problem solving, teamwork, community involvement, and lifelong learning are emphasized to prepare them for further education and employment.
Administrative Agency:
Kishwaukee College, District 253 21193 Malta Road
Malta IL 60150-9699
Phone: (815) 825-2086 ext. 2000
Website: www.kishwaukeecollege.edu
Contact Person:
Joanne Kantner 21193 Malta Road Malta IL 60150 Phone: (815) 825-2086 Ext. 3760 E-mail: [email protected]Type of Service Offered: Optional Education/Alter native
Students Served: Potential Dr opout, Dr opout, Tr uant and Chr onic Tr uant
Grade of Students Served: 6-12
Age of Students Served: 12-21
Lake Land College -
Pathways
Counties Served: Shelby, M oultrie, Douglas, Coles, Cum berland, Clark, Edgar and Effingham Program Description
For the 25th year, with cooperation from Lake Land College, ROE #3 and ROE #11, Pathways to the Future will be pro-vided as an optional education program in East-Central Illinois. Pathways will continue to offer services to students be-tween the ages of 15-21 years who have either dropped out of high school or are at risk of doing so.
Students entering into the Pathways program will either receive instruction toward the completion of their high school diploma or GED certificate. Courses included within their instruction will include parenting education, life skills training, vocational education, and job-seeking and keeping skills. Pathways will also offer tutoring, mentoring, and service learn-ing opportunities throughout the year.
Students will also be afforded the opportunity to earn dual-credits through our relationship with Lake Land College. In-struction, including those for students with credit deficiencies, will satisfy ISBE State Goal for Learning and those of local high schools and boards.
Pathways will be offered in five communities utilizing Lake Land College facilities in Mattoon and Effingham. Pathways will also be offered in Casey, Marshall and Shelbyville as well. Classes will be held full-time, six hours a day at each site. Each site will be staged by a certified teacher and classroom assistant.
Administrative Agency:
Lake Land College 5001 Lake Land Blvd. Mattoon IL 61938 Phone: (217) 234-5222
Website: www.lakeland.cc.il.us
Contact Person:
Dirk Muffler 305 Richmond E Mattoon IL 61938 Phone: (217) 238-8383E-mail: [email protected]
Type of Service Offered: Optional Education/Alter native
Students Served: Potential Dr opout and Dr opout
Grade of Students Served: 9-12
Age of Students Served: 15-21
Lewis and Clark Community College -
Enriched GED Program
Counties Served: M adison, M acoupin, Jersey, Greene and Calhoun Program Description
For the past twenty-five years, Lewis and Clark and area high schools have agreed that high school aged youth who have officially dropped out are effectively served by enrolling in Lewis and Clark’s GED program. Lewis and Clark’s Enriched GED program will enhance this optional education experience for seventy-five youth enrolled in GED classes at 2 locations. Many of these youth have also dropped from alternative schools—for them, this is often the last resort to earn certification for secondary learning.
Enriched GED will enhance students’ experience through ABE/GED instruction by adding structure and support to improve students’ success. Students attend a comprehensive orientation where they set goals and are given assess-ments. Based on their reading ability, they are placed concurrently into career development and either GED prepara-tion, where they focus on getting their GED while creating a transition plan that will lead to college and/or work, or an evidence-based reading class to focus on improving reading skills and transitioning to GED-level coursework. Students complete an IOEP with a counselor and receive intense counseling services. Through these interventions, students will improve basic skills, receive GEDs, and develop an understanding of themselves that will serve as a foundation for their next step to college and/or work.
Administrative Agency:
Lewis and Clark Community College 5800 Godfrey Rd.
Godfrey IL 62035 Phone: (618) 468-2000
Website: www.lc.edu
Contact Person:
Valorie K. Harris 5800 Godfrey Rd. Godfrey IL 62035 Phone: (618) 468-4100 E-mail: [email protected]
Type of Service Offered: Optional Education/Alter native
Students Served: Dr opout
Grade of Students Served:
Age of Students Served: 16-20
Regional Office of Education
Programs
ROE #1 ROE #2 ROE #3 ROE #4 ROE #6 ROE #8 ROE #9 ROE #10 ROE #11 ROE #12 ROE #13 ROE #16 ROE #17 ROE #19 ROE #20 ROE #22 ROE #24 ROE #25 ROE #26 ROE #28 ROE #30 ROE #31 ROE #32 ROE #33 ROE #34 ROE #35 ROE #38 ROE #39 ROE #40 ROE #41 ROE #45 ROE #46 ROE #47 ROE #48 ROE #49 ROE #50 ROE #51 ROE #53 ROE #54 ROE #55 ROE #56Administrative Agency:
ROE #1 Adams/Pike
Deborah J. Niederhauser, Regional Supt. 507 Vermont Street Quincy IL 62301 Phone: (217) 277-2080 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.roe1.org
ROE #1 Adams/Pike -
Abolish Chronic Truancy Program (ACT)
Counties Served: Adam s and Pik e Program Description
The TAOEP Abolish Chronic Truancy (ACT) program at ROE #1 is designed to maximize a community-based, in-teragency effort to provide supportive intervention services to students experiencing poor patterns of school attend-ance. The goal of this project is to improve school attendance and thus enhance academic performance and encour-age positive attitudes towards education. This should ultimately reduce the number of dropouts in our counties. TAOEP workers will develop a relationship based on caring, trust, and respect while providing interactions such as school and home visits, phone contacts, and one-on-one visits with the student, family and school as they monitor school attendance. An Individualized Attendance Plan is created based on the student’s attendance, needs, and poten-tial services will be implemented to attain attendance goals. Our TAOEP-ACT program inipoten-tially provides supportive intervention to students at four days of truancy with additional, ongoing supports offered throughout the year but specifically at seven and nine day intervals of truancy. If a chronically truant student fails to accept benefits from these interventions, TAOEP staff will provide an ACT hearing to address issues according to 105ILCS 5/26-8. If all intensive efforts fail to effectively stop the truancy behaviors, a state court process will be sought.
Contact Person:
Wayne Hummel 507 Vermont Street Quincy IL 62301 Phone: (217) 277-2080 E-mail: [email protected]Type of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices)
Students Served: Tr uant and Chr onic Tr uant
Grade of Students Served: K-12
Age of Students Served: 5-21
ROE #2 Alexander/Johnson/Massac/Pulaski/Union -
TAOEP Program
Contact Person:
Terri Parmly
17 Rustic Campus Drive Ullin IL 62992-2226 Phone: (618) 634-2292 E-mail: [email protected]
Counties Served: Johnson, M assac Program Description
ROE #2's TAOEP program provides a variety of comprehensive services to truants, chronic truants, and retrieved dropouts in grades 6-12. Referral services include student and parent contact, meetings with appropriate staff, proba-tion officers, State’s Attorneys, and other service providers to assure a "wraparound" approach to identifying and eliminating social and educational barriers to student success. Monitoring of attendance at each of our participating school districts, contact with students and parents, home visits, and working with local service providers are part of our TAOEP services.
Alternative and optional education classes are provided at three sites. Individualized, self-paced, robust and engaging instruction, counseling, career awareness and career path development are employed to ensure future success for col-lege or career. This program offers credit recover by utilizing the Edgenuity (formerly Education2020) curriculum program aligned with the Common Core Standards and delivered through interactive, media-rich instruction.
The major thrust of our program is to create an educational environment which helps students who have had difficul-ty in regular school settings begin to experience success, thus promoting a positive change in attendance, behavior, and academic performance.
Administrative Agency:
ROE #2 Alexander/Johnson/Massac/ Pulaski/Union
Janet Ulrich, Regional Supt. 17 Rustic Campus Drive Ullin IL 62992-2226 Phone: (618) 634-2292 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.roe02.com
Type of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices) and Optional Education/Alter native
Students Served: Potential Dr opout, Dr opout, Tr uant and Chr onic Tr uant
Grade of Students Served: 6-12
Age of Students Served:
ROE #3 Bond/Fayette/Effingham -
Alternative Education Programs
Counties Served: Bond, Fayette and Effingham Program Description
OBJECTIVES:
1) Provide an alternative/optional education program for high school dropouts, potential dropouts, truants, and chronic truants.
2) Provide truancy intervention/prevention services at the K-8 level to students with irregular attendance.
Objective #1 will be achieved through New Approach and Aspire Alternative High Schools plus credit recovery classes. The two alternative high schools will provide a setting where credits can be generated toward graduation. Eleven high schools in Bond, Fayette, and Effingham Counties will have the opportunity to be served by the alterna-tive high schools. These eleven high schools will partner and provide the necessary educational components and so-cial services needed for student success. Credit recovery classes will target truant students, as well as credit deficient students. The alternative high schools will provide students with the opportunity to successfully return to their home school and/or graduate while focusing highly on transition to the post-secondary level.
Objective #2 will be met by the Regular Attendance Program (RAP). Truancy intervention/prevention services will be provided at the K through 8 levels to promote regular school attendance. Networking between other agencies, as well as the home and school, will be performed by the RAP attendance specialist to ensure success for the student and his/her family.
Administrative Agency:
ROE #3 Bond/Fayette/Effingham Julie Wollerman, Regional Supt. 300 South 7th Street Vandalia IL 62471 Phone: (618) 283-5011 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.aep.fayette.k12.il.us
Contact Persons:
Laura Benhoff | Amber Kidd 1805 W. Fletcher | 900 Edgar
Vandalia, IL 62471 | Effingham, IL 62401
Phone: 618-283-9311| 217-342-2865
E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]
Type of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices) and Optional Education/Alter native
Students Served: Dr opout, Tr uant and Chr onic Tr uant
Grade of Students Served: K-12
Age of Students Served: 5-21
ROE #4 Boone/Winnebago -
Regional Attendance Coop./Regional Learning Center
Counties Served: Boone and W innebago Program Description
The Regional Attendance Cooperative is the only program to support the truancy intervention efforts of the schools in Boone and Winnebago Counties excluding Rockford District #205. After the intervention efforts of the school have not brought about change in student attendance, students are referred to the program where an individual plan for each student is determined which will effectively use community resources to address the root cause of the tru-ancy and assist the student/family to have a successful school experience.
The Regional Learning Center provides alternative/optional education to students 16 to 21 years of age, who reside in Boone or Winnebago County and have experienced school failure which has led to excessive absenteeism or drop-ping out of school. The RLC accesses support services from community agencies to meet the needs of our students to become productive citizens upon completion of the program.
Administrative Agency:
ROE #4 Boone/Winnebago Dr. Lori Fanello, Regional Supt. 300 Heart Boulevard Loves Park IL 61111-7516 Phone: (815) 636-3060 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.4roe.org
Contact Person:
Harold Sweeney 5949 Safford Rd Rockford IL 61101 Phone: (815) 972-4384 E-mail: [email protected]Type of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices) and Optional/Alter native Education
Students Served: Retrieved Dr opout, Tr uant and Chr onic Tr uant
Grade of Students Served: K-12
Age of Students Served: 6-20
ROE #6 West Cook
Counties Served: W est Cook Program Description
West 40 ISC #2 provides supplement services to students in School District 209 and School District 89, grades K-12. Students will be referred to the program when characterized by multiple factors for dropping out of school. Referrals are based on attendance in conjunction with other factors such as failures, low grade point average, be-havior, or credit deficiency. Once referred, a potential dropout will be provided services according to each individ-ual students’ needs, which will be decided upon by the student, their family, school personnel and a Truancy Out-reach Worker. This team determines the services that each student will receive.
Students who need Social/Emotional IOEP goals will be provided with numerous services from their Outreach Worker and providers in the community. Some examples of non-academic services are: court-related services, medical, dental, and mental health related services to be coordinated by the Truancy Outreach Workers as neces-sary on a case by case basis, using partnering community service agencies. Children’s Clinic and/or Youth Out-reach Services. Services offered to students whose IOEP goals focus on academic achievement will be designed to decrease the number of failures and get students on track for graduation, or in the elementary school, prepare for grade promotion. Examples of some of the academic services are: credit recovery instruction (online learning) of-fered to chronic truants delivered by certified high school teachers at the students’ home school throughout the school year and summer. Individualized tutoring will be provided, as needed and on the recommendation of the Truancy Outreach Workers, to chronic truant students by certified teachers. Education to Career planning and counseling is to be provided to chronic truants by the counselor and teaching staff. GED preparation instruction is available at Triton and Morton Community Colleges for those individuals who select this option after consultation with home school counselor and Truancy Outreach Worker.
Administrative Agency:
West 40 ISC #2
Dr. Mark Klaisner, Exec. Director 4413 Roosevelt Rd Suite 104 Hillside, IL 60612 Phone: (708) 449-4284 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.west40.org
Contact Person:
Dana McLeod 4412 Roosevelt Rd. Suite 104 Hillside, IL 60612 Phone: (708) 449-4284 E-mail: [email protected]Type of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices)
Students Served: Dr opout
Grade of Students Served: K-12
Age of Students Served: 7-17
ROE #8 Carroll/Jo Daviess/Stephenson -
TAOEP
Contact Person:
Brandy Howard
27 S. State Ave., Ste 101 Freeport IL 61032
Phone: (815) 599-1408 Ext. 134 E-mail: [email protected]
Counties Served: Carroll, Jo Daviess and Stephenson Program Description
Regional Office of Education #8 will provide a truancy intervention/prevention and dropout program to at-risk youth in our three-county region. The program will provide at-risk youth in grades K-12 with services designed to improve attendance and build self-esteem, academics, and life skills.
The two components of the program will be case management and credit recovery. The case management component will be provided to districts with high numbers of truants and chronic truants. Truancy Specialists (case managers) will conduct regular home visits, provide one-on-one informal counseling to truant youth, and facilitate referral and linkage to school and community services. Credit recovery coursework will be available to all districts and will be provided primarily via online instruction, academic progress and attendance will be monitored weekly.
Administrative Agency:
ROE #8 Carroll/Jo Daviess/Stephenson Aaron Mercier, Regional Supt.
27 S. State Ave., Ste 101nue - Suite 101 Freeport IL 61032
Phone: (815) 599-1408 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.roe8.com
Type of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices)
Students Served: PotentialDropout, Truant and Chronic Truant
Grade of Students Served: K-12
Age of Students Served: 5-18
ROE #9 Champaign/Ford -
Attendance Improvement Program
Counties Served: Cham paign and Ford Program Description
The program provides supplemental truancy intervention services to 14 schools districts in east central Illinois. Ser-vices include home visits, school visits, career serSer-vices, academic counseling, health-related serSer-vices, referrals to social services agencies, support services for parents, credit recovery programs, court services and summer pro-grams. The program also provides a Truancy Review Board (TRB) serving Chronic Truants to determine final ef-forts needed to avoid court. We have diverted many truants from court through this process as well as improving their school attendance.
The goal of our program is to provide and coordinate services for students who are experiencing attendance prob-lems in order to maximize each students potential to achieve academic success. Program objectives include increas-ing school attendance, reducincreas-ing the number of chronic truants and, providincreas-ing summer school for secondary students in order to allow them to advance to the next grade level.
We collaborate with other TAOEP Programs in our region, Champaign and Urbana, as well as various community agencies, to help us ensure a continuum of services to students.
Administrative Agency:
ROE #9 Champaign/Ford Jane Quinlan, Regional Supt. 200 South Fredrick
Rantoul IL 61866 Phone: (217) 893-3219
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.roe9.k12.il.us
Contact Person:
Regina Parnell 514A N. NeilChampaign IL 61820 Phone: (217) 373-1305 E-mail: [email protected]
Type of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices)
Students Served: Potential Dr opout, Tr uant and Chr onic Tr uant
Grade of Students Served: K-12
Age of Students Served: 6-17
ROE #10 Christian/Montgomery -
C.A.R.E.
Counties Served: Christian and M ontgomery Program Description
The Christian/Montgomery C.A.R.E. (Consistent Attendance Results in Excellence) program is a cooperative effort of the ROE, school districts, network agencies, and various individuals to provide truancy intervention services to students. We seek to reduce the growing number of truants, chronic truants, and potential dropouts by working in conjunction with schools to aid students and their families in improving school attendance and using support sys-tems.
Youth Advocates work with school districts in both counties to identify those students who are truants, chronic tru-ants, or potential dropouts in grades K-12. The Youth Advocate works one-on-one with referred students and their families to identify needs and link students with services. Services offered through the C.A.R.E. Program include attendance monitoring, in-school tutoring for students at risk for failure, and access to online curriculum for credit deficient students.
Administrative Agency:
ROE #10 Christian/Montgomery Marchelle Kassebaum, Regional Supt. 203 S. Main - Courthouse Annex Hillsboro IL 62049
Phone: (217) 532-9591
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.roe10.org
Contact Person:
Gail Ebeling203 S. Main - Courthouse Annex Hillsboro IL 62049
Phone: (217) 532-9579 E-mail: [email protected]
Type of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices)
Students Served: Potential Dr opout, Tr uant and Chr onic Tr uant
Grade of Students Served: K-12
Age of Students Served: 5-20
Program Sites: Chr istian Taylorville, Edinburg, Morrisonville, Pana and South Fork. Montgomery
ROE #11 Clark/Cumberland/Coles/Douglas/Edgar/
Moultrie/Shelby -
Attendance Improvement Matters (A.I.M.)
Counties Served: Clark, Cum berland, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, M oultrie and Shelby Program Description
AIM (Attendance Improvement Matters) is the name for ROE #11’s supplementary TAOEP services. Through these services, the ROE works to eliminate administrative and programmatic barriers to school attendance and school completion by students including pregnant and parenting students while monitoring board of education adopted poli-cies which identify the appropriate supportive services and available resources which are provided for truants and chronic truants.
Priority is given to economically challenged students. Additionally, attendance specialists serve as ROE homeless liaisons and ensure enrollment of homeless children is ongoing and not delayed because of document requirements. The attendance specialists develop positive relationships with truant students and their families through home visits, school/classroom visits, incentive programs, mentoring, monitoring and any other activities that are relevant to the intervention process. Interventions are evidence-based, flexible, sustainable, and coordinated.
Beacons is the alternative (optional) education component of ROE #11 TAOEP services and is a self-contained classroom designed for chronic truants below the age of 17 years who wish to catch up to grade level or retrieve credits missed due to poor attendance. Improving daily school attendance and keeping students on track for high school graduation are designed outcomes of the program.
Administrative Agency:
ROE #11 Clark/Cumberland/Coles/ Douglas/Edgar/Moultrie/Shelby Dr. Bobbi Mattingly, Regional Supt. 730 7th Street Charleston IL 61920 Phone: (217) 348-0151 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.roe11.org
Contact Person:
Kyle Thompson 730 7th Street Charleston IL 61920 Phone: (217) 348-0151 E-mail: [email protected]Type of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices) and Optional Education/Alter native
Students Served: Tr uant and Chr onic Tr uant
Grade of Students Served: K-12
Age of Students Served: 7-17
ROE #12 Clay/Crawford/Jasper/Lawrence/Richland -
TAOEP Program
Counties Served: Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence and Richland Program Description
ROE #12 will provide for a variety of comprehensive services to specifically identified truant, chronic truant, drop-out and potential dropdrop-out students ages 6-21. Efforts will be focused on students with attendance problems and po-tential dropouts. Chronic truants, popo-tential dropouts, and retrieved dropouts will have priority status for placement and services.
Each student served will have an Individualized Optional Education Plan (IOEP) and/or Service Plan developed with the involvement of the student, the student’s parents/guardians, the Local Education Agency (LEA), and other enti-ties as indicated by individual circumstances. The students served may receive a variety of services that can include remediation, intervention, support services and an academic component. The academic educational component’s cur-riculum consists of general junior high school curcur-riculum, Edgenuity online courses, and high school courses, some including work site experiences, as identified by the LEA and Truant Alternative Optional Education Program (TAOEP) Staff.
Administrative Agency:
ROE #12 Clay/Crawford/Jasper/Lawrence/ Richland
Monte Newlin, Regional Supt. 3rd Floor Richland Co. Courthouse 103 West Main Street
Olney IL 62450 Phone: (618) 392-4631 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.roe12.org
Contact Person:
Travis Titsworth 213 Cumberland St. P.O. Box 77 Willow Hill IL 62480 Phone: (618) 455-3605 E-mail: [email protected]Type of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices) and Optional Education/Alter native
Students Served: Potential Dr opout, Dr opout, Tr uant and Chr onic Tr uant
Grade of Students Served: K-12
Age of Students Served: 6-21
ROE #13 Clinton/Marion/Washington -
TAOEP Program
Counties Served: Clinton, M arion, and W ashington Program Description
The Regional Office of Education #13 provides thirty-two public school districts in Clinton, Marion, and Washing-ton Counties with truancy intervention services. ROE #13 operates the Alternative Learning Academy, a compre-hensive educational program, for students in grades 6-12. An Individual Optional Education Plan is developed for each student and attendance is closely monitored. The principal and certified teachers are available to ensure stu-dents meet their academic and personal goals and to ensure regular attendance.
Administrative Agency:
ROE #13 Clinton/Marion/Washington Keri Garrett, Regional Supt.
200 East Schwartz St. Salem IL 62881 Phone: (618) 548-3885 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.roe13.org
Contact Person:
Lynette Baity 200 Schwartz St. Salem IL 62881 Phone: (618) 548-3885 E-mail: [email protected]Type of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices) and Optional Education/Alter native
Students Served: Potential Dr opout, Tr uant and Chr onic Tr uant
Grade of Students Served: 7-12
Age of Students Served: 12-21
ROE #16 DeKalb -
Truancy Intervention Program
Counties Served: DeK alb Program Description
The DeKalb County Truancy Intervention Program (DCTIP) offers a combination of intervention and remediation services to all public school districts in DeKalb County. Intervention services are aimed at identifying truants, chron-ic truants and potential dropouts in K-12 and providing them with effective resources. Servchron-ices are largely rendered by truancy outreach workers (caseworkers) and include: parent education, absentee recovery, tutoring, mentoring, counseling and referrals to social service agencies. Remediation services allow students who have fallen behind the opportunity to recover lost course credits through online credit recovery (middle and high school). These students receive academic support and tutoring so they may achieve academically and rejoin classmates on the road to gradu-ation.
Administrative Agency:
ROE #16 DeKalb
Amanda Christensen, Regional Supt. 2500 North Annie Glidden Rd. - Suite C DeKalb IL 60115 Phone: (815) 217-0460 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.dekalbcounty.org/ROE/roe.html
Contact Person:
Jeff Smith2500 North Annie Glidden Rd. - Suite C DeKalb IL 60115
Phone: (815) 217-0460 E-mail: [email protected]
Type of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices)
Students Served: Potential Dr opout, Tr uant and Chr onic Tr uant
Grade of Students Served: K-12
Age of Students Served: 5-19
ROE #17 DeWitt/Livingston/McLean -
TAOEP Program
Counties Served: DeW itt, Livingston and M cLean Program Description
The DeWitt/Livingston/McLean TAOEP program provides supplemental services to the traditional school that facili-tates improvement in academic achievement and ultimate graduation of students that have been identified as at-risk due to truancy and/or potential dropout status. Credit recovery style programming includes: single credit, virtual schooling, and a summer session. These programs are open to any current 9-12th grade student in the region enrolled in school, who meet TAOEP requirements, and are at risk of dropping out due to credit deficiencies. In addition the summer session is open to grades 6-8 who are in need of a grade remediation program.
A K-12 prevention/intervention program provides outreach services for school personnel to improve student attend-ance patterns and parent awareness of attendattend-ance requirements.
Administrative Agency:
ROE #17 DeWitt/Livingston/McLean Mark E. Jontry, Regional Supt. 905 N. Main St., Suite One Normal IL 61761 Phone: (309) 888-5120 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.roe17.org
Contact Person:
Glen Hoffmann 408 W. Washington Bloomington IL 61701 Phone: (309) 828-5807 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.rasblm.orgType of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices), Optional Education/Alter native
Students Served: Potential Dr opout, Tr uant and Chr onic Tr uant
Grade of Students Served: K-12
Age of Students Served: 5-21
ROE #19 DuPage - TAOEP
Counties Served: DuPage Program Description
The DuPage County TAEOP is a coordinated collaborative effort between all of the local school districts in the county, local governmental agencies, community agencies, and the Regional Office of Education. The DuPage ROE receives referrals from our local schools. Each individual case receives multiple program options that include, but are not limited to, Youth Outreach services (school visits, home visits, educational monitoring, advocacy, individual counseling, family counseling, community agency referrals, parent education) case management, court liaison, and prevention/prevention services targeting chronic truants. An individual Optional Education Plan is developed and includes a diagnostic profile highlighting student needs, case management, goal setting, connection to the communi-ty resources and services advocacy, supportive parental involvement including home visits, individual, family and group counseling and continual reinforcement to meet the challenges and provide successful outcomes.
Administrative Agency:
DuPage ROE
Dr. Darlene Ruscitti, Regional Supt. 421 N. County Farm Rd. Wheaton, IL 60189 Phone: (630) 407-5800 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.dupage.k12.il.us
Contact Person:
Dr. Joseph Gust 421 N. County Farm Rd. Wheaton, IL 60189 Phone: (630) 407-5772 E-mail: [email protected]Type of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices)
Grade of Students Served: K-12
Age of Students Served: 6-17
ROE #20 Edward/Gallatin/Hardin/Pope/Saline/Wabash/
Wayne/White - Learning Alternative Branch
Counties Served: Edward, Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline, W abash, W ayne and W hite Program Description
ROE #20 has worked with strategic planning group to study the needs of at-risk adolescents in Edwards, Gallatin, Hardin, Pop, Saline, Wabash, Wayne and White Counties. Five strategic goals have been identified for this project: (1) Delivering two comprehensive optional education programs in the northern (Mill Shoals) and southern (Harrisburg) tiers of the ROE #20 area; (2) Providing specialized intervention services to at-risk adolescents in high school and to elementary students needing individual attention; (3) Formulating a region-wide group to address the needs of elementary-level at-risk adolescents likely to exhibit behaviors requiring pre-high school remediation; (4) Collaborating with the region’s social service agencies to provide comprehensive community-based interventions for at-risk adolescents with problems not being met through the region’s schools; and (5) Establishing a region-wide feasibility task force to explore bringing all of the region’s at-risk youth together in one school complex.
Several initiatives have been identified for the ROE #20 TAOEP. These initiatives will allow the region to: utilize the PBIS network to promote the social and academic success of at-risk adolescents; utilize the three-tier Response to Intervention model for school supports for targeted adolescent and intensive interventions; establish two intensive learning centers in the optional education programs for students who need an environment with a lower student/ teacher ratio; employ life coaches to provide positive support for students who want to improve their lives in special ways; and increase the number of interventionists who can provide supplemental services to chronic truants.
Administrative Agency:
ROE #20 Edward/Gallatin/Hardin/ Pope/Saline/Wabash/Wayne/White Lawrence Fillingim, Regional Supt. 512 North Main Street
Harrisburg IL 62946 Phone: (618) 253-5581 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.roe20.org
Contact Person:
Jim Taylor 307 E. Cherry Street Carmi IL 62821 Phone: (618) 382-5223 E-mail: [email protected]Type of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices) and Optional Education/Alter native
Students Served: Potential Dr opout, Dr opout, Tr uant and Chr onic Tr uant
Grade of Students Served: K-12
Age of Students Served: 5-21
ROE #22 Fulton/Schuyler -
Project Stay
Counties Served: Fulton, Schuyler Program Description
Project Stay is a truancy intervention program serving K-12 students, families and school districts in Fulton and Schuyler during the school year. The goal of Project Stay is to serve approximately 120 truants, chronics, truants, and potential dropouts and their families to re-establish regular attendance, positive school habits, and academic suc-cess.
Caseworkers work in cooperation with families, school districts, community agencies, and the judicial system to im-prove student attendance and achieve promotion to the next grade level. A service plan (IOEP) created for each stu-dent istu-dentifies stustu-dent objectives and allows measurement toward success. A community planning/advisory group provides input to Project Stay and insures the program will adapt to current needs.
Direct services provided by caseworkers include: individual student assessment; regular parent contact and home visits; academic and personal counseling; student monitoring; referral to Spoon River Academy Alternative School; referral to appropriate agencies and services; development of a collaborative service plan (IOEP); cooperation and coordination among social services/agencies; and use of the judicial justice system and local truancy ordinances.
Administrative Agency:
ROE #22 Fulton/Schuyler Dave Demler, Regional Supt. 257 W. Lincoln Lewistown IL 61542 Phone: (309) 518-8029 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.roe22.net
Contact Person:
Dave Demler 257 W. Lincoln Lewistown IL 61542 Phone: (309) 518-8029 E-mail: [email protected]Type of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices)
Students Served: Potential Dr opout, Tr uant and Chr onic Tr uant
Grade of Students Served: K-12
Age of Students Served: 6-19
ROE #24 Grundy/Kendall -
TAOEP Program
Counties Served: Grundy, K endall Program Description
The Grundy/Kendall Regional Office of Education provides supplemental and optional education services to the stu-dents enrolled in the 18 school districts within Grundy and Kendall counties. Major emphasis is placed on connect-ing the student to the school community as well as the community at large and to increase positive interaction be-tween truant youth and trusted adults. Program staff has worked to foster a truly collaborative relationship bebe-tween students, their families, school personnel, and existing community institutions.
The supplemental services portion of the grant employs two caseworkers who work directly with school personnel to identify and support youth that remain truant despite numerous school-based interventions. Caseworkers provide a variety of attendance interventions to referred youth. Over the past three decades, these measures have demonstrated effectiveness through increased student attendance rates.
The optional education portion of the grant employs a teacher, a classroom aide, a mental health counselor, and an employment coordinator. Referred youth will attend Premier Academy, the alternative school. They will benefit from a full day academic program as well as life skills training, mental health groups and individual counseling, ca-reer building, college planning, and other services as needed.
Administrative Agency:
ROE #24 Grundy/Kendall
Christopher Mehochko, Regional Supt. 1320 Union Street Morris IL 60450 Phone: (815) 941-3247 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.roe24.org
Contact Person:
Meghan Martin 7700 Ashley Rd Morris IL 60450 Phone: (815) 941-3029 E-mail: [email protected]Type of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices), Optional Education/Alter native
Students Served: Chr onic Tr uant, Tr uant, Potential Dr opout and Dr opout
Grade of Students Served: K-12
Age of Students Served: 5-21
ROE #25 Hamilton/Jefferson -
TAOEP Program
Counties Served: Ham ilton and Jefferson Program Description
The Hamilton-Jefferson Counties Truants’ Alternative and Optional Education Program is designed to provide com-prehensive services for students, seven years of age through 12th grade, identified as truants, chronic truants, poten-tial dropouts and/or dropouts in 18 school districts in our counties. This joint cooperative program with our school districts provides an efficient use of resources, an improved continuation of service, and a greater cost effectiveness for serving these students in our schools with attendance problems.
Service to the schools and eligible students will focus on two areas. First, our office will continue to provide services that support our school districts in their efforts to reduce and diagnose the issues causing student truancy. These ef-forts by a truancy advocate will include communication with parents, home visits, and analysis of school efef-forts, juvenile court educational support services, and leadership of an active truancy review board composed of members of local social, legal and educational agencies interested in keeping kids in school. Second, our office provides edu-cational options that include an alternative school academic program for 6th-12th grade students, after-school tutor-ing, credit recovery programs and GED preparation opportunities for students with attendance and credit challenges. These two efforts will be used to improve attendance and increase graduation rates in our counties.
Administrative Agency:
ROE #25 Hamilton/Jefferson Ron Daniels, Regional Supt. 1714 Broadway Street Mt. Vernon IL 62864 Phone: (618) 244-8040 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.roe25.com
Contact Person:
Ron Daniels 1714 Broadway Mt. Vernon IL 62864 Phone: (618) 244-8040 E-mail: [email protected]Type of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices) and Optional Education/Alter native
Students Served: Potential Dr opout, Dr opout, Tr uant and Chr onic Tr uant
Grade of Students Served: 1-12
Age of Students Served: 7-21
ROE #26 Hancock/McDonough -
STAY-IN
Counties Served: Hancock, M cDonough, W arren, Henderson and M ercer Program Description
Project STAY-IN provides a truancy prevention/intervention and alternative education program to the districts in Hancock, McDonough, Henderson, Warren, and Mercer Counties. Services are provided by the ROE #26 in cooper-ation with the ROE #27. All districts have signed cooperative agreements and will assist in attaining positive student outcomes.
The truancy prevention/intervention component will be provided by program staff, including truancy casework for underachieving students referred for high rates of absenteeism in all five counties and coordination of academic tu-toring for identified students in Warren, Henderson, and Mercer counties. Optional Education components are pro-vided to grades 9-12 in Hancock and McDonough Counties through two alternative schools. Identified retrieved dropouts attend, earning high school credit utilizing a self-paced curriculum. Students attaining adequate credit may graduate from their home district. A credit recovery option, utilizing the TAOEP computer curriculum, is offered to program students, allowing students to earn academic credit.
Both the truancy and optional education components are designed to reduce the dropout and absenteeism rates, in-crease academic performance, and school attendance. An Individualized Optional Education Plan will be developed for each student to assess need. Overall achievement will be measured by objectives met.
Administrative Agency:
ROE #26 Hancock/McDonough John Meixner, Regional Supt. 130 S. Lafayette - Suite 200 Macomb IL 61455 Phone: (309) 837-4821 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.roe26.net
Contact Person:
Eileen Worthington 130 S. Lafayette - Suite 200 Macomb IL 61455 Phone: (309) 837-4821 Ext. 114 E-mail: [email protected]Type of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices) and Optional Education/Alter native
Students Served: Potential Dr opout, Dr opout, Tr uant and Chr onic Tr uant
Grade of Students Served: K-12
Age of Students Served: 5-21
Program Sites: ROE #26 Hancock/McDonough, ROE #27 War r en/Hender son/Mer cer + Alter native Schools in
ROE #26 Hancock/McDonough -
TAOEP Professional Development
Program Description
The professional development project provides leadership and support to local TAOEP programs through the deliv-ery of professional development services, programs, and technical assistance activities, including:
Assessing the professional development needs of persons working with TAOEP on an ongoing basis.
Providing direct training, technical assistance and other professional development opportunities. CEUs and CPDUs are provided.
Developing and publishing an annual directory of ISBE-funded TAOEP programs located throughout the State.
Coordinating the oversight of the Edgenuity On-line Curriculum and providing technical assistance on an as-needed basis.
Administering the electronic listserv and world wide web site (http://www.taoep.net)
Coordinating TAOEP administrators meetings held throughout the year.
Collaborating and coordinating activities with other entities serving youth at-risk.
Administrative Agency:
ROE #26 Hancock/McDonough John Meixner, Regional Supt. 130 S. Lafayette - Suite 200 Macomb IL 61455 Phone: (309) 837-4821 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.roe26.net
Contact Person:
Joni Deems 130 S. Lafayette - Suite 200 Macomb IL 61455 Phone: (309) 837-4821 Ext. 129 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.taoep.netROE #28 Bureau/Henry/Stark -
Assisting Children in Education (ACE)
Counties Served: Bureau, Henry and Stark Counties Program Description
The Bureau/Henry/Stark ROE provides a comprehensive program that addresses attendance issues in a 3 county ar-ea. The program focuses on prevention, intervention, and remediation services, as well as systematic change through integrated school improvement efforts. The Bureau/Henry/Stark ROE’s TAOEP initiative relies on established com-munity partnerships to provide access to vital resources, which link students with unmet needs to the comcom-munity ser-vices designed to meet those needs, building upon personal responsibility, academic success, and life skills in order to prevent future truancy and dropping out of school. Preventing students from developing attendance habits with an adverse effect on educational success is the initial strategy. Early identification in the progression of problematic attendance occurs through the process of referrals coming from school staff, parents, and social service agencies. Data gathering and assessment of student needs with invited parental involvement increases the potential for success. Parent education and support groups are also a possibility at this point in the intervention. Providing these types of intervention services to students and families needing additional assistance to develop and maintain acceptable at-tendance patterns is crucial.
Students who are credit deficient and identified as a potential dropout may be given an opportunity to enroll in Edge-nuity courses in order to assist districts as they struggle to prevent dropouts and prepare students for post-secondary education and workforce readiness. Service coordination, including linkages to community resources and credit re-trieval opportunities, expose students to a remediation process and activities that increase academic and life success.
Administrative Agency:
ROE #28 Bureau/Henry/Stark Angie Zarvell, Regional Supt. 107 South State Street
Atkinson IL 61235 Phone: (309) 936-7890 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.bhsroe.org
Contact Person:
Kim Sellers107 South State Street Atkinson IL 61235 Phone: (309) 936-7890 E-mail: [email protected]
Type of Service Offered: Truant Inter vention (Supplemental Ser vices)
Students Served: Potential Dr opout, Dr opout, Tr uant and Chr onic Tr uant
Grade of Students Served: K-12
Age of Students Served: 6-17
