Special ServicesJefferson City Public Schools

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

Our Special Education Students

Early Childhood Special Education 131School Aged Students 969

Total 1100

Parent Placed Private School Students 86

Child Count By Disability

Intellectual Disability 89Emotional Disturbance 21Orthopedic Impairment 7Visual Impairment 3Hearing Impairment 12Learning Disabilities 212Other Heath Impaired 229Deaf and Blind 1Multiple Disabilities 6Autism 86Traumatic Brain Injury 6YCDD 47Language Impairment 47Speech Impairment 203

Educational Environments

Inside the regular classroom more than 79%72%

Inside the regular classroom 40-79% 8%

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

9%State Operated Separate School

0%

Our Certified Staff

School Psychological Examiners 8Prenger Family Center 1Preferred Family Health .5Early Childhood Special Ed. 14Speech/Language Pathologists 14.5Resource Teachers 41.5Occupational Therapists 7.5Physical Therapists 2.5Self-contained Special Ed.Teachers 10VI Teacher 1OH Teacher 1 Adapted Physical Education 2.5HI Interpreters 2

Non-certified Staff

PT Assistants 3Classroom Paraprofessionals 87ECSE Paraprofessionals 8Hourly Paraprofessionals 5

ESOL

Certified staff 5Non-certified staff 12

Number of students served: Public 240 Non-public 0

Teacher Leaders: Mrs. Karen ThomMrs. Julie Schaefer

Number of Reading Recovery/Literacy Coaches

17.5

Reading Recovery and Literacy Coaching

504Section 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:1. Has a mental or physical impairment that SUBSTANTIALLY limits one or

more major life activities;2. Has a record of such an impairment; or3. Is regarded as having such impairment.

JCPS currently has 191 students receiving services under Section 504.

Health Services

Ms. Jeanie Rademan, RN Coordinator

7 registered nurses10 licensed practical nurses

2 health room aides

Gifted Evaluations

EER- Exploration, Enrichment, and Research

Elementary (grades 3-5) 117Parochial 35 and Public 82

Middle School (grades 6-8) 96TJMS 60 and LCMS 36

Referral Process

Summer School

2013 Summary

ECSE 44Pre K-5 enrollment 1140

Middle School enrollment 299Simonsen and JCHS 622Total enrollment 2105

Pre-K-grade 8 Remedial InstructionGrade 9-12 Credit (811 half units earned)

Most popular courses: Driver’s Ed., PE, and Health

2013 Extended Summer School

Thorpe Gordon Elementary71 students in grades 2-4 attended

Academic Gains:71% of students increased SRI Score81% of students increased Basic Math

Skills

Attendance:66% attended at least 80% of the

session