Instruction

The ESC of Cuyahoga County and the State Support Team for Region 3 offers high quality professional development and technical assistance to district personnel and parents on research-based practices that address academic and behavioral needs of students with and without disabilities.

The goal of this work is to:

1. build regional capacity of district personnel to support improved teaching and learning of all students, and
2. to provide technical assistance related to early learning and school readiness and special education compliance.

The staff collaborates with ODE Office for Exceptional Children, Office of School Improvement, Early Learning and School Readiness, Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence (OCALI), and other collaborative partners in these school improvement efforts:

• Co-Teaching
• Differentiated Instruction
• Least Restrictive Environment
• Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports
• Response to Intervention
• Standards- Based Instruction