MCIU Services: P through S

 
PA Inspired Leadership Program
Kendall Glouner  
Director, Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Development Services
kglouner@mciu.org
610-755-9311
The Pennsylvania Department of Education in partnership with the Pennsylvania Intermediate Units is piloting the Pennsylvania Inspired Leadership Initiative. The Initiative provides professional development for in-service administrators which focus on mastery of three core standards:   

1. The leader has the knowledge and skills to think and plan strategically, creating an organizational vision around personalized student success. 
2. The leader is grounded in standards-based systems theory and design and is able to transfer that knowledge to his/her job as the architect of standards-based reform in the school. 
3. The leader knows how to access and use appropriate data to inform decision-making at all levels of the system.  Along with the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit partners with the Bucks, Chester, Delaware County Intermediate Units and the School District of Philadelphia in this venture.

Psychiatric Services
David Jagger
Principal, Anderson Alternative School
djagger@mciu.org
610-635-2400
Psychiatric physicians provide consultation services to all special education children enrolled in Intermediate Unit operated programs. 
Consultation services include:

• Psychiatric and/or neurological evaluations
• Consultation, with parent permission, to family physicians/therapists regarding psychotropic medications
• Consultation with multidisciplinary teams to review student status and recommend interventions for the benefit of the child

Psychological Services
Dr. Jeanmarie Mason
Director, Special Education
jmason@mciu.org
610-755-9443
The psychologists at the MCIU provide psycho-educational assessments to preschool and school age children. In addition, there is a full time psychologist who consults to the autism program.
 
Psychological Services
Dr. Kenneth Voss  
Director, Nonpublic School Services
kvoss@mciu.org
610-755-9318
School psychological services are provided to students attending eligible nonpublic schools in Montgomery County in grades K through 12 and include psycho educational assessments and consultation with parents, teachers and administrative staff. Psychological services are provided to students with academic and/or adjustment difficulties as part of a collaborative effort with parents and teachers to enable students to be successful in their nonpublic school placements.
 
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Reading Apprenticeship
Kendall Glouner  
Director, Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Development Services
kglouner@mciu.org
610-755-9311
Reading Apprenticeship™ is a framework for helping students improve their literacy skills across all subject areas. These workshops are designed for secondary content-area teachers that want their students to strategically read challenging texts related to their content-area. Reading Apprenticeship institutes provide an understanding of the Reading Apprenticeship™ framework through interactive sessions that are designed to immerse participants in the reading process necessary for their content. It will also provide numerous strategies for approaching reading that lead students to greater independence in the classroom and greater achievement in content-area reading and thinking. To register for the next Academy or to see when the next training is scheduled please visit the MCIU Online Professional Learning Catalog and Registration Center.
 
Reading Olympics
Maria Johns
Reading Olympics Coordinator
mjohns@mciu.org
610-755-9475
The goal of the Reading Olympics is to increase students' reading for enjoyment and promote reading skills development. Students collaborate with their teammates to read up to forty books that have been selected by a committee of librarians, reading specialists, and classroom teachers. These professionals read the books and write questions which teams of students answer during the competition each spring. The Olympics are primarily a celebration of reading rather than a contest. All participants are awarded ribbons. Since the teams generate much excitement about this event, the experience is rewarding for everyone involved. In 2005, over 5000 students and 1000 adult volunteers participated.
 
Remediation and Auxiliary Support Services
Dr. Mary Rita Cleary  
Supervisor, Nonpublic School Services
mcleary@mciu.org
610-755-9466
Mrs. Nancy Myers  
Supervisor, Nonpublic School Services
nmyers@mciu.org
610-755-9325
Remediation Services are provided to eligible nonpublic elementary schools within Montgomery County in grades kindergarten through 8th grade. Auxiliary Support Services are provided to eligible nonpublic secondary schools within Montgomery County. Through a pull out program, students in the elementary grades who have been identified as having weaknesses or deficits in reading receive appropriate instruction in reading development (phonics awareness, phonics, decoding strategies, etc.), fluency, comprehension, and study skills. Students receive instruction in a small group setting (2-6 students) by a certified specialist. Students experiencing difficulties with mathematics receive appropriate instruction in the following areas: basic computation skill development, problem solving, and application of mathematical skills. Students receive instruction in small groups (2-6).
Auxiliary Support Services in a nonpublic high school consists of study skill support or mathematics support. Students are usually rostered by the individual high school or free to attend a class during his/her study hall period. Reading support classes are held in small groups where a reading specialist offers study skills and specific academic content support needed by the individual student in order for the student to be more successful in his/her regular classes. Mathematics support classes are also held in small group where a certified mathematics specialist offers specific mathematics content support (algebra, geometry, etc.) needed by the individual student in order for the student to be more successful in his/her regular mathematics classes.

Remote Storage Services/Disaster Recovery
Sheldon Wedemeyer
Supervisor, Technical Services
swedemeyer@mciu.org
610-755-9357
The Division of Technology and Information Services has developed (final phase completion fall 2008) a suite of services, allowing you to customize a storage or recovery strategy that meets your exact requirements.  That means you can maintain continuous or nearly continuous connectivity despite interruptions that threaten your infrastructure.  Based on a robust network, redundant power systems and advanced technologies, this infrastructure provides incredible levels of resiliency, redundancy and reliability.  Off-load tedius, time-consuming tasks, or supplement your internal strengths.

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Safe & Drug Free Schools & Communities Advisory Council
Mary Sheets  
Student Assistance Lead Trainer, Nonpublic School Services
msheets@mciu.org
610-755-9324
Jean Miksch
Student Assistance Lead Trainer, Nonpublic School Services
jmiksch@mciu.org
610-755-9331
The Intermediate Unit facilitates the Safe & Drug Free Schools & Communities Advisory Council which meets every other month during the school year. Representatives from each school district, nonpublic schools, treatment facilities, county prevention and intervention agencies, parents, and law enforcement are invited to attend.
 
Satellite Downlinks
John McBride 
Distance Learning Technical Specialist, TIS
jmcbride@mciu.org
610-755-9372
Distance learning and remote meetings participation are made possible through interactive videoconferencing. The MCIU provides support to local districts as well as bridging capabilities. Satellite meetings and programs are hosted, taped, and made available in the Media Library.

School and Program Improvement
Kendall Glouner  
Director, Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Development Services
kglouner@mciu.org
610-755-9311
The services provided by the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit with respect to school and program improvement include training on the use and implementation of the Assessment Anchors and their related tools. A wide variety of content specific professional development activities and continuing professional education programs have are also available. These services are designed to be reactive to the needs of schools identified for school improvement as well as proactive to the needs of school in terms of improving professional practice to meet the needs of all students. District or building specific services are provided as requested in consultation with district trainers.
 
Sensory Integration Evaluations
Cheryl Wise
Supervisor, Special Education
cwise@mciu.org
610-755-9391
The Occupational and Physical Therapy Depart offers sensory integration evaluations upon request for school age students. The student must be referred by a school district supervisor of special education after the child has had an occupational therapy evaluation. For early intervention children, sensory assessment is consideration of all OT evaluations provided by Intermediate Unit occupational therapists.  All of the occupational therapists and one physical therapist of the Intermediate Unit are currently certified in the Sensory Integration and Praxis Test (SIPT) and are experienced in sensory integration activities for the classroom situation.

Shredding Services
Uldis Vilcins
Supervisor of Transportation and Warehouse
uvilcins@mciu.org
610-755-9461
Management Services can assist your agency in coordinating the shredding of small and large shredding projects.  Your sensitive documents will be safely and securely shred.
The price for this service will be quoted, based on the volume of shredding to be done.  When possible, efforts will be made to coordinate shredding among entitites to take advantage of larger volume pricing.

Social Worker Services
David Jagger
Principal, Anderson Alternative School
djagger@mciu.org
610-635-2400
Montgomery County Intermediate Unit social workers are clinically licensed and certified as home and school visitors. Services include:

• Assisting children and families with crisis intervention including hospitalization and/or linkage with community resources
• Providing support to students in the classroom setting including group counseling sessions and/or social skills lessons
• Assisting families to obtain medical assistance (ACCESS, CHIP, etc.)

• eBay Auctions
• eRate
• Online Course Development
• Technology Evaluations
• Consortium Purchases for Technology Hardware and Software      

 
Special Technical Services Projects (Onetime, Integration, Support or
Emergency assistance)
Monica Weber  
Technical Services Secretary, TIS
mweber@mciu.org
610-755-9358
TIS provides support to local districts for special projects including: rolling out new computers or moving existing units, computer lab installations, reconfigurations and imaging. In addition TIS provides assistance and training for how to create PC and Apple images for more effective management of computers.
 
Speech and Language Services

Early Intervention Speech and Language Services
Nancy Saul
nsaul@mciu.org
Supervisors, Special Education
610-755-9405
Early Intervention offers educational-developmental services and programs designed to meet the needs of eligible young children ages 3 to school age and to address the strengths and needs of the family as a means of enhancing the child's development.

• Annual budget information summary
• Lunch prices survey
• Montgomery county schools directory
• Statistical report (AFR) – district’s actual expense and revenue detail
• Tax collection survey