The Northwest Ohio Educational Service Center offers a wide array of supports and services to member districts and other educational entities.
Core Services to Member Districts
- Recruitment and approval of substitute teachers and paraprofessionals
- Assistance with teacher licensure
- Business Advisory Council regional operation
- PAX training and support
- Parent mentor services
- Home school application processing
- Bus/van driver approvals
- Consortium services for LEP, IDEA-B, and ECSE grants
- Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) training
- Annual fall administrator conference and legal update
- Professional development for teachers, administrators and other school personnel
- Coordination of quiz bowls/leagues/tournaments, music festival, spelling bees, other events as requested by member districts
- Summer Honor’s Academy
- Hosting of professional meetings for superintendents, principals, CFO/treasurers, guidance counselors, technology leaders etc.
- Representation and coordination with community agencies and programs including Help Me Grow, Early Childhood Collaborative, County Juvenile Courts, etc.
- Franklin B. Walter Scholarship recognition and celebration
- Ohio Migrant Education Center – fiscal agent and coordination of migrant services
- Surrogate parent recruitment and coordination
- Rollout of various ODE initiatives
Other Available Services
- Professional development for non-member districts
- Professional development for member districts - Most at no fee but some are offered at a registration fee due to costs of programming
- Superintendent and treasurer searches for client districts
- On-line trainings in bloodborne pathogens, child abuse and neglect identification, communicable disease, safety and violence prevention, van driver pre-service training/recertification course
- On-line highly qualified teacher (HQT) in math, social studies, science, English language arts, pedagogy, and fine arts
- Gifted test repository materials
- 21st Century Afterschool grant development, coordination, staffing and fiscal services
- Resident Educator Services
- Fingerprinting
- Annual bus (4 hour) and van driver (2 hour) trainings for certification
- Parapro testing
- Lincoln Interactive on-line courses
- Facility rental
Specialized Programs and Supports
- Adapted Physical Education Services
- Attendance Services
- Audiology Equipment Service
- Audiology Supported Services
- Care Coordination (Licensed Social Worker)
- Cross-Categorical Classroom Services
- District Specific Classroom Services
- District Specific Personnel Services
- Education Consultant Services
- Emotional Disturbance Independence Education Center Services
- Gifted Education Supervisor Services
- Gifted Education Teacher Services
- Hearing Impairment Classroom Services
- Instructional Assistants (ESL, remediation, reinforcement, or enrichment)
- Instructional Coaching
- Liberty Education Center Services
- Multiple Disabilities Classroom Services
- Northwest Ohio Opportunity School
- Nurse Attendant Services
- Occupational Therapist Services
- Paraprofessional Services
- Physical Therapist Services
- Preschool Child with Disability Classroom Services
- Preschool Child with Disability Itinerant Services
- Preschool Classroom Programming - Regular Education
- Preschool Program Psychologist Services
- Psychologist Services
- Psychologist Assistant Services
- School Nursing Services
- Special Education Supervisor Services
- Speech or Language Impairment Services
- Transition Services (behavioral supports)
- Tutors (Certified)
- Visual Impairment Services
- Work-Study Coordinator Services
Programs and Services Guide
Listing of Services and Costs