Curriculum Evaluation and Needs Assessment Service
School districts may contract with BCIU to coordinate a curriculum evaluation/needs assessment. Evaluations are customized for the district, which may wish to focus on a single content area (for example, English Language Arts, K-12), or organizational level (for example, elementary school program). A team of evaluators consisting of administrators and teachers conduct a three-day on-site visit to observe classes and review policies, curricula, and assessment data to provide the district with a portrait of what is occurring in the schools, highlighting strengths and offering recommendations.
contact: Cindy Mierzejewski
610-987-8626 ~ cinmie@berksiu.org
English as a Second Language (ESL)
BCIU is developing workshops, bibliographies, and a resource center to assist districts in serving the increasing ESL or
ELL (English Language Learner) population.
contact: Teresa Schutt
610-987-8623 ~ tershu@berksiu.org
English Language Arts
Workshops, consultations, meetings, and dissemination of information from the Pennsylvania Department of Education in the area of English
language arts is a service provided by BCIU. Working with BCIU to develop programming for reading, writing, listening, and speaking are the curriculum coordinators and the reading supervisors from local school districts.
contact: Wendy Steensland
610-987-8522 ~ wenste@berksiu.org
Safe & Drug-Free Schools
All aspects of the programs and issues that encompass the creation of safe schools are coordinated through the Safe and Drug-Free Consortium. Programs include, but are not limited to,
Student Assistance Program (SAP) Add-On, Resiliency, Bully Prevention Program,
Elementary Student Assistance Program (ESAP), Active Parenting, and Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) Development.
Patrick Detterbeck
610-987-8490 ~ patdet@berksiu.org
SAS inSchool Curriculum
Pathways
SAS inSchool Curriculum Pathways® is a web-based curriculum resource available
through the BCIU for Berks County students and teachers in grades 8–12.
Designed to enhance student achievement in five major disciplines: English,
social studies, mathematics, science, and Spanish, Curriculum Pathways
offers lesson plans, teacher-evaluated web sites, and online learning
activities, tools, and simulations for students.
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contact: Cindy Mierzejewski
610-987-8626 ~
cinmie@berksiu.org
School-to-Work
While
state and federal funding for the School-to-Work program is no longer
available, BCIU continues to coordinate the initiative, providing resources,
consultation, and programming in support of individual school districts. A
growing program in this area is Career Pathways.
contact: Connie Skipper
610-987-8496 ~ conski@berksiu.org
Science & Technology Benchmarks
In the summer of 2000, the proposed Pennsylvania Science and Technology Academic Standards were used to develop a set of
K-12 benchmarks. These benchmarks will be used as the basis for developing standards-based performance tasks, reviewing district curricula at various grade levels, creating awareness by teachers of the tasks required of students above and below their grade level, and writing Individual Education Plans (IEPs) for special education students. In addition, they will be used in the development of units that integrate science and technology with math and language arts standards.
contact: Cindy Mierzejewski
610-987-8626 ~ cinmie@berksiu.org
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