The IRC provides professional development, technical assistance, and direct services to meet the needs of your district, school, and students, including the LRDC (Learning Resources Display Center) and Library Media Services.

Professional Development and Program Improvement
Providing opportunities to enhance student learning, teacher instruction, and school culture. Data is used to identify the needs of the school and the level of support offered by the Butte County Office of Education

Library Media Services
Butte County Office of Education Library Media Services is unique among California county offices of education. It offers an outstanding array of services and resources to support Butte County school districts and teachers in their efforts to improve student achievement and meet California standards for literacy and learning.  Resources include online searching and ordering of materials, such as videocassettes, DVDs, exhibits, models, study prints, and realia that have been evaluated and selected by teachers. These resources are correlated with frameworks, course of studies, and current curriculum.

Learning Resources Display Center (LRDC)
All instructional materials and resources that submitted by publishers for adoption by the State Board of Education are displayed at the LRDC, which is located in the Instructional Resource Center, 5 County Center Drive in Oroville.  Instructional programs are adopted for grades K-8 in English/language arts, history/social studies, mathematics, and science.  The LRDC serves Butte, Glenn, Lassen, Plumas, Modoc, Tehama, Trinity, Shasta, and Siskiyou counties.  Educators and members of the public are invited to review the materials on display.  No materials may be taken from the center. 

BTSA/Credentialing
The Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Induction Program (BTSA) is a statewide and state-mandated research-based program of support and skill building designed to meet the needs of beginning educators in California through formative assessment and individualized support based on assessment.  BTSA is the teacher credential avenue approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) as the Induction Program for beginning and out-of-state educators.  BTSA is co-administered by the California Department of Education (CDE) and the CCTC.  Butte County BTSA Induction is one of 145 programs in California.

Data Collection and Analysis
Driving Achievement Through Assessment (DATA)
DATA provides the professional development and technical assistance classroom teachers, principals and curriculum coordinators need to collect, analyze, and use student performance data to improve instruction. In partnership with BCOE’s Reading and Math Instruction, BTSA, and external professional experts, builds capacity in classroom teachers and administrators to use standards-based student performance data to target instruction to meet the specific needs of individual students and groups of students.

Designated Subjects Credentials
This program is a collaboration between the Regional Occupational Program and the Instructional Resource Center of the Butte County Office of Education

These institute sessions reflect what is known about classroom management, instruction, and assessment. Graduates of the 90-hour institute for Level I and Level II (total 180 hours) will receive certification of Level I and II requirements for the Designated Subject and Vocational Credential. The renewal code for the five year preliminary credential states that,

"the holder must complete two years of teaching, the Level I and Level II requirements of an approved program of personalized preparation, and the health education requirement, and must receive the recommendation of a Commission approved Local Education Agency or an employing school district."

Each summer, additional Level I and Level II institutes will be offered. Contact Patti Underhill at (530) 532-5646 or punderhill@bcoe.org

Direct Support
Butte County Office of Education provides direct assistance to elementary and secondary schools to improve student academic achievement.  Working in collaboration with school and district educators, BCOE contracts to provide site and district specific services.  This includes services as technical assistance and DAIT (District Assistance and Intervention Team) to Program Improvement Schools.

English Learners
The Instructional Resource Center offers a staff development program in English Language Development (ELD) and Specially Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE).  The EL Coordinator can assist with direct services and support necessary to develop a compliant and comprehensive ELD program.

Mathematics
This program provides professional development and technical assistance educators need to analyze student performance in mathematics, and to then determine appropriate strategies for improving student performance.  The SB 472 Mathematics Professional Development Program offers 40 hours of institute training for kindergarten and grades 1-6 using state-board approved instructional materials which are aligned with content standards and curriculum frameworks.

Reading
Reading Implementation Center (RIC)|
The Butte RIC offers a variety of Reading/Language Arts trainings throughout the year.  Offerings include SB 472-Approved Reading Institutes; SB 472 modified two or three-day trainings; and other literacy professional development offerings.

Butte Regional Technical Assistance Center (R-TAC)
The Butte R-TAC provides technical assistance to those districts in the 14 northern California counties that receive Reading First funding.  The technical assistance provided supports these districts to fully implement the Reading First grants at the identified schools.  Assistance includes coaching, consulting, data analysis, and other support mechanisms all aimed at increasing student achievement in reading.

Reading / Language Arts Instruction
BCOE supports schools and districts by providing technical assistance to educators to analyze student performance in reading.  Then, using that analysis, BCOE develops and delivers a comprehensive professional development program to implement strategies for improving student performance in reading and the related language arts.

BCOE also coordinates workshops aimed at improving student achievement in reading and language arts in the county and the region.

Teaching Reading in the Content Areas/Secondary Reading
This program provides professional development aimed at secondary level educators to improve student performance in reading and writing across content areas.

For More Information

Contact:
Patty Garrison - Director
Phone: (530) 532 - 5800
Email: pgarriso@bcoe.org

Helen Ayala-Wardell - Executive Assistant
Phone: (530) 532 - 5800
Email: hayalawa@bcoe.org

Instructional Resource Center
5 County Center Drive, Oroville, CA, 95965
Phone: (530) 532 - 5800
Fax: (530) 532 - 5828