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Our Departments & Services

Each department of the Butte County Office of Education serves a specific purpose to enhance the educational advancement of students or support the operational goals of the school districts.

Administrative Services

Administrative Services is responsible for financial management and fiscal accountability of the Butte County Office of Education and local school districts. Personnel Services, Maintenance and Operations, and Information Technology Services are also provided. Services include:

California Mini-Corps

The California Mini-Corps provides direct, supplemental services to migrant children and their families. The program employs college students with rural migrant backgrounds to serve as teacher assistants, and to act as role models for migrant children. The Mini-Corps program operates statewide at twenty universities and colleges. The services to migrant students are provided during the regular school year and in the summer in cooperation with 18 regional programs in California.

PROGRAMS AND SERVICES Advocacy for Students and Families Puppetry Program Health Corps Program Summer Indoor Education - K-12 School Year Program Summer Outdoor Education Program

LOCATIONS OF PROGRAMS Cabrillo College; Calexico; Cal Poly/Allan Hancock; College of the Desert; College of the Sequoias; CSU, Bakersfield; CSU, Chico; CSU, Fresno; CSU, Monterey Bay; CSU, Northridge, Ventura Campus; CSU, Sacramento; CSU, San Diego; CSU, San Jose; CSU, Sonoma; CSU, Stanislaus; CSU, Stockton Center, Delta College; Hartnell College; Merced/Modesto Junior College; Porterville College; Rio Hondo College; San Diego State University; UC Davis; UC Santa Cruz

Educational Support Services

The Educational Support Services Department (ESS) works in collaboration with the 14 school districts in Butte County to meet two important goals: to improve student academic achievement in reading, writing and mathematics; and to provide safe and healthy learning environments. ESS focuses on meeting the Butte County Office of Education goal:  "Committed to the success of every student and the excellence of every educator." 

ESS is responsible for tracking national and statewide education policy decisions that affect curriculum, instruction, health and safety, data, assessment, accountability, technology, early childhood, and after school programs then providing technical assistance and professional development to inform and assist educators.

ESS offers direct assistance over a sustained period of time to those schools facing the greatest challenges; develops programs in response to grant opportunities; establishes forums to foster communication and share information; delivers online and face-to-face professional development; provides online, print and audiovisual learning resources; disseminates timely information about current education issues; operates schools for young children; conducts after school programs; and offers technical assistance and professional development throughout Northern California to support technology, after school programs, and reading instruction.

ESS is comprised of approximately 300 management, early childhood, clerical, and after school employees.

The guiding purpose of public education remains to prepare students to succeed in their careers and higher education, to contribute as citizens, and to develop an appreciation of culture.  ESS is committed to joining with the local school districts to utilize every new resource available and to understand each new approach to learning in the collaborative effort to assist the students in our schools.

Grant Programs Development and Administration
Tim McClure, Deputy Superintendent
Programs and grant funding are collaboratively developed among the county office of education, pre-schools, public and higher education, service agencies, and community organizations to improve the health, safety, and educational success of children, youth, families, and communities.

Instructional Resource Center (IRC)
Bob Benoit, Director
IRC provides library and audiovisual learning resources, and assists high priority schools in the county and surrounding region.

Technology in Curriculum
Paul Haas, Director
Technology in Curriculum includes the Center for Distributed Learning that provides the statewide online learning community CTAP Online and develops new online and technology-based projects, and serves as the Lead Education Agency for the California Technology Assistance Project that helps teachers and administrators in the nine northern counties make effective use of technology to improve student achievement.

Migrant Education

Migrant Education is a federally funded program (E.C.I.A., Chapter I, P.L. 97-35) designed to provide supplementary educational and support services to identified migrant students. Currently Region II has a cumulative enrollment of approximately 18,000 students (ages 3-21) in a 19-county area in Northern California.

STUDENT SERVICES Academic, Career and Personal Counseling   Assessment Emergency Food and Clothing Higher Education Conferences and Activities Identification and Recruitment Leadership Limited Medical and Dental Preschool Programs Tutorial Programs Work Study/Experience Summer School Programs Year Round Education Intersession

PARENT EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT Academic Home Visits Referrals Self-Advocacy Teacher/parent Conferencing Training in Various Relevant Topics Translations/Interpreting STAFF DEVELOPMENT Multicultural Education Peer Coaching Programs Teaching Methodologies/Strategies for Limited English Proficient Students

Student Programs and Services

Student Programs and Services provides direct services to assist students and  to see that all children in Butte County receive appropriate educational services through alternative programs, educational services for the disabled, counseling, vocational training, juvenile court and community schooling, independent study and charter schools.  This is accomplished by direct operation of special education classes for children 0-22 years of age who meet the federal, state and local criteria, services for those students who find it difficult to achieve their educational goals in a normal public school environment, and services for those students who require additional disciplinary support.  Student Programs and Services includes partnerships that expand human, financial and program services with schools, public and private agencies.

SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS Communicatively Disabled Physically Disabled Severely Disabled SCHOOL PROGRAMS North and South County Community Schools Juvenile Court Schools Day Court Schools LEARNING COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOLS Four Winds Charter School Hearthstone Charter School

REGIONAL OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAM Job training for entry-level skills High school credits toward graduation A certificate of proficiency Assistance in finding a job PROGRAMS AND SERVICES Infant and Preschool Services Psychological and Nursing Services Special Education Classes and Services Speech and Language Services Child Welfare and Attendance

SELPA

The fourteen school districts within Butte County have joined together with the Butte County Office of Education to form a Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA). The Butte County Office of Education is the Administrative Agency for the SELPA. The SELPA provides planning and services for all children, 0-21 years of age, residing in Butte County.

Allocation of Instructional Services Community Advisory Committee Consultation to Districts Facilities Planning Program Quality Assurance Services Coordination

Grant Administration and Development Legal Support Services Liaison to the Department of Education Program Outcome Research Service Development Planning Staff Development

BSSP - JPA

The Butte Schools Self-Funded Programs JPA was formed in 1982 to self-insure our area schools for medical, dental, and vision services.