Fairfield County Educational Service Center

Fairfield County Educational Service Center
955 Liberty Drive
Lancaster, Ohio  43130

J. Larry Miller, Superintendent

Directions

Telephone: (740) 653-3193
Fax:   (740) 653-4053
E-Mail:   info@faircoesc.org

Hours of Operation
Monday - Friday, 8 A.M. - 4 P.M.

 

 
 
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RESOURCES
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www.wildohio.com - Wild life website created by ODNR which offers a free e-newsletter containing free reports, tips & wildlife information.

www.edResourcesOhio.org - An excellent source for the Operating Standards, Special Education Policies & Procedure, Whose Idea is This, and all of the Ohio required and optional forms (IEP & ETR).

www.tltguide.ccsd.k12.co.us/instructional_tools/strategies/strategies.html - Integrating technology into the classroom using instructional strategies based on the research from:  Classroom Instruction That Works.  These authors have examined decades of research to determine which teaching strategies have positive effects on student learning.

www.thinkfinity.org - Free educational resources: standards-based lesson plans; student & teacher materials; partner-reviewed web links.

http://ohiorc.org - Ohio Resource Center publishes lists of recommended books on a continuing basis to engage the youngest children to high school seniors.  Each list includes way that teachers and parents can use the books to promote learning and the love of reading!

www.interventioncentral.org - Intervention Central offers free tools and resources to help school staff and parents to promote positive classroom behaviors and foster effective learning for all children.

Ohio Center for Essential School Reform – Frequently Assessed Indicators

Most of you are hopefully familiar with LCAP and OASIS which are a small part of the Ohio Center for Essential School Reform. Their website has some great information for teachers. One nice feature is a links page that has all the frequently assessed indicators for Reading, Math, Social Studies and Science. Another feature is some newsletters with teaching tips. To get to the web site, go to http://www.ohioces.org/ohioces/index.html

Click on COACHING at the left. The next page gives you links to the frequently assessed indicators and the newsletters.

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Google Earth  |  Free  http://earth.google.com   

Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others.

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ITSCO offers workshops and resources for the classroom on their website:  www.itsco.org

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Virtual High School   http://www.govhs.org/

The FCESC is a member of VHS allowing students in all of our high schools to take online enrichment, AP and in-depth subject specific courses as part of their regular school day.

The FCESC was featured in the Virtual High School Spring 2009 Newsletter: Network.  Here is the link:
http://www.govhs.org/Pages/WhyVHS-Home (click on Publications and network Newsletters).

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Educational Websites - Attached is a collection of educational websites (many are free) that would be a great resource for both regular ed and special ed teachers.  (Click on Educational Websites.  It may take a while to download.  There are 21 pages.)

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Cause & Effect Activities - Free Cause and Effect and Switch Software available on the web (19 pages).

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Intervention Central - This website offer free tools and resources to help school staff and parents to promote positive classroom behaviors and foster effective learning for all children and youth.