Resource Coordinators

School Resource Coordinators are provided for each of the 10 schools served by CISCC.  Resource Coordinators work 20 hours a week.  During this time, they provide Homework Clubs, assist with tutoring during the school day, facilitate Service Learning Clubs, and oversee the 3,2,1 Read Program.  Resource Coordinators can also assist staff and students by making referrals to outside agencies for help with things like getting shoes, clothes, or food for families in need.

Homework Club

A support for teacher nominated students in grades three though five who would benefit from consistent assistance in homework and enrichment activities. Teachers provide information about materials needed to complete homework assignments. During this time, students work on homework assignments and other tasks to address individual academic weaknesses.  They receive a snack and, when their homework is finished, may have the opportunity to "play" with educational toys. Homework Clubs are offered after school, before school, and during the school day, depending on individual school preference

Project 3, 2, 1 Read

Matches a community volunteer with a struggling reader for a one-on-one weekly session of reading to and with the student.  Each week the youngster is given a new book to enlarge the student’s personal library. Once the student is matched with a “reading friend”, CISCC commits to providing a volunteer for a full three years.

In-School Tutoring

One-on-one and small group tutoring is provided by Resource Coordinators during the school day for teacher referred students.

Service Learning Clubs

Resource Coordinators collaborate with school officials to choose 10 -12 students with behavior problems. Service Clubs meet throughout the year to work on projects suggested by the students themselves.  Some past projects include writing and sending care packages to a soldier overseas; becoming pen pals with members of a local nursing home; collecting items for needy children; and developing a teacher-appreciation garden complete with picnic tables, fountains, and flowers planted by the service club students.

Wrap Around Services

Are school and home-based services that connect families with needed community resources, work with parents, provide support in chaotic home situations, make referrals for family and individual therapy as needed, and work in partnership with therapists in providing identified services.  Case Managers, provided through a partnership with New Hope Services, provide services to students who attend these schools and their families. These high-risk families frequently experience crises that directly affect student school success.  Referrals to these services come from school personnel and the Resource Coordinators.  The goal of this work is to increase school attendance and academic success.

Family and Individual Therapy

CISCC provides Master's level therapists through a contract with Centerstone Mental Health to handle cases from the schools.  Referrals are made by school personnel and the Resource Coordinators.  The therapists evaluate referred students and families for mental health services, provide individual and family therapy, and counseling as needed, develop early intervention and preventive mental health programs and consult with teachers.

Love and Logic

A parenting program consisting of seven sessions is offered free of charge to parents. The program provides easy-to-use practical techniques that help adults achieve respectful and healthy relationships with children.  The Love and Logic approach to raising children puts teachers and parents in control, teaches children to be responsible and prepares them for the real world. The parenting program is offered twice each school year.

Story Time

CISCC works to reach children and families early in life through Story Time held at monthly Head Start parent meetings. Greater Clark County Schools Reading Recovery teachers lead reading sessions, modeling best methods of reading to and with small children for parents. Children are given books after each session to encourage ongoing reading in the home.

Camp Kindergarten

 Incoming kindergarten students and their families are invited to a special orientation at the school that they will attend. Families share a meal and the children experience going through that cafeteria line. Children meet kindergarten teachers, become familiar with the school building, and learn about bus safety. Parents have the opportunity to learn about the kinds of skills that their children will need in kindergarten and ways to help better prepare their children over the summer.

Life Skills Training

An intervention designed to prevent or reduce drug use (i.e., tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana), is offered to students in grades three through five during school hours.  The program is delivered in multiple sessions. The program consists of three major components that teach students (1) general self-management skills, (2) social skills, and (3) information and skills specifically related to drug use.

Vision Screening

CISCC obtains the professional vision specialists and coordinates the vision screening of all first graders in all three school districts in Clark County at no cost to parents.

Bare Necessities

This program works to address the external factors which influence children’s academic achievement. Children receive coats, eyeglasses, shoes, lice shampoo, and other essential items. On an as-needed basis, CISCC also provides families in need of assistance with referrals to other community resources.

21st Century Community Learning Centers

Extended Day Learning Child Care