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What Is ESS?The Extended School Services (ESS) program has been designed to be a proactive program, which seeks to diminish academic problems before they become recurring long-term problems for the student. Through early intervention, the performance gap between ESS students and their peers is closed instead of allowed to widen. If appropriately implemented, the ESS program allows for the type of intervention that can make a significant difference to a student who previously would have fallen through the cracks, perhaps eventually dropping out of school or settling for lower expectations in his/her school career. ESS Funds provided by the Kentucky General Assembly allow every school district to operate a program for students having academic difficulties. ESS program take many forms including daytime, after-school and before-school instruction, Saturday activities, summer programs, or intersessions. The intent of ESS instruction is to collaborate with the teacher and subject-area goals of the regular classroom in which the student is having difficulty. Eventually such collaboration will minimize the student's needs for ESS. ESS programs provide opportunities for the student to put learning in-context to ensure that not only basic skills are acquired, but also comprehension is gained. The programs are instructionally strong and are directly related to the instructional goals of the students. They provide the very best mix of curricular and instructional approaches for academically "at-risk" students. Evaluation of the program is continuous and is based on how well the ESS students achieve in the regular classroom. What are the Jefferson County Public School's ESS Program Goals? |