Center for Urban Educational Services
Is your school and/or district seeing an increase in urban populations? Are the old ways of doing things no longer getting the results you want? We can help. We can assist you in efficiently aligning resources to face the challenges of urban education. The work can seem daunting, and it requires all involved in the process to be aligned to a common mission and vision.
We understand the barriers present in an urban educational setting, and we have solutions to encourage, support, and inspire meaningful school improvement. We have experience in this field, and our experience as implementation experts can help you accelerate student achievement.
Paul Smith
Director CUES
513.674.4214
paul.smith@hcesc.org
School Improvement Services
School Improvement Coaching/Consulting
We have coaches and consultants who work in schools and classrooms on a part-time or full-time embedded basis. That means they work side-by-side with teachers and administrators, offering resources, co-planning and co-teaching, feedback, or whatever meets a school’s particular needs. Our coaches work with content-area teachers on curriculum and instruction. We help implement school-wide initiatives, from literacy across the curriculum to positive behavior intervention programs, and more.
“Your CUES consultant is extremely knowledgeable, supportive, and helpful. She wants students to succeed and teachers to grow.”
Amber Simpson, Principal, Pleasant Ridge Montessori, Cincinnati Public Schools
Career Tech Coach and Consultation
Our consultants can assist schools who are implementing career technology courses within their offerings. We provide guidance in using federal funds efficiently and offer one-to-one embedded coaching.
EL Services
EL Services / Title III Consortium
The Title III Consortium makes available to districts who do not receive Title III funds directly (under $10,000) a means by which to access monies for the purpose of enhancing or expanding existing EL programs, provide professional development, have access to a library of appropriate materials for EL and ongoing consultation to districts regarding best practices for their English Learners.
Virtual ELD
Hamilton County Educational Service Center’s Virtual English Language Development course offers access to qualified EL instruction, providing critical support for both districts and students.
Multilingual Learners Summit
Learn ways to affirm and integrate the linguistic and cultural assets that multilingual learners bring to the classroom, shifting the focus from perceived deficits to their valuable contributions.
Explore and practice an easy-to-implement, research-based framework designed to build both content knowledge and language proficiency across various disciplines for multilingual learners.
Develop strategies to create conditions that promote high-level academic language use, ensuring all levels of, including long-term, multilingual learners can fully express discipline-specific ideas and reach their potential as active and engaged students.
SIOP Virtual or Face to Face Coaching
Do you have content or grade level teachers who attended SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) Training? Are they practicing their skills as related to the eight SIOP components? English Language consultants can help them refine their practices through virtual coaching.
“CUES EL consultants have provided superb support services for our English Language Learners. Our staff has been able to apply these Instructional strategies to promote the growth of all of our students. Additionally, the CUES consultants have helped our district in addressing concerns around students acquiring English as a second language.”
Kevin Wright, Director of Student Services, Madeira City Schools
Our Team
Our CUES consultants specialize in partnering with urban educators and schools to solve their challenges. Our consultants can help with any aspect of school Improvement. We want you to be encouraged, supported, and ready to learn from the experiences we have had. We are here to solve your challenges and to simplify your life.
Anne Allen
Chris Anderson
Sandy Bauman
Janis Bellon
Suzi Bubash
John Coburn
Duane Crowe
Dora Daniels
Mona Desai
Maria Diaz
Diane Gregory
Jason Haap
Kelly Herges
Aryn Johnson
Gale Jorgenson
Gregory Lynch
Jessica Magee
Kate Meier
Heidi Messbarger
Lisa Miller
Laura Nocito
Deb Pendley
Andy Phillips
Kimaya Pope
Richard Pridemore
Stephanie Rabbitt-Schappacher
Christy Roy
Emily Schwegman
Elizabeth Sewell
Leslie Schicht
Beth Schnell
Paul Smith
Kelly Stahl
Jaclyn Wolff