Vendors and Other Business Associate Members
Vendors and Other Businesses:
Achieve3000® is the leader in differentiated instruction. Our proven solutions, KidBiz3000™ (grades 2-5), TeenBiz3000®(grades 6-8), Empower3000™ (grades 9-12), and Spark3000® (for adult learners), are Web-based reading programs that improve reading comprehension, fluency, vocabulary, and writing skills for all learners—from ELL and Special Ed to Gifted.
KidBiz®, TeenBiz®, Empower® and Spark® deliver daily nonfiction, standards-based reading content that is precisely matched to each student’s individual learning profile. These solutions are based on decades of scientific research to dramatically improve literacy and high-stakes test performance.
KidBiz, TeenBiz, Empower and Spark provide:
- An online Lexile assessment tool for accurate initial placement.
- Daily content that is precisely and scientifically matched to each learner’s reading ability. All students in the class read about the same current events, but the passages and follow-up activities adjust to their individual learning profiles. Spanish and Haitian-Creole versions make the program accessible for English Language Learners.
- High-interest, contemporary content to motivate learners.
- Ongoing assessment—built into the daily instructional routine—that provides continual progress monitoring.
- A powerful reporting package that gives teachers and administrators the diagnostic data needed to track student usage and performance.
- State standards-linked content, assignments, and reports.
- Anytime, anywhere access for more time on task. Seventy percent of students using Achieve3000 access the solutions outside of school.
Bexley Therapy Services provides Speech, Occupational, and Physical Therapy to students of Ohio Charter Schools.
We work under contract, and in collaboration with, the school staff and administrators, to meet the State I.E.P. requirements.
For Virtual Schools, Bexley Therapy Services offers staff and facility to students who are centrally located in Ohio. We also offer the unique ability to provide Online Speech Therapy Services for those students that are suitable.
For the Charter Schools centrally located, we can offer individual evaluations very quickly, and assist with the E.T.R. and revised I.E.P. If ongoing services are required, we can provide it at your location under most circumstances.
Members of the Ohio Alliance for Public Charter Schools have access to an exclusive program for their schools’ insurance needs, the CharterSafe Insurance Program. CharterSafe is the first insurance program designed specifically for charter schools by school leaders and school insurance experts. CharterSafe was created as a direct response to schools’ needs of finding insurance options that provided the correct coverage at group reduced rates.
Below are some important aspects of the CharterSafe insurance program that make it the most competitive and comprehensive program available in Ohio:
1. All inclusive insurance package including General Liability, Auto Liability, School Board Legal Liability, Sexual Abuse/Molestation, Property, and Risk Management Services.
2. Schools are saving up to 30% off their current premiums with enhanced coverage terms and significantly higher limits ($10 Million).
3. This program is more than just insurance coverage; it helps keep your school and students safe, as well as give you peace of mind and more money for your classrooms.
CharterSafe is a customized insurance “package” ---a new choice designed from ground up for charter schools. And, it’s available only from Arthur J. Gallagher & Co, the world’s largest scholastic insurance broker.
Eastman & Smith is proud of its strong reputation built from providing a wide variety of legal services to businesses and individuals for over 160 years. Our practices in Education and Public Law are examples of our accomplishments.
Eastman & Smith Ltd.'s comprehensive education law practice serves clients in the public, private and higher education arenas. As a practice focused on current and pending public law and education trends, Eastman & Smith's legal advice adds value in a context that takes into account, first and foremost, a successful future for its educational institution clients.
Our public and education law attorneys draft legislation and rules, lobby, develop and negotiate contracts for public services and improvements, handle public infrastructure and special assessment matters, construction and environmental issues, economic development projects, public employment issues, and the defense of claims in litigation. We are involved in all aspects of education law, from employment and labor to special education, student discipline and constitutional rights.
We have passion, integrity and advocacy to offer, and we have fun securing successes for our clients. See, www.eastmansmith.com.
HERTZ FURNITURE carries the furniture Charter Schools need. With over 40 years of experience in the educational furnishings market, we’ve worked with Charter Schools across the map. Classroom, cafeteria, lab, music room, lockers, office, reception & more – we have what you’re looking for! We stand behind everything we carry, from over 125 manufacturers, and add a 15-Year Warranty to it all. We are on contract with the largest School Districts in the country, and hold many other National, State & local contracts.
Kennedy Cottrell Richards, located in downtown Columbus in the Arena District, is a firm of Certified Public Accountants licensed to practice in the State of Ohio.
We are a strong governmental accounting, auditing, and consulting firm that is able to offer its clients over 50 years of experience at the ownership level. We currently provide services to over 50 governments located throughout Ohio, including numerous public charter schools and traditional school districts. Our owners are leaders in the government industry who have made a commitment to staying technically sound. Two of our three owners are faculty members for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, teaching governmental accounting and auditing courses throughout the country. We believe that our unparalleled knowledge and expertise in regard to charter school accounting and auditing can be of great benefit to you.
Some of the services we offer charter schools include:
- Financial Statement Compilations
- Financial & Compliance Audits
- Licensed Treasurer Services
- Agreed-upon Procedures
- Account Reconciliations
- GASB Implementation
- Internal Control Procedures
- Grant Monitoring & Oversight
- Training & Continuing Education
Mangen & Associates is an independent financial management organization launched in Dayton to help local public schools (charter and district) achieve long-term financial and academic success. Since its start in 2003, M&A has expanded its efforts to include schools in Columbus, Cincinnati, and Toledo.
The mission of M&A is to provide high quality technical assistance - in financial management, organizational leadership, and operational improvement efforts - to high quality partner schools designed to ensure financially viability, sound organizational structure, and strong academic performance.
M&A is a team of highly-skilled professionals who understand the uniqueness of Ohio charter schools. M&A recruits, vets, and hires - as either full-time employees or consultants - the best talent in Ohio. The M&A team of professionals include former district school treasurers, new certified treasurers trained specifically for fiscal oversight of Ohio community schools, professional financial managers with business and public education experience, top graduate students from local colleges and universities, and accountants and bookkeepers with many years of public school experience.
Mangen & Associates specializes in the delivery of high quality Public School Financial Management, Treasurer, Accounting and support services, including:
- Financial Management
- High quality financial planning and reporting that will meet or exceed the auditing standards of the Auditor of State and/or independent auditors.
- Licensed Treasurer
- High quality certified school treasurers with many years of public school accounting, compliance and licensed treasurer experiences;
- Payroll and Accounting
- Ongoing preparation of bi-monthly payroll and payables processing by experienced public school accountants.
- Grants Management
- Ongoing monitoring and management of CCIP Consolidated, PCSP and other Competitive Federal grants by experienced CCIP Consultants.
- EMIS / SOES Management
- Ongoing data entry and management of EMIS and SOES data submissions by experienced EMIS Coordinators.
- E-Rate, TESOL, eTech, CRRS and other School Support Services
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For more than a decade MSB has been committed to providing industry leading solutions to empower Educators in local school districts to maximize their time with the children they serve. MSB's premier services include waypoynt™, a complete Medicaid billing service to increase revenue for students with disabilities and Case-e®, web-based Special Education management software. As well as our newest solutions; Discover-e™, a RTI, 504 & Electronic Portfolio module, Provyde™, a local therapy solution and Evolve™, a comprehensive charter school consulting service. For more information, please visit www.msb-services.com.
The Portage County Educational Service Center (PCESC) has what your organization needs to stay on top of federal and state mandates, provide specialized services to all students, conduct thorough assessments and data interpretation, raise test scores, offer excellent professional staff development, and participate in multiple collaboration opportunities that offer fiscal and educational benefits.
Our services can complement those provided in community schools. See what we have to offer and discover all of the ways we can be of service to you!
Gifted & Talented Services
The PCESC provides coordination services between children, school personnel, parents, and community members to recognize, support, and advance talent development.
Human Resources Services
The PCESC offers assistance in the recruitment of professional and classified employees, job classification, training and development, records management, employee relations, and human resources information systems. The PCESC also provides a variety of employee services ranging from research to the interpretation of state rules and related regulations.
Curriculum & Instructional Services
Consultants are available in the area of curriculum and instructional services including school improvement, curriculum mapping, and data collection and analysis.
Student Services & Special Education
The PCESC provides comprehensive programming for the instructional and assessment needs of exceptional children. Consultation, supervisory, and problem solving assistance are also available in providing compliance with federal and state regulations and in cost containment and best practices in utilization of resources for the school. PCESC can also assist Ohio's community schools maximize reimbursement of federal Medicaid funding through the Ohio School Medicaid Program. This is possible through a unique partnership between PCESC, MSB and Ohio Charter Partners.
Fiscal Services
The Portage County Educational Service Center provides an array of fiscal support services, such as fiscal agent for grants, consortiums, and educational projects.
Business & Occupational Services
The PCESC provides many business support services related to maintenance, custodial, food service, and transportation responsibilities, as well as non-traditional student support programs.
A regional accounting firm with a team of government specialists, Rea & Associates performs audits, GASB 34 GAAP conversions and other compilations for school districts state-wide.
SchoolOne is a pioneer in web-based school software solutions. We serve thousands of users in charter, private, alternative, and public schools throughout Ohio and around the country. We are a full-service IT provider, supporting all infrastructure needs; we offer a secure, web-based student information system (SIS), and provide information services, including accountability and compliance expertise. Both our student information system and our information services are designed to support the new EMIS requirements. Our SIS gives schools a web-based tool to house data, plus we provide services, support, and expertise to help ensure successful reporting. Established in 1999, SchoolOne is a certified Women’s Business Enterprise as well as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a Cisco Select Certified Partner, and a VMware Enterprise Partner. In addition, SchoolOne is the North American Reseller of the award-winning Studywiz products, so now charter schools and CMOs have the opportunity to purchase a complete online solution, including the ability to manage teacher and student workflow, curricula, and communications through online and mobile applications. SchoolOne’s products, services and relationships are an excellent value and resource for Ohio’s charter schools.
Smart Solutions is a 27-year-old Ohio-based company with a national reputation for servicing IT needs in the education, government, corporate, and legal sectors.
Our Education Division works with over 100 school districts across the country. Our clients include Charter, Private, and Public Schools, MRDDs, ESCs, ITCs, and other educational entities.
We provide comprehensive IT Services to schools in the areas of: managed services, eRate, education technology audits, and professional development focused specifically on curricular integration.
As one of the nation's leading eRate Priority 2 Vendors, we have completed over $40m in E-rate installations, hardware maintenance, and service since the inception of the program.
Our interdisciplinary account management teams include a diverse array of certified technical consultants, IT Directors, teachers, and education technology experts.
Smart Solutions has earned several industry honors, including being named one of the'500 Largest Solutions Providers in North America' in 2006 and one of the '50 Fastest Growing Solutions Providers in North America' in 2004 by VAR Magazine. The president of Smart Solutions also received the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2005 as well as the George B. Davis Award for Service to the University by Cleveland State University in 2008.
Teachers' School Supply has been providing the finest in classroom furniture, equipment and supplies to charter, community and private schools, universities, daycares, churches and more since 1987. With our lowest price guarantee, lifetime warranty, and commitment to our customers, we help to put a smile on every student’s face. With well over 30,000 loyal customers and growing, and over 100 manufactures, we have the experience and resources to help any organization grow.
We can help you find what you need. Give us a call at (800) 477-7745 or visit our website at www.TeachersSchoolSupply.com – one of our friendly Sales Associates will be pleased to assist you today.
The O’Neill Group is more than just another insurance provider…we are specialists when it comes to designing School Insurance Programs.
Total Education Solutions (TES) provides innovative, quality educational services to individuals with exceptional needs. In home, community, school, and clinical settings, we foster opportunities for success. Every decision made by TES—whether it be the programs we establish or the individuals we employ—is driven by our commitment to expand and enrich the quality and breadth of services available to children with special needs and their families. For this reason, we utilize a multidisciplinary approach in our trainings, treatments, and service delivery. Teams of experienced professionals from varying fields work together to create customized solutions and achieve student goals. We work with public, charter, and private schools to ensure that all special education programs comply with the IDEA 2004, as well as local and state education standards and reporting requirements. We also develop IEP goals and objectives and provide in-service training and workshops for staff. In addition to compliance and administration, TES provides an array of services to fulfill your special education needs, including speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, intensive academic instruction, behavioral support, tutoring, physical therapy, special day instruction, psychological assessments, school counseling, social work, adaptive physical education, and school nursing. Call Tawnia Novak at (330) 668-4041.
Thomas Van Auker, head of the division, is truly a leader in the school insurance industry. His CSRM (Certified School Risk Manager) designation from The National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research implies that he is committed to excel in the area of Charter School Insurance and to provide the highest quality professional insurance programs to Charter School clients. The designation certifies that Tom displays superior competency in measuring, handling, funding and administering school risks and is committed to meeting annual continuing education requirements to stay up-to-date with the ever-changing needs of charter, public and private schools.
From 1924 through today, The O'Neill Group has been carrying out a legacy of protecting our clients through custom-designed insurance programs. The Charter School Resource Center, a division of The O’Neill Group, was developed to service the unique needs of the Charter School community.
The Charter School Division is one-stop-shopping for all of your insurance needs, including: Property Coverage, General Liability, Auto Coverage, Worker’s Compensation, School Leader’s Errors and Omissions, Sexual Misconduct & Molestation, Umbrella Liability, Bonds, Violent Event Response and Equipment Breakdown Coverage. The Group can also handle Group Health and Life and Employee Benefits Packages.
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