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The Macomb Intermediate School
District (MISD) is one of 57 ISDs or
Regional Educational Service Agencies (RESAs)
in Michigan. No two are exactly alike.
Each service agency bases its work on
the specific needs of constituent
districts in the areas of instruction,
career and technical education, special
education, technology and business.
The MISD serves as a central support
system for 21 public school districts,
11 charter schools and the 37 non-public
schools that operate in Macomb County.
Working with the local districts and
charter schools, we focus our efforts on
building the capacity of the 10,000
teachers in the County. Through quality
training, skill development and
instructional support, we expand their
ability to meet the needs of all
students in a rigorous and effective
educational experience.
MISD also serves to facilitate
program development when it's not cost
effective for local districts to do
individually. Some examples include:
Eighteen districts have formed a
consortium to create The International
Academy of Macomb offering an
International Baccalaureate Program. Located in
Chippewa Valley, the International
Academy of Macomb opened its door in
2008 to
125 ninth graders and expects to grow to
500 ninth-twelfth graders in 2011. The
local districts, MISD and Macomb
Community College have partnered to open
the Early College of Macomb (ECM).
ECM is designed to give students the
opportunity to graduate from high school
having earned enough college credits for
an associates degree or technical
certificate in high-demand or emerging
careers.
We work directly with individuals
with disabilities who reside in Macomb
County school districts. We serve
students, from newborns to
adults, meeting their unique learning
needs and supporting their families all
along the way. The MISD is the
largest ISD in the state that provides
direct services to students and has been
named as “best in the nation” for
service to disabled persons by the
National Organization for Disabilities
and the National School Boards
Association.
During 2008-2009 we concentrated on
these training topics with high impact
for special education students:
- START - Through the Lakeside
Regional Collaborative Network (LRCN),
building capacity in the LEAs to
support students with ASD with
evidence-based strategies and
interventions. Establishing
local professional development
activities in behavior supports, ASD
awareness, peer-to-peer support and
intervention strategies to assist
students in the least restrictive
environment. Partnership with
Grand Valley State University.
- School-Wide Positive Behavior
Supports - providing ongoing
training in PBS, functional behavior
assessments and behavior support
plans, data collection systems and
maintaining a PBS Coaches' Network.
- Response to Intervention (RtI) -
providing ongoing leadership,
training and support to schools and
their district, planning and
implementing response to
intervention initiatives.
Establishing professional
development and support related to
universal screening, data analysis,
supplemental reading interventions,
progress monitoring, grade level
meetings and maintaining an RtI
network.
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
- the E3T project - providing
leadership and training to local
district middle and high school
teams for the planning and
implementation of universal design
for learning principles. Teams
work to eliminate barriers to the
curriculum and optimize educational
opportunities for all students using
21st century technology.
- Assistive Technology - providing leadership and training
for district assistive technology
representatives related to
assessment, implementation and
monitoring of technology supports
for reading, writing, organization,
communication, and access in
accordance to the Macomb ISD
Assistive Technology Guidelines.
- Assistive Technology Lending
Library - providing assistive
technology equipment for loan to
local district students and programs
on a trial basis. Support to
the district assistive technology
representatives for optimal
selection and implementation of
devices provided.
- Developing TIENET, a countywide
special education management system
to include web-based IEPs.
- Continuous Improvement and
Monitoring System - CIMS helps
assure districts are following
special education rules and
regulations.
- Non-Crisis Training Prevention
Institute (CPI) - provides training
on verbal and physical de-escalation
techniques. Established a
Macomb County CPI Instructor Network
for the county trainers.
The MISD directly serves special
needs students in the following
locations:
- Program for the Autistic
Impaired
- Schools for the Severely Emotionally
Impaired
- Schools for Moderately Cognitive
Impaired (MCI); Severely Cognitive
Impaired (SCI); and Severely Multiply
Impaired (SXI)
In addition to these center-based
programs, the MISD also supports local
district programs for students with
cognitive, hearing, severe language, or
visual impairments as well as programs
for students with physical or otherwise
health impairments.
We promote all aspects of the
educational process through our
development and support of technology.
We provide training in the use of
essential technology tools that enhance
curricular, instructional and
administrative services in our schools.
MISD provides countywide technology
services that support, enhance, and
enable critical school tasks including
student and school records management
and reporting (ROSES/TIENET, PowerSchool/SASIxp,
MSDS), Macomb school business software suite,
online instruction and communications
(MOST/Blackboard), Internet
access (ISP), distance learning
(videoconferencing Bridge/Gateway,
Distance Learning Classrooms in all 28
High Schools, Project ASK, Fieldtrip
Fridays), video-on-demand (Discovery Streaming),
computer training (computer labs and
trainers), e-mail, web hosting, and data
analysis to improve curriculum and
instruction (data warehousing, custom
reports).
The MISD Educational Service
Center (ESC) is a major training
facility. During the 2008-2009 school
year, over 30,000 participants attended
workshops and meetings at the MISD.
Community leaders and organizations
frequently use the MISD’s facilities.
During the summer months, the MISD
planned and hosted educational camps
for kids. Programs were for students
ranging from elementary through high
school and included programs in:
science, technology, math, literacy,
writing, and lego robotics. Additional
camps for special populations included
career exploration for at risk high
school students, a program for homeless
students, a camp for visually impaired
students and a program for
students
with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
The ESC also houses these services:
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