In this capacity, she was responsible for student services for 150,000 students and
special education programming for 17,000 students with disabilities, managing a budget
of $ 325 million, overseeing nonpublic placements and alternative
programs, providing
special education staffing for 200 schools, the
provision of K - 12 school counseling, psychological services, pupil personnel services, and the administration
of the International Student Admission Office.
Individualized
education program team (IEP Team)-- A team charged with developing, reviewing and revising a student's individualized
education program and consisting
of the parent s, the student (if appropriate), the student's regular
education teacher and
special education teacher, a representative
of the school division qualified to supervise the
provision of services, and an individual who can interpret the instructional implications
of evaluation results.
(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval
of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description
of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus
of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization
of the school by ages
of students or grades to be taught, an estimate
of the total enrollment
of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational
program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed
program may improve the academic performance
of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs
of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment
of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the
education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation
of the school; (xi) the
provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications
of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement
of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis
of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance,
special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the
provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations
of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.
Ms. Pomerleau has provided team - based facilitation, individualized consultation, and professional development for the implementation and sustainability
of program - wide positive behavior intervention and support (PW - PBIS) within district
special education preschool
programs, private early childhood
programs, and Head Start agencies, focusing on the
provision of a three - tiered system
of behavioral supports for preschool - and kindergarten - age children.