Bus Driver Training

GED Testing

ParaProfessional Testing

ROE Brochure - Updated 6-15-10

ROE #26 2007-2008 School Directory

Teacher Certification

Area III Homeless Liaison Project -

• The Area 3 Lead Liaison Project will provide professional development and technical assistance to the school districts located in the 20 west central Illinois counties they serve. 

Child and Family Connections -

• Serving children, ages birth to three who have delays in development or medical diagnoses that may result in developmental delays.

• Covering a nine county area in West Central Illinois. (Fulton, Schuyler, McDonough, Hancock, Henderson, Knox, Warren, Mercer, and Rock Island Counties)

 Early Beginnings -

• Serving Eligible Children Ages Birth to Three

• Providing Home Based Child Development Education

• Serving McDonough, Hancock, Fulton and Schuyler Counties

Opening Doors - Statewide McKinney Program -

• Opening Doors is an Illinois State Board of Education grant-funded project under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Children and Youth Program. The goal of this statewide initiative is to disseminate information to Illinois schools and shelters as to the educational rights and needs of homeless children and youth.

Optional Education Programs -

• Stay-In serves at-risk students in McDonough, Hancock, Warren, Henderson and Mercer Counties.

• Academy for Secondary Education and the Hancock County Academy provides an optional education program for high school dropouts and non-traditional students.

Preschool for ALL -

• Preschool builds on Illinois' Early Childhood Education foundation of child care, State Pre-Kindergarten and Head Start. Preschool for All enhances the 20-year-old State Pre-Kindergarten program to reach more children and improve quality and accountability in the schools, community organizations and private providers.

Regional Safe Schools Program -

• Hancock County Learning Center and the McDonough County Learning Centers opened their doors to provide classes for students who are chronically disruptive in their home districts. The centers seek to remove the severe behavior problems from the regular classrooms and to provide an alternative form of instruction during the expulsion period for those students who will benefit from it.

School and Community Assistance Team (S.C.A.T.) - Click Here for SCAT Brochure

• Here to help Hancock and McDonough Counties deal with crisis as it arises and prepare for crisis situations before they emerge.
• The SCAT team is a team of crisis interveners, who are available 24 hours a day, to help schools and the communities in Hancock and McDonough County respond to tragedy.

Truants' Alternative and Optional Education Program (T.A.O.E.P.) -

• The Illinois Truants' Alternative and Optional Education Training and Technical Assistance Project is an Illinois State Board of Education grant funded project.

Partnership For College & Career Success

• PCCS is a federally funded education program built upon three critical components intended to develop seamless pathways that prepare students for high-wage, high-demand careers:
  1. Linkages between academic and career and technical educators;
  2. Articulation between secondary and postsecondary education;
  3. Collaboration between educators and the business community.

Video Coop - See Video Coop Catalog

Western Area Career System -

• Western Area Career System's mission is to "Prepare students for the future through innovative programs and opportunities" - Schools included in the Western Area Career System is: Astoria; Bushnell-Prairie City; Carthage; Canton; Cuba; Hamilton; Havana; LaHarpe; Lewistown; Macomb; Nauvoo-Colusa; Schuyler/Industry; Spoon River Valley; VIT; Warsaw; West Prairie

Western Area Purchasing Coop -

       Contact Ted Sharpe

Area III Learning Technology Center

Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools

Illinois State

Illinois State Board of Education

Sandburg Educational Network

West Central 4

Local Colleges and Universities:

Carl Sandburg Community College

Spoon River College

Western Illinois University