Virtual ISTE Certification Training
Earn your ISTE credential from the comfort of your own home! Our next virtual training session kicks off Tuesday, Feb. 2. Deadline to register is Jan. 22.
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Featured Events and Workshops
Save the Date: Midwest Leadership Summit 2021!
The Midwest Leadership Summit is returning for its seventh year in a virtual location! Don't miss out on new features like exciting on-demand content and Leadership Labs, as well as national speakers Elena Aguilar, Mike Kleba and Ryan O'Hara.
Professional Learning Opportunities
Visit our professional learning opportunities page to learn about upcoming training and workshops!
Gifted Education Services
We'll help you meet the needs of your gifted learners through program audits, consultations or coordinated support services.
OTES 2.0 Training
The implementation of Ohio Teacher Evaluation
System (OTES) 2.0 requires new credentials for those
who evaluate teachers.
Latest News
Behind at Birth: The Challenges Facing Black Moms and Babies in Butler County
In the United States, Black babies are far less likely than white babies to celebrate their first birthday. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health, Black babies have 2.3 times higher infant mortality rates than their white counterparts.
Butler County Now Home to Two ISTE Distinguished Districts
Butler County is now home to two International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE) Distinguished Districts.
October 15 Butler County COVID Report
"This has been said before, but it bears repeating - this is not the time to become complacent! Renewed interest and attention to the three well-known instructions is so important right now: wear a mask, stay 6 feet or more apart, keep your hands clean! We need to rededicate ourselves as a community to these three things as we move indoors and learn to live with this disease. This is our new normal until we get a vaccination and we have a long winter to get through together! Mask wearing has been shown to be the single most effective way to keep COVID at bay." - Jenny Bailer, Butler County Health Commissioner
Butler County Educational Service Center Named High-Performing ESC for Fifth Consecutive Year
BCESC ranks fifth highest among Ohio’s 52 educational service centers in terms of total amount saved. In total, Ohio’s ESCs reported more than $78 million in savings to ODE for FY2021.
Coya Taylor: healthy babies in Butler County
Led by Coya Taylor, RN, Butler County Educational Service Center facilitates Butler County's Infant Mortality Medicaid Grant with various community partners in coordinated efforts to reduce infant mortality within African American communities.
At A Glance
- 34+ school districts served
- 2,820+ alternative and special ed students
- $3M+ saved annually by partner school districts
- 56 preschool classrooms in three counties
- 10,351 home visits completed annually
- 34 Success liaisons serve 2,901 students in two counties
- 621 employees
- 6,500+ hours of curriculum training and professional development provided annually.
- 1,028 certified substitute teachers in 22 districts
- 1,000+ families enrolled in birth-to-three programs
- 1,710 Early Head Start, Head Start and preschool students
- 317 families and 525 children receiving kinship care support
- 9,107 early childhood program calls and referrals processed annually for 9 Ohio counties
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