Paul Bunyan Education Cooperative
Education/Training - Brainerd, MN, US
Paul Bunyan Education Cooperative Employees
Paul Bunyan Education Cooperative Details
The Paul Bunyan Education Cooperative is an organization of areas school districts that have joined together to compliment and expand existing educational opportunities.In an educational environment that is constantly changing, it is difficult for individual school districts to provide specific programming in all areas of need. By joining together, the PBEC is able to offer programming that would otherwise be difficult and costly while allowing school districts to maintain their individuality.The educational services PBEC provides are supported through federal, state, and local school funds. Additional fees are not charged for participants in any program.Special Education is an integral part of the total framework of education which assists schools in providing an appropriate education to all students within their jurisdiction. As a support system, Special Education provides the unique and specialized resources which enable handicapped students to maximize their potential.The resources of Special Education can best be visualized as an array of services ranging from specialized institutional schools providing for the severely handicapped to the supportive assistance of consultative help to regular teachers. Currently, Special Education services are provided consistent with the concept of providing for each handicapped student in the least restrictive setting. Assessment, team staffings, individual program plans, and continued parental involvement are all integral parts of the education of handicapped students. Careful professional evaluations of all students suspected to be in need of special services are prerequisite to the development of an individual program plan. The programs provided by Special Education are designed to be harmonious with the needs detailed by that plan.
