Kentucky Department of Education

 

Extended School Services

Last Updated on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 5:00 AM

The Extended School Services (ESS) program is a proactive program designed to assist individual students who are having difficulty in one or more content areas.  ESS funds are allocated to every school district for the purpose of operating a program for students having short- or long- term academic difficulties.  ESS programs offer extra instructional time outside regular school hours and may take a variety of formats including after school or before school programs, evening sessions, Saturday learning opportunities, summer programs and/or intersessions.   Districts also have the opportunity to request a waiver to offer ESS services during the school day.  There is close collaboration between the regular day program and the ESS program to best meet the student's needs.  ESS programs being implemented across the state offer a wide array of curricular programs and instructional formats.  Many of these programs are designed to gain the interest of and inspire motivation in students.

 

ESS Daytime Waiver Request and Evaluation
Includes the request “packet” for districts to request permission to offer ESS services to students during the school day.  Also available for download is the Daytime Waiver Evaluation Form.


 

ESS - Directions for Entering Data into Infinite Campus
Directions for staff entering data for regular and summer data into Infinite Campus.  Includes screen shots and step by step directions.


 

ESS Directions for Entering Data into STI
Directions for staff entering data for regular and summer data into STI.  Includes screen shots and step by step directions. This document includes: 1 - Directions for entering data at the school and district level 2 - Directions for uploading the data to KDE


 

ESS Guidelines
These Guidelines provide brief information about key elements of the ESS statute and regulation.  It also provides basic guidance for implementing the program in the areas of selection of students, student participation, appropriate instructional programming, parental support, and fiscal/program accountability.  As in all programs, attention must be paid to key elements of ... More


 

ESS OEA Study
In December 2006, the Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee approved a research agenda for the Office of Education Accountability that included a review of the Extended School Services (ESS) program. This report provides an overview of the ESS program, along with review of best practices and literature, analysis of funding ... More


 

ESS Statute and Regulation
Contains the newest ESS regulation and statute that includes many changes for the program, including the daytime waiver and other language changes.


 

ESS Tools and Resources
Suggestions, downloads and tools for implementing successful ESS programs can be found here.


 

Extended School Services Resources
This page contains resources for the Extended School Services Program.


For more information contact:

Faith Thompson
500 Mero Street, 19th floor CPT
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: (502) 564-4772
Faith.Thompson@education.ky.gov
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