ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION SERVICES

Alternative Education Services are formed in a cooperative partnership between the Regional Office of Education and local school districts to meet the educational needs of students. Alternative Education Services consist of Regional Safe School Programs (RSSP) and Alternative Learning Opportunities Programs (ALOP). 

REGIONAL SAFE SCHOOLS PROGRAM (RSSP)

The Regional Safe Schools Program serves expulsion-eligible and/or multiply suspended students. The statewide program, authorized through the Regional Offices of Education, began serving students in 1996 as established by the Illinois School Code to provide a system of alternative education programs for disruptive students.

The purpose of the RSSP is:

  1. to increase safety and promote the learning environment in schools
  2. to meet the particular educational needs of disruptive students more appropriately and individually in an alternative educational environment.

During the 2023-24 school year, 209 students were served through this program.

ALTERNATIVE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM (ALOP)

The Alternative Learning Opportunities Program serve students that need educational supports and other interventions that are not currently provided by their regular school programs. The Regional Office of Education partners with school districts to develop and implement ALOPs that offer a broader range of academic, behavioral, and social/emotional interventions designed to increase the academic achievement levels of these students so that they are able to meet the Illinois Learning Standards and complete their education in a safe learning environment.

COMMUNITY INTERVENTION PROGRAM

The ROE employs two Community Intervention Specialists that collaborate with the nine public school districts in Kane County to offer services under our RSSP and ALOP.

If you would like to refer a student to our one of specialists, click below.

Refer a Student

JOSH AXELSEN

Coordinator of Alternative Programs
jaxelsen@kaneroe.org
(630) 444-2967

DANIELLE MANDOZA

Administrative Assistant, Bus Training & Student Services
dmandoza@kaneroe.org
(630) 444-3401

District U-46

  • Dream Academy  
  • Elgin High School  
  • Larkin High School
  • Streamwood High School  

Batavia 101

  • Batavia High School 
  • Rotolo Middle School 

West Aurora 129

  • SUCCESS Academy
  • West Aurora High School

District 300

  • Carpentersville Middle School         
  • Dundee-Crown High School 
  • Hampshire High School 
  • Jacobs High School 
  • Oak Ridge School

Central 301

  • Central High School

St. Charles 303

  • Compass Academy 
  • St. Charles East High School 
  • St. Charles North High School 

Geneva 304

  • Geneva High School  
  • Geneva Middle School North

Mid-Valley Special Education Cooperative

  • Mades-Johnstone Center 

District U-46

  • Dream Academy  

West Aurora 129

  • SUCCESS Academy

East Aurora 131

  • East Aurora Extension Campus

District 300

  • Oak Ridge School

Mid-Valley Special Education Cooperative

  • Mades-Johnstone Center 

Online Courses

We provide timely and relevant support to educators in their journey to meet the ever-increasing demands of teaching and leading through a variety of synchronous and asynchronous online workshops. All offerings provide participants with research-based, relevant resources and help address the critical issues facing educators today. 

Through these opportunities, educators are empowered to make immediate and long-lasting changes in their professional practice to help increase student achievement while also meeting their social and emotional needs.

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Administrator Academies

By statute, every administrator must complete a minimum of one approved academy annually and a minimum of five in each administrator certificate renewal period.  

The Illinois Online Academy provides a range of online academies that meet this criteria while providing research-based strategies to help you on you journey. Topics range from combatting educator burnout, meeting and presentation tips, restorative practices, and more. 

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OFFICE CLOSED

The Kane County Regional Office of Education is closed today, Monday, February 17, in observance of Presidents Day. 

 

Our office will reopen Tuesday, February 18 under normal business hours.