Videoconferencing to Access Community Services

Teachers, counselors, and parents use videoconferencing technology to:

• Save time and travel expense, and increase the timeliness, ease, and frequency of contact for everyone
• Decrease student absence from class
• Allow increased and more personal monitoring of student attendance, progress, and success
• Encourage a Team approach to the education of students who come under law enforcement and other agency jurisdiction
• Provide a broader knowledge base for educational decisions about students
• Allow for increased contact with parents
• Provide staff development to give everyone working in the system sufficient knowledge and skills to use the equipment.

Examples: School/Probation Office connections in Butte, Montana and IEP Development in Aberdeen, Washington