Welcome to听Educational Services!听
探花精选's curriculum and instruction听is guided by the district鈥檚 mission and strategic plan, the findings and recommendations of the Phi Delta Kappa Curriculum Management Audit, 探花精选's Board of Education policy and rules, and the Nebraska Department of Education Rule Ten听requirements.
探花精选 provides a rigorous curriculum that promotes an Advanced Placement 庐 culture. The curriculum is aligned with and surpasses the requirements of state standards and indicators. The 探花精选 Education Program, commonly called the MEP,听consists of content curriculum, appropriate instructional strategies, and valid assessment methodologies. The MEP also outlines the development phases and timeline for curriculum development. The 探花精选 Instructional Model, commonly called the MIM,听promotes instructional best practices that are research-based and data-driven. The offices of elementary education and secondary education oversee the formative and summative curriculum-based classroom assessments听and diagnostic assessments. These assessments follow the听district鈥檚 Multi-Tiered Systems of Support听 (commonly called MTSS).
You may read more about the 听and our 听by clicking听on each title.
If you are interested in reviewing our 探花精选 curriculum, please follow the link on the left side of this page titled 探花精选 Curriculum Frameworks.
Kelly Gallegos
Secretary to the Associate Superintendent of Educational Services
402.715.8301
kagallegos@mpsomaha.org
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Early Childhood Curriculum
Andy DeFreece
Director of Elementary and Early Childhood Education
402.715.8336 听
adefreec@mpsomaha.org
Mendy Dickey
Secretary for Title I/Preschool
402.715.8339 听
mjdickey@mpsomaha.org
Dr. Amanda Hunt
Coordinator of Early Childhood
402.715.8307听
alhunt@mpsomaha.org
Jean Savage
Secretary for Early Childhood and Elementary Special Education
402.715.8302 听
jasavage@mpsomaha.org
Cheris Kite
Facilitator for Early Childhood and K-5 Literacy Intervention
402.715.1431
cakite@mpsomaha.org
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Elementary听Education
Andy DeFreece
Director of Early Childhood & Elementary Education
402.715.8314
adefreec@mpsomaha.org
Kim Pirrone
Secretary for Elementary Education听
402.715.8314
kjpirron@mpsomaha.org
Cheris Kite
Early Childhood & K-5 Literacy Intervention Curriculum & Instruction Facilitator
cakite@mpsomaha.org
Ellen Kramer
K-5 Science/Social Studies/Health Curriculum & Instruction Facilitator
eykramer@mpsomaha.org
Matthew Scott
K-5 Mathematics & Intervention Curriculum & Instruction Facilitator
mjscott1@mpsomaha.org
Jody Sempek
K-5 Language Arts Curriculum & Instruction Facilitator
jlsempek@mpsomaha.org
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Secondary Education
Dr. Anthony Weers
Director of Secondary Education
402.715.8304
ajweers@mpsomaha.org
Teresa McAndrew
Secretary to Director of Secondary Education
402.715.8484
tlmcandrew@mpsomaha.org
Katie Dittman
Secretary to Secondary Education & Educational Services
402.715.8253
kjdittman@mpsomaha.org
Dr. Melanie Olson
Coordinator of Secondary Programs
402.715.8577
mlolson@mpsomaha.org
Nicole Chapman
K-12听Facilitator for Music
402.715.8756 听
nachapman@mpsomaha.org
Shannon Cooley Lovett
Curriculum Facilitator for K-12 Art,听K-12 Counseling, K-12 Physical Education
402.715.6273
smcooley@mpsomaha.org
Jan Dahlgaard
Curriculum Facilitator for Secondary Language Arts
402.715.8480
jdahlgaa@mpsomaha.org
Monica Hutfles
K-12 HAL Program Facilitator, Odysseyware
402.715.8414
mahutfles@mpsomaha.org
Amanda Niemiec
Curriculum Facilitator for 6-12 Science and K-12 World Language
402.715.8245
ajniemiec@mpsomaha.org
Diane Reiners
Curriculum Facilitator for Business, FCS, 6-12 Health, &听6-12 Information听Technology
402.715.8563
dreiners@mpsomaha.org
Shelley Schmitz
K-12 Program Facilitator for MTSS
402.715.8813 听
slschmitz@mpsomaha.org
Nichole Schwab 听
Curriculum Facilitator for 6-12 Social Studies
402.715.8413
neschwab@mpsomaha.org
Tami Whitted
Curriculum Facilitator for Secondary Mathematics, Intervention, &听Skilled and Technical Sciences
402.715.1679
tjwhitted@mpsomaha.org
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Special Programs
Dr. Kara Hutton
Coordinator of Special Programs
402.715.8708
khutton@mpsomaha.org
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English Learners
Dr. Kara Hutton
Coordinator of Special Programs
402.715.8708
khutton@mpsomaha.org
Pam Erixon
District EL Support Specialist
402.715.8764
perixon@mpsomaha.org
Bastian Derichs
Bilingual Liaison
402.715.6244
bderichs@mpsomaha.org
Rana Corey
Bilingual Liaison
402.578.7583
rrcorey@mpsomaha.org
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High Ability Learner
Monica Hutfles
K-12 HAL Program Facilitator
402.715.8414
mahutfles@mpsomaha.org
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Special Education
Dr. Terry Houlton
Director of Special Education
402.715.8219
thoulton@mpsomaha.org听
Dr. Carrie Novotny-Buss听
Coordinator - Elementary Special Education
Lead Administrator of MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Supports)
402.715.8308
cnovotny@mpsomaha.org
Dr. Amanda Hunt
Coordinator of Early Childhood
402.715.8307听
alhunt@mpsomaha.org
Dr. Ted Esser
Coordinator - Secondary Special Education
402.715.8224
tesser@mpsomaha.org
Dr. Kristy Feden
Coordinator - Young Adult Program
402.715.6330
klfeden@mpsomaha.org
Jean Savage
Secretary for Early Childhood & Elementary Special Education
402.715.8302
jasavage@mpsomaha.org
Courtney Heser听
Secretary to the Director of Special Education, Secondary Special Education,听the Psychologists听& Special Education Transportation
402.715.8583
clheser@mpsomaha.org听
Beth Pfeiffer
Secretary to the Young Adult Program &听Special Education Records
402.715.8416
bapfeiffer@mpsomaha.org
Kristen McKenney
Facilitator - Elementary Special Education
402.715.8568
klmckenney@mpsomaha.org
Anne Keith
Facilitator - Elementary Special Education
402.715.8286
ackeith@mpsomaha.org
Kaye Schweigert
Facilitator - Middle School Special Education
402.715.8558
kmschweig@mpsomah.org
Wendy Wight
Facilitator - High School Special Education
402.715.8763
wawight@mpsomaha.org
Tricia Gillett
Department Chair - Birth-21 Speech/Language
402.715.8585
tlgillett@mpsomaha.org
Kelli Krause
Facilitator - B-21 Autism
402.715.8600
kkkrause@mpsomaha.org
Shelley Schmitz听
Facilitator- K-12 MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Supports)
402.715.8813听
slschmitz@mpsomaha.org
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Early College
Dr. Melanie Olson
Coordinator of Secondary Programs
402.715.8577
mlolson@mpsomaha.org
Angela Barona, Metro Enrollment Navigator
402-715-8299
afsbarona@mpsomaha.org
Amy Sweets, Early College Coordinator
402-715-8299
alsweets@mpsomaha.org