Our motto: Learning for all through learning supports

The special education department is dedicated to the following beliefs:

• All children can learn.
•  All individuals deserve to be treated with respect.
• We hold high expectations for student achievement.
• The rights of children with disabilities should be upheld and honored.
• All children will have access to and progress in the general education curriculum.
• Special education is a service, not a place. 
• A full continuum of services best supports the needs of children. 
• An alignment must be created between a student's individual needs and educational services. 
• Performance must be measured systematically.
• The emphasis should be on the child, not on the disability. 
• Integrity is essential to trust.
• Communication should be by fact.
• It takes an entire community to support a child.

Instructors

• Elyane Fender

Email: efender@akron.k12.oh.us

• Paul Gegick

Email: pgegick@apslearns.org

• Brian Harris

Email: rbh29456@apslearns.org

• Jodi Jennings

Email: jjenning@akron.k12.oh.us

• Linda Owens

Email: lowens@akron.k12.oh.us

• Alyssa Kraus

Email: akraus@apslearns.org

• Debby Oyler

Email: doyler@akron.k12.oh.us

• Melissa Pontius

Email: mpontius@akron.k12.oh.us

• Jennifer Reid-Nicodemus

Email: jreidnic@apslearns.org

• Theodore Rubin

Email: trubin@akron.k12.oh.us

• Scott Schopper

Email: sschoppe@akron.k12.oh.us

• Elyane Fender