Instructional Services Division:

Gloria Cowder, Director of Special Projects

951-788-7135 Ex 80701, gcowder@rusd.k12.ca.us

Instructional Services Specialists:

Click here for a Complete Listing of Special Projects Staff and Duties:

The mission of the Special Projects Department is to ensure that all students increase their learning and meet state and district standards by providing support to the school sites in the following areas: 

•  School plan development process

•  Student achievement goal setting

•  Title I program planning and development

•  Program and grant development

•  Parental involvement workshops

•  School Site Council and English Learner Advisory Committee support

•  Reclassification and long-term English Learner monitoring

•  Early childhood programs

•  After-School programs

•  Technical assistance

•  Categorical budget development

•  Compliance monitoring

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• Programs Administered by the Special Projects Department:

•  Title I

•  Head Start/State Pre-School

•  School Library Improvement Block Grant

•  Economic Impact Aid

•  English Language Acquisition Program

•  PRIME Time

•  HEARTS

•  Family Services

•  Grant Development

•  RUSD Leadership Academy