ESU #1 ECSE Staff
Email Cheri Matthews, ECSE Coordinator, at cmatthew@esu1.org
Early Childhood Special Education
Staff Members
 Allison Schultz, EDN Coordinator |
Allison Schultz serves ESU #1 as a Services Coordinator for the Early Development Network Services Coordination Program. She has been with ESU #1 since 2007. |
 Anita Muller, ECSE Teacher |
Anita Muller serves ESU # 1 as an Early Childhood Special Education Teacher. She had been with ESU #1 since 1990. Anita provides services to the following schools: Pender |
| Barb Nelson, Paraprofessional | Barb Nelson serves ESU #1 as a paraprofessional at Winnebago Public School. |
| Barb Schroeder, Services Coordinator | Barb Schroeder serves ESU #1 as a Services Coordinator for the Early Development Network Services Coordination Program. She has been with ESU #1 since 1995. |
 Cheri Matthews, ECSE Teacher/ESCE and EDN Coordinator |
Cheri Matthews
serves ESU #1 as the ECSE Coordinator and is also an ECSE Teacher. She has been with ESU #1 since 1994. She serves the following districts:
Allen
Homer
Wakefield
Winnebago
Cheri is also the Network Supervisor for the Early Development Network Services Coordination Program. |
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Jennifer Bensen serves ESU #1 as an Early Childhood Teacher at the Wakefield Family Resource Center. She has been with ESU #1 since 2006. |
| Jodie Saxen, Paraprofessional | Jodie Saxen serves ESU #1 as a paraprofessional at Winnebago Public School. |
| Kim Barge, Paraprofessional | Kim Barge serves ESU #1 as a paraprofessional at the Wakefield Family Resource Center. |
 Leah Merkwan, ESCE Teacher |
Leah Merkwan has been employed at ESU#1 as an Early Childhood Special Education Teacher for the past 22 years. She received both her B.S. and Master's degree from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota. She is currently serving Creighton, Crofton, Bloomfield, Veridgree, Wynot, Niobrara, Santee, and Santee Headstart. She serves on the ESU#1 Assistive Technology Team and is a Kids on the Block puppeteer. Leah is a member of the Northeast Autism Team and the early childhood consultant for the Assistive Technology Partnership. Leah lives in Walker Valley near Crofton, Nebraska. and is the mother of two grown sons. |
 Lynn Sullivan, ECSE Teacher |
Lynn Sullivan serves ESU #1 as an ECSE Teacher. She has been with ESU #1 since 1993. She serves the following districts: Allen |
 Melissa Munsen, Services Coordinator |
Melissa Munsen serves ESU #1 as a Services Coordinator for the Early Development Network Services Coordination Program. She has been with ESU #1 since September 2005. Melissa serves the following districts: Homer Melissa is married and has four children. She enjoys music, camping and spending time with family and friends. |
 Sara Jaixen. ESCE Teacher |
Sara Jaixen serves ESU #1 as an ECSE Teacher. She serves the following districts: Coleridge |
