About IES
In October 2010, Integrity Educational Services (IES) was established as an educational services provider (ESP). Our mission is to provide support services for schools that strive for excellent, relevant, and inclusive educational services. In this role, we have developed a comprehensive range of efficient and cost-effective management services for charter schools that seek to provide high-quality educational services to urban and rural at-risk students. These services enable our schools to maximize resources to bring the best possible educational services to children from a variety of disadvantaged situations.
Services
Some of the services IES provides to schools includes:
- financial services
- human resources services
- medicaid billing and collection
- per-pupil and special education accounting systems
- behavior management
- special education consulting
- curriculum development
- marketing consulting
- food service consulting
- and much more
Our History
In October 2010, Integrity Educational Services was established as a 501(c)(3) non-profit to provide support services for schools serving at-risk children. In this role, IES seeks to develop a comprehensive range of efficient and cost effective management services for charter schools that seek to provide high quality education. These services will enable schools under contract to maximize their resources to bring the best possible educational services to children from a variety of disadvantaged situations.
Superintendent
Dr. Heidi Cate
Heidi Cate is currently Superintendent of Integrity Educational Services and its schools, Hope Academy of West Michigan and Lighthouse Academy. She obtained a Bachelor’s degree from Kalamazoo College before completing her first Master’s from Western Michigan University. She was as a Psychologist the first 14 years after this. She served in a counseling capacity for a variety of organizations including as an in-home therapist for Muskegon DHS and mental health services’ clientele and for Wedgwood Christian Services for 10 years before being employed as the Principal for Lighthouse Academy in 2005. Dr. Cate finished her second Master’s in Educational Leadership with Charter School Emphasis from Central Michigan University in December 2010. In 2014, she completed her Ph.D. in Education from Capella University.
Board of Directors
- Pat Cwayna
- John LaBarge
- Stan Stek
- Tom Stuit
- Bob Berkhof