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President’s Message - continued from page 1
School Improvement:
Unpacking and constructing a robust and publicly transparent communications campaign around the
results of the Local Report Card (LRC) will rest as our responsibility. What analytics a school district
deploys, the structures and protocols for gap analysis, and gap closure must be evaluated. Though I
am personally a significant supporter of the Ohio Improvement Process (OIP), the real question is:
“What research-based school improvement model will be used to improve student achievement and
respond to the data contained within the LRC of your school district?”
Personnel Performance Reviews:
Implementing Ohio’s Teacher/Principal Evaluation System (OTES/OPES) continues to challenge the
field. How we lead the inconsistencies of the student learning objectives (SLOs) yet embrace a
rubric that is wonderfully well composed will need to be addressed. How the effects of HB362
(Alternative Framework) are implemented will require great collaboration and time. Regardless of
collective bargaining agreements or statute, superintendents are ultimately responsible for ensuring
that this system is implemented with respect for the professional dignity of our faculty and that
student achievement improves annually. Morale around this system rests with our leadership.
Legislation:
Sub. HB 264 takes effect on September 11, 2014. I am so incredibly fortunate to have Akron
Children’s Hospital as a partner in our school district (Wooster City). They are assisting
tremendously with ensuring that we not only meet but exceed the legislated expectations for service
delivery of our diabetic students. How will your school system meet these demands?
Human Resources:
Recent retirements have brought new teachers and administrators to our schools, and their coaching
is more crucial than ever. Thinking how the field supports our newest employees is more
than “mentoring.” Their support needs to be initiated with sincere strategic design and energy. Their
retention demands great effort on our part.
The questions posed above were meant to stimulate some reflective inquiry. They are certainly not
an exhaustive list. There are still the new Kindergarten Readiness Assessment, November ballot
issues, labor negotiations and relations, etc. I wish you all the very best and sincerely hope that you
will contact BASA when a need arises as BASA is here for you.
Thank you for reading. I assure you that writing this has helped me
think
and reflect on my own
leadership this year.
Blessings.
Feld, Brad. (2014, April). The best way to improve the way you think.
Inc Magazine
, 23-26. Retrieved
from
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Trip 1 - BASA Professional Development Tour to China, June 8 – June 17, 2015.
Trip 2 - EF Professional Development Tour in conjunction with the EF Global Student Leaders
Summit in Davos, Switzerland, June 20 – 29, 2015.
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