EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S EXCHANGE

Dear Colleagues,

In May of 2017, the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) and the State Board of Education (SBOE) began a comprehensive strategic planning process for Ohio’s education system. From May until now, ODE has been working with SBOE and stakeholders to craft a five-year plan that seeks to:

• Establish a shared vision for student success and Ohio’s education system that is informed by educators, parents, students, higher education officials, business and community leaders, the governor, and the legislators. • Identify measurable outcomes that reflect our goals for what the education system should accomplish. • Chart a clear direction for improvement and progress that forges alignment and greater coordination among schools and other education stakeholders, recognizes different points of view, and maximizes impact on student achievement. • Identify specific priority strategies that support system improvement and progress toward the identified goals.

The plan process and structure leverage the expertise and perspectives of educators and practitioners in the field; leaders from business, philanthropy, community organizations and higher education; parents; and ODE staff. This graphic reflects the organizational structure that is driving the development of the five-year strategic plan.

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I serve as a member of the Strategic Plan Steering Committee, which meets monthly to direct and guide the development of the strategic plan. We are responsive to the goals, strategies, and metrics that emerge from the five workgroups and give feedback in an iterative process.

I was asked to nominate OAESA members for four of the workgroups, and I appreciate the time, dedication, and insights your colleagues have brought to each of those four workgroups. Their charge has been expansive, and they have given their own time to meet several times a month at ODE in Columbus.

Mike Medure of the Massilon City School District and Michelle Unger of the New Albany-Plain Local School District are your representatives on the Early Learning and Literacy Workgroup. Jason Fife of the Westfall Local School District, Dr. Jeromey Sheets of the Lancaster City School District, and Renee Walsh of the Canal Winchester Local School District represent the administrator perspective on the Excellent Educators and Instructional Practices Workgroup. Our members representing us on the Standards, Assessment, and Accountability Workgroup are Dr. Rachel Jones of the Chagrin Falls Exempted Village School District, Heidi Kegley of the Delaware City School District, and Jodi Ranegar of the Bloom-Carroll Local School District. And Kesh Boodeshwar of the Brunswick City School District serves on the Student Supports and School Climate and Culture workgroup.

The workgroups will continue meeting together throughout early 2018 and send their recommendations to the Plan Development Oversight Team and, finally, the Steering Committee. The plan will ultimately be sent to SBOE for review. I will keep our membership aware of the progress and next steps for Ohio’s Strategic Plan for Education.

You may recall that last winter, Superintendent DeMaria asked OAESA and OASSA to convene a group of members to identify and offer solutions to address where gaps and barriers exist in available supports for those within the continuum of the principalship. One of the recommendations of the group was to review, update, and revise Ohio’s current principal standards to make them more precise, concise, and aligned to reflect the job of the principal today. We did convene a group in that worked throughout fall 2017 to refresh Ohio’s standards for principals. Many thanks to these OAESA members who joined us in the important work of advocating for Ohio principals: Mike Bader of the Sylvania City School District, Abbey Bolton of the Kent City School District, Bob Buck of the Forest Hills Local School District, Kori Kawczynski of the Ottawa Hills Local School District, Jonathan Muro of the Madison Local School District, Kirk Pavelich of the North Royalton City School District, and Rhonda Peeples of the Columbus City School District. Additionally, Mark Jones and I participated in this important work, as did our colleagues Ken Baker and Tim Freeman from OASSA.

I am pleased to share that this work has resulted in a draft revision that will be presented to the Educator Standards Board in January 2018. We think that this draft will be recommended for a final approval process, with rollout and awareness-building starting with the 2018–19 school year. As of now, we anticipate no changes to OPES for the next school year.

Elevating and maximizing the power of the voice of the principal has been a high priority for your OAESA Board of Directors and me in the past few years. Our members’ engagement in these work groups are just two examples of how the issues important to you are being informed and shaped by active engagement from our OAESA colleagues.

Administrator…Be Heard!

Sincerely,

Julie Davis, EdD OAESA Executive Director

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