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About
Us
The
Ohio Educational Service Center Association (OESCA)
represents the superintendents, teachers, supervisors
and other personnel of Ohio's Educational Service
Centers and seeks to promote excellence in education
through the quality services provided by its member
organizations.
OESCA
provides legislative updates, coordinates member lobbying
efforts and organizes communications among its member
organizations. OESCA also provides professional development
opportunities for service center administrators and
personnel through issue-related seminars and major
conferences.
About
the Educational Service Centers
Ohio’s
Educational Service Centers (ESCs) are dedicated to
providing school districts with professional development,
technology, support, planning, and administrative
services that help improve student learning, enhance
the quality of instruction, expand equitable access
to resources and maximize operating and fiscal efficiencies.
Based
on nearly 100 years of delivering services to districts
on a local and regional basis, ESCs are uniquely positioned
to assess frontline needs, develop best practices,
share lessons learned, increase accountability among
regional service providers and deploy statewide initiatives
to local school districts.
Vision
Statement
OESCA
will be recognized at state and national levels for
educational leadership and superior member services.
Mission
Statement
OESCA
and its members provide leadership and services that
enable school districts to increase student achievement
and improve Ohio’s educational system.
Strategic
Goals
| GOAL
#1: |
Increase
active membership in and support of OESCA by
Ohio’s ESCs. |
| GOAL
#2: |
Establish
an effective, consistently used system of accountability
and technical assistance for Ohio ESCs using
a modified Ohio ESC Network Best Practice Expectations. |
| GOAL
#3: |
Actively
advocate to increase the capacity of member
ESCs to provide cost-effective, quality services. |
| GOAL
#4: |
Build
strategic partnerships to advance OESCA’s
organizational priorities and to establish recognition
of OESCA’s value by state policy makers,
allied organizations, and key local and regional
stakeholders. |
OESCA
Executive Committee
| Officers: |
| Patrick
Niekamp, Auglaize County ESC, President |
| Will
Koran, Medina County ESC, President Elect |
| Robert
Dalton, Southern Ohio ESC, Secretary |
| William
Lally, Erie-Huron-Ottawa ESC, Past President |
| Regional
Representatives: |
|
Vacancy
|
TBD - Region 1 |
|
Bill Lally
|
Lorain Co ESC - Region 2 |
|
Harry Eastridge
|
Cuyahoga County ESC - Region 3 |
|
Linda Williams
|
Lake County ESC - Region 4 |
|
Vicki Giovagnoli
|
Trumbull County ESC - Region 5 |
|
Brian Rockhold
|
Allen County ESC - Region 6 |
|
Jim Lahoski
|
North Central Ohio ESC - Region 7 |
|
Dewey Chapman
|
Portage County ESC - Region 8 |
|
Gene Linton
|
Tri County ESC - Region 9 |
|
Terry Thomas
|
Greene County ESC - Region 10 |
|
Nelson McCray
|
Licking County ESC - Region 11 |
|
Richard Murray
|
Muskingum Valley ESC - Region 12 |
|
Dan Hare
|
Butler County ESC - Region 13 |
|
James Frazier
|
Brown County ESC - Region 14 |
|
Phil Saderfield
|
Ross-Pike - Region 15 |
|
Dale Dickson
|
Perry-Hocking - Region 16 |
| Legislative
Liaisons: |
| Dan Hare, Butler County ESC, Critical Issues Committee Chair
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| ODE
Liaison: |
| Will Koran, Medina County ESC, ODE Liaison |
| OTESCA: |
| Erin Kirby, Treasurer/CFO, Ross-Pike ESC, ESC Treasurers' Association Representative |
| OESCA
Staff: |
| Craig Burford, Executive Director |
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