OSBA ~ OESCA Annual ESC Workshop

March 19, 2010 
Ohio School Boards Association
8050 North High Street, Worthington, Ohio

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8:30 a.m.       Registration

9 a.m.             Welcome and Opening remarks

                        Kathy LaSota, Deputy Director of Search Services and Board Development, OSBA

                        Craig Burford, Ohio Educational Service Center Association

9:15 a.m.       Legislative Update

                        OSBA Legislative Staff

10:00 a.m.    Break

10:15 a.m.    OLAC:  The Ohio Leadership Advisory Council

Leadership matters. And today, more than ever, when the stakes to improve student performance are high, it is imperative that educational leaders are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to meet this challenge.  Responding to this need, the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) and the Buckeye Association of School Administrators (BASA) formed the Ohio Leadership Advisory Council (OLAC) in March 2007. This partnership brought together distinguished leaders from across the state, representing diverse perspectives and roles, to begin tackling the challenge of what it means to be a leader and the knowledge and skills it takes to successfully lead.

Deb Telfer, ODE, and Patti Brenneman, OLAC

11:15 a.m.    Ohio Superintendent Evaluation Standards

The demands of students in the 21st century will be great, and Ohio’s schools will need strong leaders to provide direction and support for Ohio’s educators and students. Superintendents will help to ensure that all Ohio students possess the knowledge and skills for present and future success. Ohio’s Superintendent standards and the evaluation tool will serve as a guidance tool to be used by superintendents in evaluating their knowledge and skills, and by institutions of higher education in evaluating their educational leadership training.

Kathy Lowery, BASA

12:15 p.m.    Lunch

1:00 p.m.       Ohio School Funding Advisory Council Update & Implications for ESCs

The Ohio School Funding Advisory Council was established in Am. Sub. H.B. 1 to examine the various components of the new Ohio Evidence Based Model (OEBM) for funding schools.  Additionally, the council has been charged with studying Ohio’s system of ESCs and making recommendation about the regional delivery system.  Council Member Dick Murray and OESCA Executive Director Craig Burford will discuss the work of the council and implications for ESCs.

Dick Murray, Muskingum Valley ESC and School Funding Advisory Council Member, and Craig Burford, Executive Director, OESCA

1:30 p.m.       Ohio Ethics Laws Update

The Ohio Ethics Commission promotes ethics in public service to strengthen the public's confidence that Government business is conducted with impartiality and integrity. The Commission was established as part of the Ohio Ethics Law in 1973 which created new ethical standards for public officials and employees by: requiring personal financial disclosure; creating new restrictions upon unethical conduct with criminal sanctions; and establishing uniform review of ethics issues by statewide commissions of the three branches of government. This session will provide the latest information of interest to ESC and school district board members.

                        Susan Wileke, Ohio Ethics Commission

2:30 p.m.       Ohio Sunshine Laws and Open Meetings Act

                        Ohio’s Open Records and Open Meetings laws, collectively known as the “Sunshine Laws,” give Ohioans access to government meetings and records. The Ohio Attorney General’s Office helps public officials and citizens understand their rights and responsibilities under these laws.

                        Lauren Lubow, Ohio Attorney General’s Office

3:30 p.m.       Adjourn