Who is the
Mid-Sized
Districts Leadership Collaborative?
Mission
The Ohio Mid-Sized Districts Leadership Collaborative consists of Chief Executive Officers in School Districts in Ohio that average between 1,000 and 10,000 students. Our mission is to significantly advance school achievement among a growing diverse group of students in Ohio in order to ensure that can actively participate in a global economic and technologically driven culture. Our collaborative is focused on capitalizing on innovative, transformational, and new-era thinking as it relates to students, teachers, administrators, parents, and students. Ohio Mid-Sized Districts Collaborative members represent a significant number of students and families and we are focused on ensuring their active participation in growing and attracting economic development and opportunities for growth and inclusion of all citizens in Ohio.
Vision
The vision of the Ohio Mid-Sized Districts Leadership Collaborative is to significantly raise educational achievement in diverse school districts in Ohio by integrating innovative school designs, best practices by peer districts, and through intensive and robust critical feedback through three primary ways, (a) implementing a rigorous instructional rounds, (b) provide peer-based leadership support to superintendents in Ohio within their first three years of service, and (3) advancing educational policy through advocacy for Ohio’s most deserving students and families. Our vision is to create and implement school transformation strategies that will identify the Ohio Mid-Sized Districts Collaborative as a state and national model of effective school reform.
Our Work
In an effort to support Ohio Mid-Sized School Districts, our organization is committed to working collaboratively with member districts to help them grow and to address their needs. Below you will find details on the work to which our organization is committed.
Identifying and Providing Support for District Impediments
Member Superintendents and District Leaders throughout the school year identify areas that need support, which is then provided by OMSDLC. Prior years examples include:
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Supports in addressing Ohio Report Card Indicators
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Training on and supports for transparency regarding  Value Added Scores
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Training and Development for Authentic and Integrated Leadership for Mid-Sized District Superintendents
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Sharing best practices to address chronic absenteeism
Instructional Improvement Framework
Instructional Rounds
District teams including superintendents, administrators and teachers from across the state visit different schools in an effort to exchange information. The purpose of doing this is so that we have an ability to get feedback from people who work in school districts that are very similar to ours, that face the same kinds of challenges, and that serve the same kinds of populations.
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Chief Academic Officer Conferences
Our districts’ chief academic officers collaborate and learn from each other throughout the year. Two CAO conferences take place annually with timely and relevant topics to discuss with key presenters.
Leadership Development
Teacher and Principal Leadership Program
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Each district nominates two teachers and one principal annually to participate in a year long program focused on a curriculum developed by our CAOs. Each program participant designs and presents a project at our end of the year gathering where they are recognized for their hard work
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Principals’ Conference
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The superintendents of our collaborative present relevant topics annually at our one day conference designed to help principals and assistant principals hone their skills
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Superintendents’ Learning Experience
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Our superintendents annually make a visit to another organization outside of the teaching and learning profession to hear and see what makes them successful in their field. The superintendent group then discusses amongst themselves how they can transfer what they have learned from this experience back to our districts to work to continually improve.
Legislative Advocacy
Our superintendents are all eligible and welcome to serve on our legislative advocacy committee. This group meets bi-weekly with our legislative advocate, who advances our position on legislation, provides timely updates on proposed legislation that could have impact on our schools and students, and helps coordinate our advocacy efforts when there are times we need to stand up for issues that impact us.
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