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March 2012

Regular In-service Meeting

Tuesday, March 13, 2012; 9:30 a.m.—11:00 a.m. at the Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County (ESCCC), 5811 Canal Road, Valley View, Room 210.

New Principal Evaluation Model— Paul Pendleton will walk us through the new format and lead a Superintendent’s panel on its possible impact on compensation.

April 2012

Spring Social

Thursday, April 26, 2012; 6:30 p.m. at the Shoreby Club, 40 Shoreby Drive, Bratenahl.

Cost is $55 per person.

Co-sponsored by: RBC Capital Markets and Bricker & Eckler LLP, GCSSA Associate Members.

May 2012

Regular In-service Meeting

Tuesday, May 8, 2012; 9:30 a.m.—11:00 a.m. at the Harry E. Eastridge Professional Development Center (PDC), 5700 West Canal Road, Building B, Valley View, Conference Room A.

Shaping Ethical Leadership– Shannon French, Executive Director of the Case Western University Inamori Center for Ethical Leadership describes existing programs and what we can do to enhance ethical leadership teams.

OSC Assembly Meeting

May 8, 2012 at 11:00 AM at Harry Eastridge Professional Dvelopment Center (PDC), 5700 West Canal Road, Valley View. Conference Room A.

Retired Superintendent Luncheon Meeting

Tuesday, May 16, 2012; 11:30 a.m. at Embassy Suites Grille, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence.

June 2012

Year-End Luncheon Meeting

Tuesday, June 12, 2012; 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at LANDERHAVEN, 6111 Landerhaven Drive, Mayfield Heights, OH 44124.

Dr. Tom Ash, BASA Director of Governmental Relations and Dr. Kirk Hamilton, BASA Executive Director and Jerry Klenke, Consultant.

Cost is $35.00 per person for regular, institutional and associate members and $20.00 per person for retired superintendents.

Sponsored by: Britton, Smith, Peters & Kalail Co., L.P.A., a GCSSA and OSC Associate Member.

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GCSSA provides in-service opportunities for the professional growth of superintendents and provides opportunities for social interaction of members. Superintendents from Northeastern Ohio School Districts have organized to secure the benefits of working together to improve their professional effectiveness.

GCSSA was created in 1966 as a 501(c)(3) organization. There are currently 92 regular members, 51 retired members, 20 Associate and 10 Institutional members.

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Something Good is Happening in Our Schools

As part of its mission, the Greater Cleveland School Superintendents’ Association features the accomplishments of a member’s school district in its monthly newsletter under the heading, “Something Good Is Happening In Our Schools”. This short article of approximately three hundred words highlights recent accomplishments of the school district and is shared with 273 school districts throughout the state.

May 2012 Article

Something Good is Happening In Our Schools By: Cyntia Walker, Superintendent, Brooklyn City Schools Schools Brooklyn City School District values innovation and creativity and is making every attempt to become a shining star in the 21^st century of learning. Knowing the financial constraints that our community has, our team has taken every opportunity to write grants that have a direct impact on the programs in which our students will be able to participate. Certainly everyone in public education in Ohio is tackling current instructional and assessment processes in order to provide learning opportunities for all children and we are no different. We have embraced our Race to the Top funding to provide targeted professional development opportunities for our staff, which will have direct impact on our students’ successes. Through Race to the Top, we were awarded an Innovation grant to implement the AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination) program in our high school. We will be expanding that program to include our eighth graders in the fall. We were also awarded a Virtual AP (Advance Placement) grant to strengthen the options for our students who are capable and willing to tackle more rigorous class choices than we are able to offer in a small high school. Brooklyn City Schools have earned the designation of being a Confucius Classroom and have been commended through the Asia Society and College Board for the implementation of Mandarin language studies. Our preschool is strengthened by the award of the Universal Pre-Kindergarten grant awarded by Cuyahoga County. This grant affords families in need to access a quality early education program with a tuition reduction. Materials and supplies, including I-Pads are part of our preschool development. The grant provided an age appropriate outdoor play area, as well as gross motor indoor items. Also through collaboration with Cuyahoga County and the Children First Council, we have an after school program two days a week for grades 6-8, completely funded through a Family and Civic Engagement grant. Our community partners are the Parma Health Education Center, the Brooklyn branch of the Cuyahoga Public Library, and the Parma YMCA. Most recently, we have been awarded a Healthy Schools grant which supports our philosophy of coordinated school health. We believe that our children are best served when we take into consideration their academic, social, emotional, and family needs when creating educational programming. Our community understands that we will continue to seek funding from foundations and private sources to provide our students with opportunities otherwise unavailable. Brooklyn continues to grow citizens of the 21^st century with the necessary skills for success. It is a great place to be! May 2, 2012 issue of OSC & GCSSA News, Notes & Notices

Something Good is Happening In Our Schools

By: Cyntia Walker,
Superintendent, Brooklyn City Schools Schools

Brooklyn City School District values innovation and creativity and is making every attempt to become a shining star in the 21^st century of learning. Knowing the financial constraints that our community has, our team has taken every opportunity to write grants that have a direct impact on the programs in which our students will be able to participate. Certainly everyone in public education in Ohio is tackling current instructional and assessment processes in order to provide learning opportunities for all children and we are no different. We have embraced our Race to the Top funding to provide targeted professional development opportunities for our staff, which will have direct impact on our students’ successes. Through Race to the Top, we were awarded an Innovation grant to implement the AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination) program in our high school. We will be expanding that program to include our eighth graders in the fall. We were also awarded a Virtual AP (Advance Placement) grant to strengthen the options for our students who are capable and willing to tackle more rigorous class choices than we are able to offer in a small high school. Brooklyn City Schools have earned the designation of being a Confucius Classroom and have been commended through the Asia Society and College Board for the implementation of Mandarin language studies.

Our preschool is strengthened by the award of the Universal Pre-Kindergarten grant awarded by Cuyahoga County. This grant affords families in need to access a quality early education program with a tuition reduction. Materials and supplies, including I-Pads are part of our preschool development. The grant provided an age appropriate outdoor play area, as well as gross motor indoor items. Also through collaboration with Cuyahoga County and the Children First Council, we have an after school program two days a week for grades 6-8, completely funded through a Family and Civic Engagement grant. Our community partners are the Parma Health Education Center, the Brooklyn branch of the Cuyahoga Public Library, and the Parma YMCA.

Most recently, we have been awarded a Healthy Schools grant which supports our philosophy of coordinated school health. We believe that our children are best served when we take into consideration their academic, social, emotional, and family needs when creating educational programming. Our community understands that we will continue to seek funding from foundations and private sources to provide our students with opportunities otherwise unavailable. Brooklyn continues to grow citizens of the 21^st century with the necessary skills for success. It is a great place to be!

May 2, 2012 issue of OSC & GCSSA News, Notes & Notices