| Who Do You Work For? |
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| Tuesday, December 20, 2011 2:26 PM -0500 | By: DarkeCounty ESC |
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| I don't mean this question the way you probably first interpret it. Maybe it would be more accurate to say, "For Whose Benefit Do You Work"? It seems to me that I find people in two extremes concerning this issue. Those who work for thei |
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| Suggestion - Digital Learning Month! |
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| Wednesday, February 1, 2012 3:58 PM -0500 | By: DarkeCounty ESC |
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| Today is Digital Learning Day! This day is all about, as Garfield says, empowering teachers and promoting innovation. [Image:2112_121054_0.jpg] If you didn't get the memo in time to plan digital learning activities for today, I encourage you to tak |
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| Playing the Accountability Game |
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| Tuesday, November 29, 2011 10:05 AM -0500 | By: DarkeCounty ESC |
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| Everyone in education knows that accountability is the main focus for most school districts. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) along with individual states have set forth the expectations and performance goals that schools must meet to determine they are |
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| A Working Model for Shared Services |
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| Thursday, November 17, 2011 1:46 PM -0500 | By: DarkeCounty ESC |
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| The Darke County ESC Administrative Team presented a session at the Capital Conference earlier this week. It was titled "A Working Model for Shared Services" and looked at ways Educational Service Centers and the districts they serve can c |
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| | What Now? | | | | | Thursday, November 10, 2011 10:48 AM -0500 | By: DarkeCounty ESC |
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With the defeat of Issue 2, SB 5 will not become effective. But the law has changed through HB 153 (Ohio's Budget Bill). So what does all this mean, as of now, for education.
As prepared by OSBA legal services division, the following will now be in place through the passage of the budget bill:
Teacher Salary Schedules
Currently only Race to the Top (RttT) districts are required to annually adopt a salary schedule for teachers based on performance (RC3313.41).
Districts not receiving RttT funds may adopt a salary schedule for teachers based upon performance.
Teacher and Principal Evaluations
The State Board of Education (SBOE) must develop a "standards-based" framework for the evaluation of teachers by December 31, 2011. The state requires the framework to include a number of different components, including evaluating teachers based on student academic growth, accounting for 50% of the teacher's evaluation. The framework is suppose to be rolled out next week by the SBOE.
I know all Darke County Schools are working hard to make this new evaluation procedure as seamless as possible.
Along with the "new" teacher evaluations, a "new" principal evaluation framework is being developed. Both the teacher and principal evaluation policies must be adopted by boards of education by July 1, 2013. Both evaluation policies must conform to the SBOE's framework.
Reductions in Force (RIF)
Due to budget bill revisions, RC 3319.17 prohibits boards from giving preference to any teacher based on seniority for purposes of determining the order of a RIF or for restoring tenured teachers from a RIF, except when making such decisions between teachers who have comparable evaluations.
We will be watching very closely to any new laws/regulations that may pop up on the radar screen. Thanks to OSBA for the legal update.
Mike Gray, Superintendent, Darke County Schools
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| REAL Success Luncheon |
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| Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:20 AM -0400 | By: DarkeCounty ESC |
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| Today we celebrated the 4th annual REAL Success Luncheon. REAL means Raising Expectations for All Learners but maybe we should change the title to Reaching BEYOND Expectations for All Learners because that is what 45 students with disabilities from |
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| A Humble Tribute To Steve Jobs |
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| Thursday, October 6, 2011 11:03 AM -0400 | By: DarkeCounty ESC |
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| What Do You Expect? |
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| Tuesday, October 4, 2011 11:01 AM -0400 | By: DarkeCounty ESC |
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| For the past couple of weeks, I have been reading the book, Teach Like a Champion. This book's tagline is: "49 Techniques That Put Students on the Path to College," but it is really all about how teachers' expectations and classroom climat |
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| The School District Report Card |
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| Wednesday, September 21, 2011 8:54 AM -0400 | By: DarkeCounty ESC |
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| I find it interesting when District Local Report Cards come out in August and newspaper writers and local citizens try to interpret all the information contained in the eight page document. Education is a complex business and when you over simplify |
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| Welcome Back! |
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| Wednesday, August 17, 2011 1:02 PM -0400 | By: DarkeCounty ESC |
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| You can tell it is almost time to begin the 2011-2012 school year. With excitement building and teachers returning to prepare their rooms for another school year, we all look forward to a great 2011-2012. You know it is close with the Great Darke C |
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| Are There Bullies in Your School? |
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| Tuesday, July 5, 2011 5:35 PM -0400 | By: DarkeCounty ESC |
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| Of course there are! Surveys indicate that bullying is a common experience for children with over half of all students reporting some instance of bullying during their school years. Bullying is a hot topic in the media these days. We hear about som |
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| Keeping Education Reform In Perspective |
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| Thursday, June 9, 2011 10:59 AM -0400 | By: DarkeCounty ESC |
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| In today's politically-charged debate regarding public education, I came across a well written article expressing one parent's perspective of what really matters when it comes to her children's education. You can read the full article below: Ref |
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| Budget Speculation |
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| Tuesday, January 25, 2011 9:44 AM -0500 | By: DarkeCounty ESC |
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| As we wait for some budget news from Columbus, we can only speculate from what we hear now. We know there will be some cuts, adjustments, "shared services" and probably a change in STRS contributions. What we don't know is how much and to |
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| GRADUATION & HOPE |
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| Thursday, May 26, 2011 12:48 PM -0400 | By: DarkeCounty ESC |
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| I was planning on writing about the Budget Bill, but with the Senate still deliberating the bill I will wait. This is a bill we will watch closely because of the announced cuts. Hopefully we can address the bill at a later time. For now, I want to |
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| Where Education Is Going and How We're Going To Get There |
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| Friday, May 13, 2011 2:14 PM -0400 | By: DarkeCounty ESC |
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| It is difficult to create a clear picture of what public schools might look like in the next five to ten years. Let's be honest and acknowledge that politics and state budgets will have a hand in sculpting education along the way. Now, more than ev |
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| Creating True Continuity of Learning, Part I |
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| Thursday, February 17, 2011 12:24 PM -0500 | By: DarkeCounty ESC |
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| As Darke County thaws and digs out from the latest storms that dumped ice and then snow, area schools are working on plans to make up missed days. This school year, Ohio schools were allotted 3 calamity days (down from 5 days allowed in past years) |
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| Why Merit Pay in Education Doesn't Work |
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| Thursday, May 5, 2011 9:24 AM -0400 | By: DarkeCounty ESC |
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| Ever had one of those situations when common sense seems to lead you down the wrong path? "The harder I work the more I will get done", but then you observe people who are more relaxed, and take power naps getting more things accomplished |
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| But I'm Not the Writing Teacher |
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| Friday, April 15, 2011 2:34 PM -0400 | By: DarkeCounty ESC |
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| I've been reading through the common core standards for English Language Arts a lot lately. I've also been discussing them with various groups of teachers and the consensus is that there isn't a whole lot of difference - yes, there are a few changes |
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| Do Gifted Students Need Special Classes? |
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| Friday, April 1, 2011 9:51 AM -0400 | By: DarkeCounty ESC |
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| Gifted students have unique learning and instructional needs. They are expected to learn the same facts, skills, concepts and issues as other students but they make connections faster and work well with abstractions. While the average learner typic |
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| 21st Century Education |
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| Monday, October 18, 2010 3:03 PM -0400 | By: DarkeCounty ESC |
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| Below is an interesting video on 21st Century education. I hope it makes you think.....I hope it makes you want to change!! <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube |
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