THE OAESA CHALKBOARD

SAIL for Education’s Rebecca Hornberger, PhD, attended Concordia University’s (CUC) graduation. Here’s what she had to say: “I had the privilege of celebrating [CUC’s] fall commencement with several of our SAIL master’s and doctoral graduates on Saturday, December 9th! Our SAIL program is ideally structured to meet the needs of Ohio educators who would like to pursue an advanced degree (master’s or doctoral) and/or pursue principal or superintendent licensure or teacher leader endorsement. Please contact me if you would like to learn more about these programs: rebecca.hornberger@cuchicago.edu.”

Dr. Hornberger and master’s graduate Tracy Massey

(L to R:) Dr. Hornberger and doctoral graduates Edward Varner, Kathryn Anstadt, Beverly Hives, Donna Knight, and Mary Crabtree

Attention: Would you like to be more involved with OAESA? We are currently seeking county reps. At this time, we have only 57 of the 88 counties covered. Please e-mail us at info@oaesa.org for more information.

The OAESA Membership Service Team met in November, and its are excited to report that OAESA’s membership grew by 6.8 percent since the April 2017 Representative Assembly meeting. The team’s goal is to increase by 5 percent overall this year, and we appear to be on track.

OAESA’s Professional Learning Team has been hard at work to bring you exciting professional learning opportunities in the spring. OAESA will be offering a Beginning Administrators Mentoring Academy (BAMA) in 2018. Stay tuned for more information. And don’t forget to register for other upcoming PD, including the Legal Seminar (Feb. 8) and the Aspiring Administrators Conference (Feb. 22). Also, we host FREE webinars and Twitter chats every month. Visit oaesa.org/events for more information about these and other great events.

Calling all principals, curriculum leaders, and teachers! If you are interested in refining math instruction in order to better meet your students’ needs, please consider attending one of the upcoming FREE workshops that OAESA is offering, in partnership with Big Ideas in Learning. These workshops will be structured around best practices for K-8 classrooms according to the research of John Hattie. They will be held at three locations throughout the state of Ohio:

• March 6: Independence, OH, Cuyahoga County ESC • March 7: Bowling Green, OH, Wood County ESC • March 8: Lebanon, OH, Warren County ESC

Half-day option: approximately 8:30 am to 12:15 pm. Full-day option: approximately 8:30 am to 3:00 pm.

Lunch will be included. Please visit oaesa.org/events for details.

Did you know that Stephen M. R. Covey, author of The Speed of Trust, is one of our keynotes at the OAESA 61st Annual Conference, Team Up! Superheroes for Kids? He’s also presenting a FREE webinar on January 19 at 9:30 a.m. For more information and to register for both events, go to oaesa.org/events.

Speaking of the conference: Are you interested in presenting? We are currently accepting proposals for both 20-minute clinics and 45-minute presentations on the following topics:

1) Positive Climate, Culture, and Community

2) Social-Emotional Well-Being of the School Community

3) Trauma-Informed Practices

4) Learning Barriers

For more information and to submit your topic, check out oaesa.org/teamup2018.

FACT: Children who eat breakfast at school perform better on standardized tests than those who skip breakfast or eat breakfast at home.

Do you want to increase breakfast participation in your school by implementing a breakfast in the classroom program? The Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom have grant funds available to help schools in our state! For more information, visit www.breakfastintheclassroom.org.