Statewide panel to review Alliance Schools
ALLIANCE – Alliance City School District will undergo a statewide academic review on Nov. 2.
The review will be a collaborative partnership between Ohio Mid-Sized Urban Districts Leadership Collaborative, Inc., and ACS Superintendent Rob Gress.
The district is among 21 Ohio school districts listed as members of the OMSUDLC. The organization is open to chief executive officers in Ohio school districts that average between 1,000 and 10,000 students.
In Stark County, Gress and Canton City Schools Superintendent Jeffrey S. Talbert are members. Among other Ohio districts are Barberton, Lima, Mansfield, Maple Heights, Marion, Oberlin, Sandusky, Tiffin, Warren and Warrensville Heights.
Alliance’s academic review will include a full-day session of instructional rounds to be conducted by what is expected to be officials from 10 to 15 school districts from throughout the state. Districts taking part will have similar demographics and student composition as Alliance City Schools.
Along with the visiting districts, representatives from University of Mount Union’s College of Education, local business and government leaders, the Ohio Department of Education and the Stark Education Partnership will take part in the instructional rounds.
“Our ACS team wanted to organize this collaborative process to provide our school district the opportunity to review our instructional practices, collaborate with districts across the state of Ohio and share our academic priorities with other districts,” Gress, the Alliance superintendent, said.
“I’ve always been proud of our culture of embracing continuous improvement, building on our solid academic foundation, and being transparent with our school board, faculty, staff and parents about our desire to be an exemplary district in our region and statewide. This partnership also includes our own teachers, principals and district staff. Our focus is always preparing students for life, college and careers and this process will ensure that we are doing just that.”
Dr. Eugene T. W. Sanders, executive director of Ohio Mid-Sized Urban Districts Leadership Collaborative, said he’s grateful Alliance opted to take part in the review.
“We anticipate at least a dozen districts from throughout the state that will each bring a team of four to six educators, who will specialize in elementary, middle and high school improvement efforts,” Sanders said.
This article originally appeared on The Alliance Review: Statewide panel to review Alliance Schools
