eTech Ohio: Partners

Partners

Governor Bob Taft: The support and encouragement of Governor Taft has made Ohio's participation in this project possible. Through Ohio's involvement in the Ohio LIT program, the Governor is helping to ensure that Ohio's students are prepared for life and work in the 21st century by providing the necessary technology tools and resources to Ohio educators. http://www.state.oh.us/gov/

eTech Ohio: eTech Ohio is the State's educational technology agency. As the lead project management and implementation agency for Ohio LIT, eTech Ohio is pleased to be able to collaborate with many of the state's educational stakeholders in this professional development opportunity for educators statewide. This program will enable Ohio to continue its national leadership in ensuring current educational technology resources are readily available to our students and educators. http://www.etech.ohio.gov

Hamilton County Educational Service Center: The Hamilton County Educational Service Center (HCESC) is located in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1999, HCESC worked in collaboration with the North Central Regional Education Laboratory (NCREL) to develop a technology leadership course for K-12 administrators. This course, which was piloted during the 1999-2000 school year, became the basis for the current Ohio LIT curriculum. http://www.hcesc.org

Ohio Department of Education: The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) submitted Ohio's proposal for the Ohio LIT program to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in September of 2001. As chairperson of the Ohio SchoolNet Commission, Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Susan Tave Zelman recognizes that technology's power and potential to help improve student achievement makes high quality professional development in this area critical for educators. http://www.ode.state.oh.us/

Buckeye Association for School Administrators: BASA has been instrumental in communicating to administrators statewide the critical nature of aligning leadership skills with the knowledge to utilize the necessary technology resources to foster a successful teaching and learning environment in our schools. With assistance from BASA, this grant program will allow Ohio administrators to acquire some of the critical skills needed to achieve this success. http://www.basa-ohio.org/

Ohio Association of Secondary School Administrators: Ohio Association of Secondary School Administrators The Ohio Association of Secondary School Administrators is a professional organization serving approximately 2400 middle level and senior high administrators in Ohio. Professional Development for administrators is a top priority for OASSA, and their support of Ohio LIT is critical to the program's success. http://www.oassa.org

Ohio Principals Leadership Academy: The Ohio Principals Leadership Academy was founded in 1999 to foster professional and personal leadership growth for Ohio's pre-K-12 principals so that they can promote schools where all students achieve at high levels. The academy is a leader in the development of job-centered, performance-based curriculum around the Interstate Leaders Licensure Consortium's Standards for School Leaders (the "ISLLC Standards"). In addition to this broad-based leadership training supporting state certification and licensure, the Academy's professional development activities enable Ohio's principals to perform as leaders in the integration of classroom technology in Ohio schools.

The School Study Council of Ohio: SSCO has joined this partnership to provide evaluation of this project, which will help to ensure that Ohio's goals for technology integration at the leadership level are being achieved. Project participants will anonymously evaluate the curriculum and course content after each of the all-day training sessions. The advisory board will review the anonymous evaluation results to shape future course content. http://www.ssco.org