Key strategies for keeping enrollment up and the foundation funding where it belongs

June 18, 2008
OSBA Office, Columbus

Agenda

8:45 a.m.            Welcome and introduction
Michelle Francis, legislative specialist, OSBA

9:00 a.m.            Community Schools 101
Wondering how we got here?  Join us for a basic introduction to community schools and where we are now with regards to choice and community schools.
TBA, Ohio Department of Education

9:30 a.m.            The cost of competition
This presentation will include an overview of the cost to school districts when students leave.  Find out from an experienced treasurer what the numbers look like.  Hear a school board member’s perspective on the financial impact of community schools.
Richard R. Santilli, treasurer, Boardman Local

10:30 a.m.            Break

10:45 a.m.            Creating a community school
Two representatives from districts who have created community schools will tell you what problems they encountered, how they made their programs successful, and advise you on how to start the process.
David White, chief academic officer, Dayton Technology High School and John C. Hall, superintendent, Oregon City

11:45 a.m.            Lunch

12:45 p.m.            Customizing the educational experience and creating strategic partnerships
Learn ways to provide the programs that keep students coming back.  Find out about Toledo City’s strategic innovative efforts to attract and retain students.  Listen as a Dayton School Board member tells you how Dayton has raised the bar to compete for students.
Steven Steel, board president, Toledo City

1:45 p.m.            Break

2:00 p.m.            Customer service and marketing
Join us for a train-the-trainer session on how to improve customer service in your district.  Data consistently links poor customer service with students who leave traditional public schools.  Find out some best practice ideas to help your district compete.
Scott Ebright, deputy director of communication services, OSBA

3:00 p.m.            Dealing with dropout recovery

Learn how truancy affects your bottom line and how you can compete with programs aimed at dropout students.
TBA

Registration

Tuition is $95 per person for OSBA member district representatives, which covers registration, materials, lunch and refreshments. OSBA does not send confirmation of registration. "Walk-in" registrations are welcome on a space-available basis only.

To register, check with your school treasurer for a purchase order number, complete the registration form, enclose a purchase order or check payable to OSBA and mail to:

OSBA
8050 North High St., Ste. 100
Columbus OH 43235-6482

You may register by phone or fax 24 hours a day. A purchase order number is required to register by phone or fax.

OSBA Registration Hotline,
Central Ohio
(614) 540-4000, ext. 300;
toll free (800) 589-OSBA, ext. 300; or fax us at (614) 540-4100.

E-mail registrations can be sent to Laurie Miller at l_miller@osba-ohio.org. Please include a purchase order number.

Cancellation and refund policy

• Cancellations received by OSBA at least four workdays before the date of the workshop will receive a full refund or no charge to the district.
• Cancellations received less than four workdays before will have one-third of the fee charged to the district.
• No-shows and cancellations the day of the workshop will be charged the full registration amount.

LPDC/Award of Achievement credit:
This one-day seminar entitles board members to OSBA Award of Achievement credits. Local Professional Development Committee certificates of attendance will be issued to all workshop attendees. Participants will receive a certificate of completion.

OSBA Workshops Registration Form
Please photocopy this form for each person

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