May
2017

ISSUE
No.11
ADMIN  ADVANTAGE UPDATES 
 
Administrators in the  Success Partners  Network stay informed of the latest information, events, and support using this monthly Admin Advantage Updates email. 
Our  Success Stories  newsletter is delivered within a week to both leadership and staff members whose emails  have been made available. 

    Summer is upon us, with the invitation to refresh, renew, refocus and re-energize yourself and your leadership skills. This edition will give you ideas, courses, and links to allow you to sharpen your leadership skills.  Each of you has been in touch with your regional  Step Up Coordinator, who is available to you all summer with the emails at the bottom of the newsletter. 
Our wish for you is a wonderful summer break. 
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JULY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS 
offered by Step Up For Students 

Developing a Culture of Parental Collaboration 1.1: Every Child Needs a Parent-Teacher Partner

Click here to register for a 3 hour training near you with strategies for strengthening the parent partnership plan at your school. 
Locations across the state throughout the month of July. 

Join Nina Gregory, our Implentation Specialist for the TLE Summer Onboarding. 
FREE RESOURCES FOR YOUR SCHOOL 
EverFi's lessons teach and assess critical topics such as financial and digital literacy, STEM readiness, character development and summer learning loss prevention. These resources and accompanying professional development are available to your school for FREE thanks to community partnerships with EverFi.

We are excited to share that your teachers have access to EverFi's digital learning platform at no cost.

Please email [email protected] with the name and email address for the best point of contact for curriculum at your school. Mat Kirouac will follow up with teacher registration instructions and set up a brief training if required.

SUMMER QUICK READS 
The Principal's Summer Excellence Checklist 
LeadLearning with John Wink 

What keeps you awake at night? 
Thoughts and ideas around culture, instruction, assessment, intervention, extension, college and career, master schedules, leadership, student behavior, communication, and celebration. 


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Great School Culture: It Starts With the Principal 
blog by Phylis Hoffman 

Teachers at any school play a huge role in the culture but the principal definitely sets the tone. And i think what my principal did other principals can do. 

CLICK HERE TO READ PHYLIS HOFFMAN'S BLOG 

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Managing the Onslaught: 7 Tips for Principals Trying to Survive August 
blog by Dublin, Ohio Principal Jen Schwanke 

Things we probably already know, but need to be reminded of as we get stressed with school beginning in August. 

CLICK HERE TO READ JEN SCHWANKE'S BLOG 
Office of Student Learning Contacts 
Dr. Carol Thomas Vice President 
Dr. Lauren Barlis Director Learning Management
Paula Nelson Director Professional Development & Gardiner Educational Intermediary
Kaethe Perez  Director Outreach & Communications

Dr. Scott Beck Senior Coordinator Erica Peron Senior Coordinator 
Marie Bestman Coordinator
Judi Duff Coordinator
Nina Gregory Software Implementation Specialist 
Meredith McKay Process Manager
Melanie Schneider Coordinator
Heather Thompson Coordinator
Ronda Crickenberger  Coordinator
Ella Beaver  Site Administrator