EXPERIENCE

Medina, Ohio

Medina High School serves 2,500 students from the city of Medina. During my tenure I led a team of eleven administrators, 161 certificated staff members and 65 non-certificated staff members. Our team transitioned students, staff and families during the closing of the old high school facility, and proudly opened the new building.

• Supervised a comprehensive high school of 2,200 students

• Led a team of eleven administrators, 161 certificated staff members, and 
65 non-certificated staff members

• Designed and initiated the implementation of the House Concept – a philosophical approach new to Medina designed to personalize education for the students and staff of Medina High School

• Participated in contract negotiations as a member of the administrative team – utilized Interest- Based Bargaining in excess of 20 sessions over five months

• Selected all new teaching, administrative and support staff personnel including filling 33 positions for certificated staff members in one year

• Coordinated activities with other departments including central office, maintenance, custodial, food service, and transportation

• Restructured the enforcement of attendance – the attendance rate for Medina High School is 95.9 percent

• Supervised the day-to-day operations of the high school, which consists of 13.5 acres of building space

• Restructured special education programs that service over 300 students – reorganized five resource rooms and initiated the movement toward inclusion

• Participated on the district’s Continuous Improvement Plan Committee – this involved working closely with other grade level buildings to align curriculum

• Coordinated building-wide professional development opportunities for staff

• Heard all suspension appeals and expulsions for high school students

• Worked closely with department heads on curricular and building issues

• Developed staff recognition programs

• Developed and maintained a 17.9 million-dollar budget for the total high school program, approximately $300,000 of which were discretionary funds

• Coordinated the purchase of 1.2 million dollars of loose equipment, 1.4 million dollars of loose furnishings and three million dollars of technological resources for the new high school

• Restructured the budget to accommodate additional programs including the House Concept, the Performing Arts Center and the Recreation Center 


Worked closely with several school district/community partnerships including:

• City of Medina, which manages a recreation center constructed by the school district

• Medina County Juvenile Courts, which helps at-risk high school students who are court

  involved

• University of Akron, which provides Distance Learning classes

• Medina General Hospital, which provides funds and personnel to provide therapy and rehabilitation in the school district’s recreation center

• Medina City Performing Arts Foundation, which provides funds and services toward managing several theaters including one in the high school

• Medina Cable Access Channel, which provides media services and exposure for students in our high school studio

• Coordinated and hosted the grand opening of Medina High School, which included keynote speaker Dr. Rod Paige, U. S. Secretary of Education, two congressmen and several other members of Congress

• Worked with Medina Partnership Council, comprised of one parent group member from each of the nine schools in Medina City School District to address school related community issues

• Developed community volunteer recognition program

• Worked with the Medina City Schools Foundation, which provides financial support in the form of grants and scholarships for Medina City Schools

• Provided crisis management which included organizing support from local agencies and clergy and dealing with television and newspaper reporters

• Met with parents on a monthly basis to discuss school issues

• Mailed home a quarterly Principal’s Newsletter

• Held regular meetings with our parent-teacher organization

• Provided many televised reports at school board meetings

• Updated curriculum and implemented new courses to meet state standards – this involved the alignment of programs with other grade level buildings

• Developed new courses, including five interdisciplinary courses

• Adopted textbooks for new and additional courses

• Coordinated technology program which included the distribution of Dell laptop computers to every teacher and provided subsequent training to help teachers integrate technology into their daily lessons

• Wrote and received two grants: (1) Federal grant of $150,000 for a Career Resource Center, (2) Local grant for $10,600 to be used toward technology improvements.

• Our district passed a permanent improvement levy collecting $77,000,000 to construct an elementary school and high school complex

• Communicated and coordinated plans with architects and the members of the construction company throughout the construction project – this included aiding in the design of the building and monitoring the progress throughout the project

• Coordinated the transition of the physical placement of staff members and student body throughout the building during the construction project

• Served as a member of Elementary Administrators Rap Session (EARS) for Medina City Schools, providing an opportunity for principals from each building grades K-12 to collaborate professionally

• Participated as a member of Management Group Meetings (MGM), an administrative council, that addressed district-wide issues

• Served as a member of Middle and Secondary School Committee, which consisted of high school and middle school principals who addressed concerns focusing on grades 6-12

• Addressed many elementary school issues as a member of the negotiations team

• Participated in the Gift of Time program which allowed me to spend time with at-risk

  elementary students to aid in their academic and social growth 


Medina High School | 1999-2001

• Created and supervised several on-site, alternative school programs for at-risk students including Daytime alternative school, Night school, and GED

• Developed and supervised an alternative school for at-risk students not eligible for special education services

• Led a Student Intervention Based Assistance program, which identified and assisted students who were in need of academic or social support

• Coordinated summer school program, which consisted of approximately ten teachers and 250 students