VWCS gets leadership training grant

Van Wert City Schools news

Van Wert City Schools is pleased to announce the awarding of a $13,693 grant for a team of educators to participate in the Ohio Instructional Leadership Academy (OILA), sponsored through a partnership with the Buckeye Association of School Administrators (BASA), the Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators (OAESA), the Ohio Association of Secondary School Administrators (OASSA), the Ohio Education Association (OEA), the Ohio Federation of Teachers (OFT) and the Ohio Department of Education (ODE).

Van Wert Elementary School Principal Kevin Gehres, along with fifth grade teachers Ashley McElroy and Nate Hoverman, will be attending the academy.

Made possible through generous funds from Ohio’s Race to the Top grant, OILA will allow 150 Ohio building administrators and teacher leaders to receive leadership education while creating a collaborative culture within their school. The academy will provide the skills and knowledge a successful instructional leader needs to ensure the academic achievement of each student.

OILA is designed for motivated building-level teams made up of one administrator and one or two teacher leaders. This is to encourage building-level collaboration on project-based course assignments that will improve not only the participants, but the entire school community. Because of this, the ideal participants will have experience in instructional improvement initiatives and aspire to take academic standards to the next level.