Governance of the Coalition
The Coalition of Rural and Appalachian Schools (CORAS) is a Regional Council of Governments. The CORAS Board of Directors is composed of 17 members. One elected and one appointed from each of the seven regions into which the 29 Appalachian counties are divided; and three from Ohio University College of Education. Board members from school districts serve a three year term. Three or four regular Board meetings, including a summer planning conference, are held annually. A part-time executive director is employed by the Board.
Coalition Linkages
The Coalition of Rural and Appalachian Schools has a special partnership agreement with the Ohio University College of Education which includes support for conducting research, a contribution to the Director’s salary, and office space. Secretarial assistance is also provided by the College of Education. The Coalition also maintains a liaison relationship with the Buckeye Association of School Administrators, Ohio Association of Secondary Administrators, Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators, Ohio School Boards Association, Ohio Association of School Business Officials, State Department of Education, Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding, Ohio University Leadership Project and Ohio Appalachian Center for Higher Education. Informal linkages are sought with other regional institutions involved with the professional preparation and continuing development of educators for the region’s schools.
Membership Meetings
Professional development and informational meetings are typically held in the months of September, October, January, March, April and June at various sites throughout the region to encourage broad-based participation. Visitors and guests are welcomed. Meeting dates are listed below.
CORAS Meeting Dates & Programs 2011-12
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2011
9:00 A.M. -1:00 P.M.
Program:
STEM PROJECTS IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO
Presenters:
Meri Johnson, Clermont County Educational Service Center
Don Washburn, Lawrence County Educational Service Center
Board of Directors Meeting directly following lunch.
Location:
Olde Dutch Restaurant, Logan
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2012
9:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
Program:
To Be Announced
Presenters;
To Be Announced
Location:
EagleSticks Golf Club and Inn, Zanesville
TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2012
9:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
Program:
Legislative Candidate Forum
Presenters: To Be Announced
Location:
Olde Dutch Restaurant, Logan
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Program
Samuel I. Hicks Executive-in-Residence Program
2010 Hicks Honoree
Deborah Meier
Deborah W. Meier is currently at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Education, as senior scholar a as well as Board member and director of New Ventures at Mission Hill, director and advisor to Forum for Democracy and Education, and on the Board of The Coalition of Essential Schools.
Meier has spent more than four decades working in public education as a teacher, writer and public advocate. She began her teaching career as a kindergarten and headstart teacher in Chicago, Philadelphia and New York City schools. She was the founder and teacher-director of a network of highly successful public elementary schools in East Harlem. In 1985 she founded Central Park East Secondary School, a New York City public high school in which more than 90% of the entering students went on to college, mostly to 4-year schools. During this period she founded a local Coalition center, which networked approximately fifty small Coalition-style K-12 schools in the city. A learning theorist, she encourages new approaches that enhance democracy and equity in public education.
Location
Ohio University Inn, Athens
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Annual Summer Meeting and Golf Outing
Program:
To Be Announced
Presenters;
To Be Announced
Location:
EagleSticks Golf Club and Inn, Zanesville
Again This Year
Graduate Credit
The Ohio University College of Education will grant one (1) quarter hour of credit to personnel from CORAS member school districts who attend the four programs during the 2011-12 school year (September 13, 2011; October 18, 2011; January 24, 2012; and March 12, 2012 and/or April 17, 2012). The College of Education will waive the tuition fee. However, Ohio University requires an $85 general fee. Registration forms are available at CORAS meetings or can be obtained by contacting Lori Spencer at stumpl@ohio.edu .
Registration Fee
CORAS will charge each participant $20 to cover the continental breakfast, lunch and session handouts.
For additional information see "CORAS Meeting Dates and Programs 2011-12" below.