Help Students Helping Schools Mecosta Osceola Personnel Cooperative “Sit Down vs. Drive Through” 2011 Mecosta-Osceola Intermediate School District Curtis Finch, Ph.D. Superintendent Ron Bongard, Hope Shaw, Larry Sredersas & Sheri Thompson – MOISD Board members
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Help
Students
Helping
Schools
Mecosta Osceola Personnel
Cooperative
“Sit Down vs. Drive Through”
2011
Mecosta-Osceola
Intermediate School District Curtis Finch, Ph.D. Superintendent
Ron Bongard, Hope Shaw, Larry Sredersas &
Sheri Thompson – MOISD Board members
Help
Students
Helping
Schools
Structure
• ISD/ESC/RESA/ESA Info
• Big Picture/State Trends in MI
• History
• Design
• Methods
• Rewards
• Contact Information (All on-line at www.moisd.org)
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Students
Helping
Schools
MOISD
• 10,000 Students
• Six (6) Districts – 5 Public and 1 Charter
• Rural
• 1500 Square Miles – As large as Rhode Island
• Ferris State University
• $24 million Operating Budget
• 250 Employees
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Students
Helping
Schools
What is an ISD/RESA/ESA?
• 57 ISDs/580 local school districts
• ISD Board Members elected by Local Boards
• Mecosta-Osceola ISD – General Education
• Technology
• Early Childhood
• Professional Development
– Special Education Center
– Career and Technical Education
• Service organization designed to diffuse individual district “extreme” cost programming by consolidation
• ISDs = ESCs = RESAs = ESAs = ?
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Students
Helping
Schools
MOISD Schools
• Big Rapids (2300)
• Chippewa Hills (2700)
• Crossroads Charter Academy (625)
• Evart (1150)
• Morley-Stanwood (1600)
• Reed City (1800)
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Students
Helping
Schools
MOISD Board Members
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Students
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MI State Trends
• Different ISDs are doing different collaborations
• MI Legislature has tripled pressure for production while gutting MDE
• Increased academic standards on locals
• ISD (non) elections can impact cooperation
• Local pressure to not cooperate because of “School of Choice” legislation
• More mandates are coming…monthly
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Students
Helping
Schools
MI Trend
• Technology partnerships – Fiber
– On-line learning
– Purchasing
• Bidding on larger scales with multiple districts/ISDs – Health care
– Equipment
– Energy
– Transportation
• Community organization around topic (i.e. early childhood)
• Governmental agencies – MOTA, U.S. Forest Service
• Collective bargaining
• Contact MASA (www.gomasa.org) for examples
• 1st one to focus on Sharing People/Services beyond business functions