League of Women Voters of the Cincinnati Area Education Fund
Hamilton County, OH November 8, 2011 Election
	Marilee G. Broscheid Answers Questions Candidate for Member of Governing Board; Hamilton County Education Service Center; 4 Year Term

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Questions & Answers

1. What are your qualifications for office? (50 word limit)

I have served on the Hamilton County Educational Service Center Governing Board for 25 years, as immediate Past President and current member. With an understanding of emerging opportunities, I am well positioned to lead the development of policy to support our ESC administration as they design and deliver service solutions.

2. What would you do to advance the concept of "equity in education"? (100 word limit)

Members of the HCESC Governing Board also serve on the Great Oaks Institute of Technology and Career Development Board of Directors. Through this dual experience, I possess a breadth of knowledge spanning pre-school through adult education. As an educational service center, HCESC is dedicated to providing high quality educational services in a variety of areas. Some are provided directly to students, some to teachers and administrators ... all aimed at student growth and success.

3. How would you use your students' state test results to improve education in your district? (100 word limit)

HCESC does not enroll students itself. We provide support to districts as they utilize state test results to improve education in their classrooms. Our school improvement consultants work hand-in-hand with principals and teachers to interpret test results, design improvement strategies and implement instructional methodologies to facilitate student growth. Our curriculum consultants provide customized professional development based on district data. Our special education professionals utilize student results to guide the development of instructional strategies best suited to student needs. As a Governing Board member, I recognize the valuable role that our ESC plays in this essential element of improving education today.

4. What will you do to build consensus in the community in support of public schools?

As a parent, I supported our schools through the PTA and other volunteer activities. As a Life Member of the Hamilton County PTA and the Ohio PTA, I serve as an advocate for community-wide support of our public schools. HCESC provides service to twenty-two member school districts in southwest Ohio. In my role as HCESC Governing Board member, I am afforded the opportunity to support the services that strengthen the educational efforts in that community. As an active member of OSBA, I support the advocacy role of that organization as it brings the collective voice of school board members to both state and federal levels.

5. What are your qualifications for office?

I have served on the Hamilton County Educational Service Center Governing Board for 25 years, as immediate Past President and current member. With an understanding of emerging opportunities, I am well positioned to lead the development of policy to support our ESC administration as they design and deliver service solutions.

Knowledge of our community's most pressing challenges is essential to our ability to add value. HCESC defines its communities at local, state and national levels. As a Governing Board member, I have been active in advocacy, support and leadership roles at all these levels. At the local level, I serve on both the HCESC and the Great Oaks Institute of Technology and Career Development Boards. At the state level, I am an active member of the Ohio Schools Boards Association. At the national level, I actively support the National School Boards Association and the Association of Educational Service Agencies. As our Board's Legislative Liaison, it is my responsibility to monitor federal and state legislative activity to inform our policy decisions. The combination of these contributions allows me to have a cross-cutting perspective of educational agendas and issues from federal to local levels essential to quality Board membership.

6. What would you do to advance the concept of "equity in education" in your district?

Members of the HCESC Governing Board also serve on the Great Oaks Institute of Technology and Career Development Board of Directors. Through this dual experience, I possess a breadth of knowledge spanning pre-school through adult education. As an educational service center, HCESC is dedicated to providing high quality educational services in a variety of areas. Some are provided directly to students, some to teachers and administrators ... all aimed at student growth and success.

HCESC's mission is to provide the supports needed so that each child to learn more, do more and be more. HCESC has served our schools for almost 100 years through visionary leadership and professional expertise. I understand the challenges facing our schools today and am committed to doing my part to support HCESC in this mission.

7. How would you use your students' state test results to improve education in your district?

HCESC does not enroll students itself. We provide support to districts as they utilize state test results to improve education in their classrooms. Our school improvement consultants work hand-in-hand with principals and teachers to interpret test results, design improvement strategies and implement instructional methodologies to facilitate student growth. Our curriculum consultants provide customized professional development based on district data. Our special education professionals utilize student results to guide the development of instructional strategies best suited to student needs.

Believing in a collaborative approach to improvement, HCESC recognizes the value of partnerships. As part of its service solutions, HCESC establishes partnerships with nationally recognized educational experts in areas such as instruction, assessment, standards, leadership, and school improvement. One such partnership with Dr. Robert Marzano is focused on the development and implementation of "formative assessments" in the classrooms, an approach that incorporates the use of student performance data into lesson design.

As a Governing Board member, I recognize the valuable role that HCESC plays in this essential element of improving education today.

8. What will you do to build consensus in the community in support of public schools?

As a parent, I supported our schools through the PTA and other volunteer activities. As a Life Member of the Hamilton County PTA and the Ohio PTA, I serve as an advocate for community-wide support of our public schools. HCESC provides service to twenty two member school districts in southwest Ohio. In my role as HCESC Governing Board member, I am afforded the opportunity to support the services that strengthen the educational efforts in that community. As an active member of OSBA, I support the advocacy role of that organization as it brings the collective voice of school board members to both state and federal levels.

9. What are your budget priorities?

HCESC maintains a balanced budget, one which is carefully planned and adhered to by administration. A key budgetary priority is maintaining HCESC's ability to provide quality services despite current and pending state budget cuts. Increasing efficiencies in operations and economies of scale are strategies being implemented by HCESC leadership to address this challenge.

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