| Mercer County Educational Service Center |
| Bylaws & Policies |
2220 - ADOPTION OF COURSES OF STUDY
The Governing Board, in cooperation with the local school districts in the County, shall make available a comprehensive instructional program to serve the educational needs of the students of this Center and/or the local school districts.
The Board shall periodically adopt courses of study that define the key components of the Educational Service Center's curriculum and instruction.
No course of study shall be taught in this Center or in any local school district in the County unless Board adopted it. The Superintendent shall determine which units of the instructional program constitute courses of study and are thereby subject to Board adoption.
The Superintendent shall recommend to the Board such courses of study as are deemed to be in the best interest of the students. Each course of study shall:
| A. | align with the Center's mission, philosophy, educational goals, and strategic plan; | |
| B. | identify learning and performance expectations; | |
| C. | provide a scope and sequence of knowledge and skills to be learned; | |
| D. | address the developmental needs of early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescent through young adult students; | |
| E. | be guided by Ohio's State-adopted academic content standards. |
Each course of study is intended to provide a basic framework for instruction and learning. Within this framework, each teacher shall use the course of study in a manner best designed to meet the needs of the students for whom s/he is responsible. Deviation from its content must be approved in accordance with the Superintendent's administrative guidelines.
Since one of the Center's goals is to prepare students to enter the world of work, the Board directs that each course of study include as part of its learning accomplishments that students can demonstrate their willingness and ability to be punctual, to be present at the learning site each day unless absent for a legitimate reason, and to complete assignments on time and as directed. The Superintendent's guidelines should include recommendations to staff on how to instruct students in these important work ethics and how to include these learnings in the grades that students receive.
R.C. 3301.07, 3313.60
A.C. 3301-35-02
Adopted 11/17/08