Partnerships benefit everyone

9:00 AM | Tuesday, Nov 14 | Room: A 114-115

Discover how partnerships among Alliance City, an urban district; Marlington Local (Stark), a suburban/rural district; and the University of Mount Union benefit many stakeholders. Those stakeholders include the school districts’ teachers, students and their parents, and the university’s education students and their professors and instructors.

Topics: Community engagement, Rural schools, Student achievement, Urban schools

Moderator: Vilma Helms, board member, Jefferson Township Local (Montgomery)

David Rogers, elementary principal, Marlington Local (Stark)

Carole Sutton, assistant superintendent, Marlington Local (Stark)

Jeffrey Talbert, superintendent, Alliance City

Michelle Balderson, elementary principal, Alliance City

Melissa Askren-Edgehouse assistant professor of education , Dr. Linda Burkey, professor of reading and assessment , University of Mount Union

RuthAnn Rinto field placement coordinator , Dr. Peter Schneller, middle childhood professor , University of Mount Union