Campbell schools get 2 state programs to aid teachers, students

CAMPBELL

The Ohio Department of Education chose Campbell City Schools to pilot two of its programs this year: the State Personnel Development Grant and Quick Start programs.

Campbell is one of 16 school districts in the state to pilot each of those programs for the 2014-15 school year.

Michele Dimuzio, director of State Support Team Region 5 with the Mahoning County Educational Service Center, said SPDG is a training program for administration on leadership, process-coaching and equity practices.

Dimuzio said Quick Start is a program with similar initiatives to SPDG. She said it was a coincidence that Campbell was selected to take part in both programs.

“We selected Campbell because they showed the initiative that they wanted to be on the cutting edge of strategies to improve their education,” she said.

Schools Superintendent Matt Bowen said the closest other school participating in SPDG this year is in the Akron-area.

According to the Ohio Department of Education, SPDG began in 2012 to help at-risk learners.

Read more about the programs in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.