Kelli Cogan
Assistant Superintendent Phone: (440) 427-6000 Email: [email protected] As assistant superintendent for Olmsted Falls School District, Mrs. Kelli Cogan oversees the development and implementation of all instructional programs for the district. The assistant superintendent works collaboratively with administrators and staff to ensure the alignment of curriculum, instruction and assessment to maximize achievement and growth for all students. This includes the coordination of professional development for all certificated staff. The focus of the Olmsted Falls School District is to provide an instructional program that is delivered in a manner that is grounded in current research pertaining to how students learn most efficiently, effectively and appropriately. The focus of the assistant superintendent is to work with the superintendent, administrative team, and staff to clearly define what students should know and be able to do, and to clearly articulate it to them prior to and during the instructional process through the use of feedback. The assistant superintendent works with the instructional staff to develop measures to determine whether or not students are indeed making progress in their learning and assists in creating academic supports to those who are struggling. Further, the assistant superintendent works with educators to assist in the creation of extension opportunities to those students who are ready for more advanced learning concepts. Mrs. Cogan joined Olmsted Falls School District as assistant superintendent in August 2013. Before coming to Olmsted Falls, Mrs. Cogan served as Principal of Troy Intermediate School in Avon Lake, where she also served as a district curriculum coordinator. Along with her role as a building principal, her other responsibilities have included coordinating Gifted Services, leading professional development, and orchestrating curriculum alignment and mapping. Prior to her work in Avon Lake, Mrs. Cogan was a Middle School and Elementary School principal in Cleveland-Heights-University Heights, an Assistant Principal for Twinsburg City Schools, and a classroom teacher in Cleveland Heights-University Heights. |