They are responsible for leading their particular unit, crafting
strategy, motivating staff, and allocating financial resources, at the same time that they work to
enact the vision of senior
leadership and mobilize support for broader institutional goals.
Built around the use of an embedded set of connected, web - based data tools, the OIP is being used by well over half of the 612 traditional public school districts and 100 + charter schools in the state to
enact essential
leadership practices as identified by the Ohio
Leadership Advisory Council (OLAC), a broad - based stakeholder group jointly sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education and the Buckeye Association of School Administrators.1 It is also a key component of the state's Race to the Top (RttT)
strategy.