Michael Kelly has over 40 years in education in a variety of settings including, parochial, public and charter settings.  He received his B. A. from Wabash College in 1977 and a M. Ed. in Educational Leadership from the University of Cincinnati in 1987. 

His mission is to focus on improving the educational opportunities for students and improving student achievement.  In order to do this, he works with the adults in the schools to create situations where a focus on adult actions results in the improved achievement for students.   I have leadership experience at multiple levels including high school, middle school, central office, and most recently at the elementary level.

His recent experiences over the past 15 years, have been focused on school improvement.  He has been trained as an Ohio Improvement Process Facilitator.  This has prepared him to work with BLTs in going through the Decision Framework and then developing a focused plan.  He has assisted building leadership teams through the process of collecting and using data to define a small number of focused goals designed to improve student achievement through changing the adult behaviors of teachers.  Building these collaborative structures of TBTs to really focus on what works for students is the key to successful school improvement.  

These opportunities have allowed me to experience the whole process in various districts and buildings, all with diverse challenges and demands.  As public education continues to maneuver through this time of extraordinary change, he has the energy and enthusiasm and drive to be a force for positive change.