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Oregon Association of School Executives
About Oregon Association of School Executives (OASE)
The Oregon Association of School Executives (OASE) serves licensed school administrators who are directly responsible to a board of education; who serve as superintendents, or as a deputy, associate, area or assistant superintendent; and who are district level directors in personnel, business management or collective bargaining. OASE includes the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and deputies or assistants to that office.
The purpose of the executive committee is to serve members in a continuous effort to improve education and educational administration through striving:
- to exercise leadership in promoting the best interests of all education;
- to improve educational programs through studies of problems and developments in areas selected by its membership;
- to direct and sponsor in-service programs and activities designed to improve the effectiveness of its members in performing their various roles as administrators; and
- to work cooperatively with other organizations - within and out of the profession - when goals are to improve public education.
OASE is a state affiliate of the national Superintendents Association (AASA).
Off the Record Meetings
OASE Off the Record Meetings are held periodically through out the school year, usually three-to-five times per year. They are attended by school superintendents from all of Oregon's school districts and ESDs, and invited guests.
Education Leadership Coalition (ELC)
The OASE Education Leadership Coalition (ELC) was established to develop consensus among superintendents regarding matters of educational policy and school funding. Consensus positions developed by the ELC are used to form advocacy plans and proposals, and to advise COSA staff and guide conversations with legislators and other policymakers.
Executive Committee
President
Tim Sweeney
Superintendent, Coquille SD
President-Elect
George Mendoza
Superintendent, LaGrande SD
Past President
Mark Witty
Superintendent, Baker SD
Zone I Director
Mike Scott
Superintendent, Hillsboro SD
Zone II Director
Danna Diaz
Superintendent, Reynolds SD
Zone III Director
Andy Gardner
Superintendent, North Santiam SD
Zone IV Director
Brian Gardner
Superintendent, Central Linn SD
Zone V Director
Jared Cordon
Superintendent, Roseburg SD
Zone VI Director
Scott Beveridge
Superintendent, Southern Oregon ESD
Zone VII Director
Pat Sublette
Superintendent, Columbia Gorge ESD
Zone VIII Director
Aaron Duff
Superintendent, Milton-Freewater SD
Zone IX Director
Sara Johnson
Superintendent, Crook County SD
Zone X Director
Adam Watkins
Superintendent, Blachly SD
Zone XI Director
Alisha McBride
Superintendent, Vale SD
Ex-Officio Member
Darin Drill
COSA Presidency
Superintendent, Cascade SD
Ex-Officio Member
Jim Green
Executive Director, Oregon School Boards Association
Ex-Officio Member
Peter Weber
Executive Director, Oregon School Activities Association
Ex-Officio Member
Heidi Sipe
AASA Governing Board
Superintendent, Umatilla SD
Ex-Officio Member
Bret Uptmor
Oregon Small Schools Association
Superintendent, Grant SD
Ex-Officio Member
Sue Rieke-Smith
AASA Governing Board
Superintendent, Tigard-Tualatin SD
Ex-Officio Member
Paul Andrews
OAESD
Superintendent, High Desert ESD
COSA Executive Director
Craig Hawkins
Coalition of Oregon School Administrators
Elections for OASE officers are held annually. OASE presidents serve three years (as president-elect, president and past-president). OASE Zone Directors serve three-year terms.
