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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
Mark Witty
Superintendent, Baker SD
President-Elect
Tim Sweeney
Superintendent, Coquille SD
Past President
Darin Drill
Superintendent, Cascade 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
Currently Vacant
Zone VI Director
Scott Beveridge
Superintendent, Southern Oregon ESD
Zone VII Director
Pat Sublette
Columbia Gorge ESD
Zone VIII Director
George Mendoza
LaGrande SD
Zone IX Director
Paul Andrews
Superintendent, High Desert ESD
Zone X Director
Kathleen Rodden-Nord
Superintendent, Junction City SD
Zone XI Director
Alisha McBride
Vale SD
Ex-Officio Member
Samantha Steele
Superintendent, Central Point 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, Umatilla SD
Ex-Officio Member
Bret Uptmor
Grant SD 3
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.
