Danny Ransey

This document outlines OSD's commitments to children who are deaf and their families, aiming for their highest possible achievement and successful integration into society. Key commitments include providing early intervention by highly qualified specialists, conducting annual language evaluations to ensure progress, and assisting parents with comprehensive information on communication modes. It also focuses on ensuring access to qualified deaf mentors, delivering accessible instruction with qualified teachers and fair testing, and providing instruction in all educational components. The plan emphasizes considering a full range of educational placement settings with language needs as a primary factor, implementing the Expanded Core Curriculum, and offering transitional planning. Finally, it ensures equal access to school programs, social activities, and support services with appropriate accommodations.

The strategic plan for Ohio School for the Deaf outlines a roadmap to serve its diverse student population by fostering a language-rich environment and empowering individuals to be contributing members of society. Key strategic pillars include improving bilingual literacy and language skills, expanding student portfolios and postsecondary pathways, enhancing external communication and collaboration, strengthening mental health and social-emotional supports, and establishing a student support team for educational issues. The overarching vision is to maximize student success through rigorous personalized learning.