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Jessica Ross was previously the associate principal of Medina High School. As part of her responsibilities, Ross created and facilitated professional development for 135 faculty members in productive deeper learning experiences and student engagement. She also built collaborative school-wide relationships, coaching teachers and utilizing individualized teacher goals to facilitate constructive growth-centered conversations. Ross managed the special education department and supervised 16 instructional paraprofessionals to help navigate student challenges, student relationships and schedules based on student needs. In addition she facilitated the high school multi-tiered systems of support team, implemented a restorative-based approach to discipline, forming positive relationships with families and students through difficult situations.

Prior to working in Medina City schools, she taught fifth-grade math in Solon and West Geauga. She also taught sixth-grade math and science in New York. She received her Principal Licensure in the Inspired Leaders Program at Cleveland State University. She also has a M.S. in Childhood Education from Bank Street College of Education in New York, NY as well as a B.A. in Economics from Amherst College in Amherst, MA. She is a member of the Women’s Leadership Committee of the Ohio Association of Secondary School Administrators.