Staff & Student Learning

Staff and Student Learning

The focus of the department is to ensure instruction and learning conditions that engage, equip and empower each student to be successful in K-12 schooling and in post-secondary education and careers. Collectively, the department has oversight of academic programs, school climate and community engagement, and student support services.

Student & Community Engagement

  • School climate
  • Social emotional health and learning

Student Support Services

  • Special education
  • 504 coordination
  • School health clinics
  • English language learners

Home Education Information

Follow the link below to the general home education section on the Ohio Department of Education website

Complete this form and send to the Superintendent's office with an outline of the curriculum to be used. The form will be reviewed by the Superintendent and you will receive a letter of approval or a letter requesting more information if needed.



 

Chief Academic Officer

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Casey Cosgray is the Bexley City Schools' chief academic officer. An Ohio native, Cosgray was an educator and administrator for many years in Central Ohio school districts, before moving abroad to work in education in the United Arab Emirates and China for the past 11 years. Before joining Bexley, she was the deputy director general of the Emirates National Schools, which has six campuses throughout the country. She previously was the superintendent of two other Emirati schools, first in Abu Dhabi and then in Dubai. [email protected]

Director of Curriculum and Gifted

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Katie Nowak is the director of curriculum and gifted. Before joining Bexley Schools in 2024, Ms. Nowak served as Director of Assessment and Accountability with New Albany-Plain Local Schools, where she previously served as principal at the Grades 2-8 Learning Facility and New Albany Intermediate School. She has more than 20 years of experience in education, serving as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal in South-Western City Schools. She was recognized in 2016 as Ohio’s National Distinguished Principal for Middle-Level Education by the Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators (OAESA) and served as president of the organization. [email protected]

Director of Student Services and Accessibility

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Barb Gentille Green is the director of student services and accessibility. She brings 38 years of education administration in student support services, including in special education and literacy. She previously served as the director of teaching and learning for the Centerburg Local Schools and was a consultant for about seven years for the North Central Education Service Center in Mansfield, where she designed and delivered professional development for school districts. She began her education career as an occupational therapist and later an intervention specialist and went on to serve the Morrow County Board of Developmental Disabilities and later the Mt. Gilead Exempted Village Schools as director of education, curriculum, and preschool from 2006 - 2013. [email protected]

Coordinator of Special Education

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Lizzie Kiser serves as special education coordinator. She previously served as an Intervention Specialist at Bexley High School from 2022-2024, and worked as an Extended School Year (ESY) staff member for three years. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from The Ohio State University and completed graduate work in counseling from Walden University. She began her career in education as a paraprofessional in Licking Heights Schools, where she also worked as a K-2 Intervention Specialist. Before joining Bexley, she was an Intervention Specialist at Marion Franklin High School, working with students with multiple disabilities. [email protected]