Our mission:
is to support young adults in achieving their career goals
and to prepare skilled workers that strengthen the Miami Valley workforce.
Our focus:
Preparing students to explore the opportunities in the health career fields through employment, job shadowing, internships, or volunteer work.
Students have the opportunity to participate in a nurse aid training program or patient care assistant training program on our campus. Both programs are delivered by Sinclair Community College instructors. Students are eligible to receive college credits for successfully completed the NA or PCA courses.
Our staff:
Ron Cothran, Principal
Mr. Cothran has over 23 years of military service during which he conducted psychotherapy and chemical dependency treatment counseling to families, both in groups and individually. He was the Equal Opportunity Representative for the Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center-Germany. He served as a coordinator for the Alternative Learning Center in all middle schools in Dayton Public Schools. Mr. Cothran was Director of Transportation – Dayton Public Schools and Intervention Specialist (Special Education Teacher)-Montgomery County Educational Service Center. In 2005, he came to Mound Street Military Academy as a teacher. In August of 2008, he became principal of the Mound Street Health Careers Academy.
Mr. Cothran has a Master of Education in Educational Leadership ( Principalship) from Wright State University, a Master of Education Mild to Moderate-Intervention Specialist from Wright State University, a Master's degree in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma, and a Bachelor of Arts In Social Welfare from Grambling State University.
Shane Dixon, Teacher/CBI Coordinator
Jim Grimsley, Teacher/CBI CoordinatorJim Melko, Teacher/CBI Coordinator
