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The association for administrators, district superintendents, principals, assistant principals, supervisors and those who support the public schools of Florida. |
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MESSAGE FROM FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JIM WARFORDOriginally published Friday, May 7, 2010.  Throughout the 2010 legislative session, FASA's Video Updates have provided our members with a fast and easy way to stay connected to what's happening in Tallahassee. In this week's final Video Update, FASA's Juhan Mixon and Larry Wood will brief you on the budget and bills that are sure to change our schools. To learn more about the details, you can go to the Political Action link here.This week we'll shift our attention to helping you prepare for the new laws. Senate Bill 4 sets not only higher graduation requirements but places much more emphasis on STEM, the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math courses in our schools. What does this all mean and what will you need to do differently? To help answer your questions, we are proud to announce that we have partnered with the Florida Dept. of Education and STEMflorida for our 2010 FASA Summer Leadership CONFERENCE at the Buena Vista Palace, in Orlando, July 25-28. Our theme this year is: Preparing Students for the 21st Century. Our conference will feature sessions and business partners that can help you prepare for STEM, and more. There will be DOE Sessions updating you on the details of the new high school graduation requirements and new standards. We will feature concurrent sessions for elementary, middle, and high school, that will delve deep into lesson study. Past FASA President, Christi Moss, now at FSU's Learning System's Institute, or LSI, will present and LSI's Director, Dr. Laura Lang, will lead a meeting of the STEMflorida Education Advisory Group. These sessions will be designed to help you know what good instruction on the new standards looks like. In addition, we will have participants from business, economic development, workforce, the chamber of commerce, as well as education. For more information, click the link below or go to our conference links. And if you just can't come to Orlando this year, please check out the amazing line up of speakers for FASA's first-ever iConference delivered on line directly to your school or desktop. FASA's iConference will bring the Florida DOE along with national experts like Michael Fullan, Bill Daggett, Ray McNulty, Victoria Bernhardt, Will Richardson and more, right to your desktop, 24/7, at an amazingly low price. Face-to-face or on-line, FASA is working to provide the professional development you need. For the conference agendas at a glance and more information about both, please go to the conference links below or here on our website. FASA Summer Leadership Conference in Orlando and the FASA iConference Jim Warford, To send a message, click here. Previous Messages from the Executive Director
September 3, 2010
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