Unlocking Every Student’s Potential to Lead BY SUSAN DOHERTY Student councils give kids the opportunity to unlock their leadership potential and effect positive change in their schools and communities. There have been dynamic shifts in our schools in the last decade, as we work to... Continue Reading
Financial Wellness Programs and Creating a “Stay Strategy” for your District We all know educators don’t go into the profession for the money. They do it because it’s a calling. But that doesn’t mean they can’t experience financial peace. Financial wellness... Continue Reading
52 Years, 52 Lessons By: Jon Gordon I turned 52 January 20th. I've learned a lot over the years and thought it would be fun and hopefully helpful to share 52 lessons I've learned along the way. I believe age is just a number. My motto each year has been younger, stronger, wiser and better.... Continue Reading
By: Krysia Gabenski, Digital Communications, NAESP Leading learning communities amid a global pandemic has proven to be incredibly challenging. School leaders have prioritized their students and staff and pivoted their practices time and again to meet new and emerging needs in their school... Continue Reading
I played my 100th Wordle puzzle this morning! As I have strategically laid out my letters and words over the past few months, I continue to think about how Wordle relates to leadership. In true Wordle fashion, here are 6 Leadership Lessons from Wordle… 1-Every day I am convinced at some... Continue Reading
New Year, New FASA Website By: FASA Staff A new year often brings new changes. For FASA, a major change is our new... Continue Reading
Highly effective instructional leaders are intentional in their school improvement efforts. They employ a systems-thinking approach to problem-solving and exercise strategic planning skills to support increased student performance outcomes. Successful leaders ascribe to do the following. ... Continue Reading
By: Jenna Bartkiewicz, Partner, Education Elements Ms. Evans had, by most demonstrable measures, a successful year. If you had popped by her classroom on any day of the week, you would have likely marked nearly all the boxes on whatever checklist you entered with: student engagement was high,... Continue Reading
Five Lessons Learned as an Educational Leader By: Richard Surrency, Superintendent, Putnam County Schools I am the elected superintendent of the Putnam County School District serving in my sixth year. Since my first day in office, beginning in November of 2016, our district has focused on... Continue Reading
A School is Only as Strong as its Community, and a Community is Only as Strong as its School By: Adam Lane, Principal, Haines City High School A school is only as strong as its community and a community is only as strong as its school!I want to thank the General Federation of Women's... Continue Reading
By: Dr. Paige Pullen, Chief Academic Officer at the UF Lastinger Center for Learning When I returned to my alma mater and took on my position at the Lastinger Center in 2017, I presented a case for what I call “a vision for a literate Florida.” My goal, then and now, is to help... Continue Reading
By: Dr. Liz Brooke, CCC-SLP Is the curriculum we’re using to teach students to read working? The data tells us it is not. While 95% percent of students have the capacity to learn to read (when using programs based on the science of reading), only about 34% of fourth and eighth grade... Continue Reading
