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Leadership Lessons from Wordle
Leadership Lessons from Wordle

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

Date posted01/12/2023


New Year, New FASA Website
New Year, New FASA Website

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

Date posted01/5/2023


The Three As of Effective Instructional Leadership: Alignment, Acquisition, and Assurance
The Three As of Effective Instructional Leadership: Alignment, Acquisition, and Assurance

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

Date posted12/9/2022


Knowing, Engaging, Celebrating: What Leaders Can Do Now to Retain Teachers
Knowing, Engaging, Celebrating: What Leaders Can Do Now to Retain Teachers

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

Date posted12/2/2022


Five Lessons Learned as an Educational Leader
Five Lessons Learned as an Educational Leader

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

Date posted11/4/2022


A School is Only as Strong as its Community, and a Community is Only as Strong as its School
A School is Only as Strong as its Community, and a Community is Only as Strong as its School

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

Date posted10/28/2022


The New Worlds Reading Initiative and Our Vision for Florida to Become the Most Literate State in th
The New Worlds Reading Initiative and Our Vision for Florida to Become the Most Literate State in th

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

Date posted09/29/2022


A lifelong ladder: The power of effective literacy instruction
A lifelong ladder: The power of effective literacy instruction

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

Date posted09/21/2022


Schools Can Help Address the Vaping Epidemic
Schools Can Help Address the Vaping Epidemic

By: Dorothy Bishop, CEO, VapeEducate Vaping has become increasingly popular with teenagers, spiking to 5.4 million middle and high school users in 2019. This habit has become popularized for many reasons. Vapes are trendy, do not have the stigma that traditional cigarettes do, and are sold in... Continue Reading

Date posted09/6/2022


Discovering Your "Why" as an Educator
Discovering Your "Why" as an Educator

By: Amy Mason, Principal, Madison County Elementary School, Gurley, Alabama The opening general session at the NAESP Pre-K–8 Principals Conference in Louisville was tailor-made for educators who live their “why” every day as leaders of learning communities. Simon Sinek, who... Continue Reading

Date posted08/16/2022