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Leading Up While Managing the Unexpected?
Leading Up While Managing the Unexpected?

By: Elvis Epps, Principal, Lake Worth Community High School One of my favorite television shows was Star Trek as a child. No one on television was as cool and calm as Captain James T. Kirk. In every show, Captain Kirk would end up fighting an alien force. His primary duties as the captain of... Continue Reading

Date posted11/18/2022


Teacher Recruitment & Retention: From Principal Practice to Teacher Perceptions
Teacher Recruitment & Retention: From Principal Practice to Teacher Perceptions

Teacher Recruitment and Retention: From Principal Practice to Teacher Perceptions By: Cynthia L. Johnson As the number of teachers that leave a school increases, the struggle to recruit highly-qualified teachers also increases. At the same time, the quality of the teacher workforce... Continue Reading

Date posted11/8/2022


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


Leading Change During Challenging Times
Leading Change During Challenging Times

By: Carla L. Sparks, Ed.D., Faculty Lead and Program Director of Educational Leadership Programs at National Louis University’s Florida Regional Center In my current leadership role, I have spent countless hours during the last two years on the phone and on zoom talking with teacher... Continue Reading

Date posted10/12/2022


You Can’t Pour From an Empty Cup
You Can’t Pour From an Empty Cup

By: Joyce Conley, Assistant Principal, Whispering Oak Elementary School, Orange County We have spent the past two-plus years focusing on the social and emotional well being of our students and staff. As leaders, we are tasked with the work of providing an environment of a supportive and... Continue Reading

Date posted10/5/2022


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


Welcome To The New FASA Website
Welcome To The New FASA Website

Welcome to our new website! We have a brand new look and updated technology in an effort to better serve all our members. We hope that you'll enjoy it as much as we do. In order to get the most out of your member experience, you will need to create a new login. Your previous username and password... Continue Reading

Date posted09/14/2022


Be Visible
Be Visible

By: Star Swain, Elementary School Principal, FAMU Developmental Research School As a leader, visibility to those that you lead is one key ingredient to culture building and organizational morale. There is a sense of trust and accountability that is built when employees, colleagues, or team... Continue Reading

Date posted09/13/2022


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


Focusing on the Five Conditions: First Reflections of Dr. Jared Myracle
Focusing on the Five Conditions: First Reflections of Dr. Jared Myracle

There are only three ways to improve student learning at scale: You can raise the level of the content that students are taught. You can increase the skill and knowledge that teachers bring to the teaching of that content. And you can increase the level of students’ active learning of the... Continue Reading

Date posted08/29/2022