FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

JIM HORNE

Commissioner of Education

 

  

 

 

 

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

  

 

F. PHILIP HANDY,

Chairman

 

T. WILLARD FAIR,

Vice Chairman

 

 

Members

 

LINDA J. EADS, ED.D.

 

CHARLES PATRICK GARCÍA

 

JULIA L. JOHNSON

 

WILLIAM L. PROCTOR, PH.D.

  

 

LINDA K. TAYLOR

 

 

 

June 7, 2004

 

M E M O R A N D U M

 

TO:

District

Superintendents

 

FROM:

Jim Warford, K-12 Chancellor

 

SUBJECT:

FASA Conference

 

The past 12 months have been particularly challenging for Florida’s school leaders. Demands to

meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, class size, an increasingly diverse

student population, and issues related to school safety and security have greatly magnified the

challenges that educational leaders face daily.

 

The attendance of educational leaders at the

Florida Association of School Administrators,

Summer Conference in Marco Island

is important. This is an exceptional professional

development opportunity hosted by FASA that I encourage you and your staff to take part in.

 

At the Summer Institute, FASA is providing the introduction to the first ESOL module for

school-based administrators in response to the amended Consent Decree, which requires every

school-based administrator to obtain 60 hours of ESOL training. The development of this course

is the result of a partnership between the Department of Education, FASA, Canter and Associates

and Santillana USA. I hope your district’s school-based leaders will avail themselves to the

ESOL opportunity, along with the many other timely topics from which to choose while at the

conference.

 

As a superintendent, I know you support ongoing professional development for educational

leaders. Thank you in advance for allowing the leadership in your district to attend this important

event.

 

JIM WARFORD

K-12

CHANCELLOR

 

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