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Monthly Superintendent's Roundtable
HASA’s Executive Board
meets regularly with the Superintendent and members of her
staff (HASA’s monthly
Superintendent’s Roundtable
Meeting)
to review concerns raised by the association’s component
group members. At the October 14, 2009 meeting, the major
topic of discussion revolved around the timing of reports
and items that have to be completed at the school level.
HASA is constructing a
calendar of all
reports and activities and the deadline dates they are due
to see what can be done to avoid duplication, rearrange
deadline dates, and possibly discontinue reports and
activities that are no longer needed. When completed, this
calendar will be reviewed with the superintendent.
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Tampa Bay Area
Coalition Meets to Plan
Strategy for 2010 Legislative Priorities
Juhan Mixon
and Wendy Dodge, representing FASA, reviewed the status of
FASA’s five legislative priorities that were recommended by
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Changing the class size
amendment to school wide averages
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Delay additional changes to
high school graduation requirements
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Protect the Florida
Retirement System
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Increase and stabilize
revenue and school district budgets
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Return control of school
start date to local elected school boards.
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The following points were expressed by Mixon
and Dodge
regarding the legislative priorities:
1.
Representative Will (Bill) Weatherford is very much
interested in sponsoring a constitutional amendment that would
bring “Class Size Modification.” Mr. Weatherford has
secured the services of Ron Sox Communications to develop the
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Staff Development Grants Available to HASA
Members
by
Dr. Linda Denison
As a part of the Hillsborough Association of School
Administrator’s (HASA) ongoing commitment to professional growth
within its membership, the Executive Board has voted to offer
grants for HASA to assist in covering costs for staff development
experiences. These funds can be requested to cover the cost of
materials, registration, accommodations or travel expenses for any
HASA member who submits a request in writing to the Grant
committee chairperson, Dr. Linda Denison. Please email the
details of your request (ex: purpose of staff development, date(s),
amount requested, how money will be used) via school district
email (Linda.Denison@sdhc.k12.fl.us), and Dr. Denison and her
committee will review requests. Requests for amounts up to
$500.00 will be considered until the allocated money is exhausted.
One request per member will be considered. All requests need to
be submitted by March 30, 2010, and be spent by July 31, 2010.
Receipts for reimbursement are required.
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Our Heartfelt Condolences….
HASA would like to offer condolences to Mrs. Brenda Kearse
and her family on the sudden loss of her youngest son,
George Wesley Kearse on January 7th. Mrs.
Kearse served as president of HASA during 2000-2001. Our
thoughts and prayers are with the Kearse family during this
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HASA’s Recognizes and Honors its Past Presidents at the
Annual Christmas Representative Board Meeting
HASA’s Representative Board of Directors invited all of its
past presidents to the Annual Christmas Dinner Meeting that
was held on Monday, December 7, 2009. Since its inception
in 1975, HASA has had 31 Presidents. The first two
Presidents were Mr. Glen Barrington and Mr. Donald Yost, now
deced. Three Presidents served two terms each, Ruth Tyre
1982 & 1984, Nuri Ayres 1995 & 2002, and Sandy Bunkin 1989 &
1997. All past presidents were contacted and sixteen
accepted the invitation and attended this memorable and
historic event. The following are anecdotal comments
elicited by past and present leaders of our association.
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Please help us maintain our
EMAIL TREE
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In order to keep you better informed on legislative and
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Megan Allen chosen as finalist for national Teacher of the Year
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TALLAHASSEE
– Megan Allen, Hillsborough
County educator and Florida Department of Education/Macy’s
2010 Teacher of the Year, today was announced as one of four
finalists for the National Teacher of the Year program. The
fourth grade teacher from Cleveland Elementary School was
chosen from an esteemed group of state representatives for
her ability to effectively communicate to other teachers
about the importance of educating future leaders.
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our administrators’ home email addresses –
an email tree!
These addresses will help us keep
you informed of
important issues that are not appropriate for school
district email.
Please submit your home Internet mailing address
toMarilou King, HASA Administrative Assistant, at
mking813@verizon.net
HASA will NOT share your email address with
anyone.
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BUSINESS PARTNER PROGRAM NEWS
by Lou Cerreta
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Many thanks to LifeTouch/Bryn
Alan for sponsoring the December Holiday Dinner Meeting
for HASA. We are very fortunate to have a number of
business partners who support HASA in so many ways. We
also would like to welcome our newest business partner,
Troy University! We look forward to continuing
great relationships with all our business partners.
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HASA Studies
School Deadlines and Programs
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by Jason Pepe |
What's the best part about being a principal?
No two days ever look the same. What's the worst part? No
two days ever look the same. The demands of being a
principal seem to increase with each passing day. The
accountability era ushered in an educational system tied to
data collection, benchmarks, and high-stakes testing. At the
same time, principals must strike a delicate balance between
their role as the instructional leader and their duties as
building manager. Ultimately, however, nothing supersedes
the importance of creating a safe and caring school
environment for everyone. So, how do principals master all
of these duties while advancing student achievement at
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Quote of the Month
by Tee Solomon
“With every deed you are
sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.”
Ella Wheeler
Wilcox
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For additional information on Long Term Care Insurance,
see Mr. Fox’s article, “Ten Top Features of Long Term Care Insurance” in
the 2008
Spring HASA newsletter, page 18.
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