Volume 6 | Issue 10 April 2018

Admin Advantage Updates

In this issue you will find information about the upcoming Gardnier Networking Conference as well as information about a FREE educational program on alcohol awareness, and a fond farewell message to Kaethe Perez. Don't miss the article on building community partnerships, and the free teacher tool kits!

Administrators in the  Success Partners  Network stay informed of the latest information, events, and support using this monthly  Admin Advantage Updates email. Our  Success Stories newsletter is delivered within a week to both leadership and staff members whose emails have been made available.

Click here for FREE Professional Learning Opportunities offered regionally

A How-to Guide for Building School-Community Partnerships As student activists across the country make news, there’s another kind of student engagement that we shouldn’t overlook: community engagement. There’s tremendous power in establishing partnerships between schools and local community organizations, especially with nonprofit or mission-driven organizations. But, as a teacher or school leader, you might be wondering where to start. Click here to read the article

Happy Trails to Kaethe Perez Kaethe Perez will be retiring from Step Up for Students in April 2018. She is a founding member of the Office of Student Learning. She and Dr. Carol Macedonia (Thomas) started working together to create the Success Partners program in 2012. At that point the OSL team consisted of two members: Carol and Kaethe. In her most recent role as Director of Communications, she took the lead in creating the Success Stories and Admin Advantage Newsletters. It is through Kaethe’s guidance and facilitation that our team has grown to 15 members and continues to expand to serve all private schools in the state of Florida. We are forever grateful for her creativity, her kindness, and her “East”/big picture insight. Kaethe will be moving to Austin, Texas to be near her grandson and take on a new role as full-time Grandma! We will miss you Kaethe! If you would like to keep in touch with Kaethe or would like to send her your well wishes, you can reach her at  kaetheperez@gmail.com .

Registration for the 2018 Gardiner Event is open now!

Step Up For Students is sponsoring a Gardiner Scholarship Networking Conference: "Effective Strategies for Supporting Students with Unique Abilities," on June 8th, 2018 . This event promises to be a day full of networking and information gathering in the areas of Legislative and Operational Updates, Teaching & Learning, Community Culture, School Security, and Transition Services to meet the needs of special needs students and their families! Click the button above for more information . Register today!

Attention Broward and Miami-Dade Counties! Check Out This New Free Resource for Your School

Click here to learn more about AlcoholEdu

As you may know, April is Alcohol Awareness Month. As part of a comprehensive plan to promote safe and healthy schools, Step Up for Students has partnered with education technology company EVERFI to provide the AlcoholEDU for High School online curriculum to high schools in Miami-Dade and Broward County at no cost . Click the button above for more info or contact Emily Moloney ( emoloney@everfi.com ) to bring this resource to your school at no cost.

The MAP Growth Corner: Are you ready for the Spring test? 7 Ways to Prepare for MAP Growth Getting ready for spring testing? It’s likely that almost all teachers who prepared for the MAP® Growth assessment last fall learned something along the way. Here are seven best practices to help you prepare for the MAP Growth assessment! Click here to read the 7 best practices! Great Resources to Share with Teachers Check out this resource from the Florida DOE with Florida standards-based lesson plans and resources for teaching ELA K-12! Click here to view the Teacher Toolkit! Don't miss this set of Florida DOE videos of model lessons on oral language, phonics, fluency, etc. Click here to see the videos!