It's time!
Time to reclaim that time with your family, time to relax and enjoy whatever the summer holds for you, time to simply recharge the batteries from what was I hope a positive 2010-11 school year.
I can assure you that the FIAAA Board of Directors is doing the exact same thing. We had the great opportunity to not only run our 33rd Florida Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association Conference, but also the honor and privilege to be the host committee for the National Athletic Directors Conference here in Orlando in December. If you were able to attend either or both of these events, I am sure that you found them to be worthwhile of the time you invested in them. Nothing compares to networking with colleagues from around the state or country to gain new insight on the issues that surround our profession, and how to use that collaboration to become more effective on a daily basis.
My goal as the FIAAA President is to keep the momentum of those opportunities going. As an organization, we will continue to be proactive in addressing concerns of the organization about current issues. Having the membership visit our website for updates and to read the newsletter when it is sent, are ways to be able to reach out and share those concerns. We are always looking for people to contribute to both of those collaborative areas. If you or your school has handled a unique situation in a positive way, we would like to have you communicate that to others.
Please let me know how FIAAA can help you for the upcoming 2011-12 school year. We will be sharing more information from the conference, including the discussions that occurred at both the round table session and also at the district breakfast, as well as working towards the dissemination of other points of interest that may have been communicated by our guest speakers. We will work towards improve our Mentoring Program, so that we can continue to cultivate outstanding athletic administrators throughout the state and provide “fuel” to make it through the challenges that we all face in our profession.
If I can answer any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at kevin.demer@ocps.net.
I wish all of you a great summer and will be speaking with you again in the Fall.