December 17, 2021

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Member News

The staff at the Florida Association of School Business Officials would like to wish you and your family Happy Holidays and a safe and Happy New Year.

The FASBO office will be closed from December 20 - January 3.

FASBO Outstanding Business Officials

Congratulations Jon Thrush, Santa Rosa County, 2021 FASBO Outstanding School Business Officlal

The Florida Association of School Business Officials (FASBO) is accepting nominations from its membership for the FASBO Outstanding Business Official award. The award recognizes an outstanding FASBO member who exemplifies professionalism, leadership and innovation in the field of school business management. The award winner will be recognized by FASBO at the annual conference. In addition, the winner will be recognized by the Southeastern Association of School Business Officials (SASBO) at their annual conference in April. A team of past Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) Eagle Award recipients from SASBO will assist the winner in preparing an application for the ASBO International or Pinnacle awards. Click here for more information

Meet your 2021 Officers

Meet your 2021 Officers from left:

Jeff Robison, Director at Large
Mike Hewett, Past President
Dawn Meyers, President
Cindy Stevens, Vice President
Jim Drake, Treasurer

If you are interested in serving on the board, please contact Dawn Meyers at meyersda@pcsb.org
Vacant positions are:
IT and H/R - Payroll

Share Your Expertise with Other ASBO Members

FASBO is always looking for stories to help fill our bi-annual magazine, Florida School Business. You're the experts of your field – and we would like you to share new innovative solutions and ideas with your peers. We are seeking submissions for feature material in the following fields: Auditing; Business Management; Environmental/Energy; Facilities Planning and Operations; Finance, Fixed Assets/Property Control; Food and Nutrition Service; Human Resources; Information Technology; Maintenance; Purchasing; Risk Management; Safety and Transportation.

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Conference News

FASBO/FRMA 2022 Conference

The FASBO and FRMA boards are diligently looking for a venue for 2022. We will announce to our members soon. Start planning for the 2nd or 3rd week of October 2022.

Florida Buy State Cooperative Purchasing

Florida Buy State Cooperative Purchasing assists school districts and other eligible users with a legally compliant purchasing solution. As Florida’s only educational purchasing cooperative, Florida Buy has statutory authority and a national connection with the Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies (AEPA) to leverage the purchasing power of a national cooperative.

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Continuing Education

FASBO PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

School business is a very complex and demanding profession requiring a special set of knowledge, skills, and abilities. It is incumbent upon us to ensure that those that follow us have the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities. To that end, the Board of Directors of the Florida Association of School Business Officials (FASBO) has embarked on the creation of a Professional Certification Program.

Recognizing the importance of attaining professionalism for school business officials, not only with regard to acquired knowledge and experience, but also in terms of the recognition and respect of peers and other professionals, FASBO’s Board of Directors established its Professional Certification Program in 2009.

The Program offers both acknowledgment and recognition for professionals at all levels of school business management. Certification is a way of recognizing those individuals with the background, training, and on-the-job experience to meet recognized standards of professional competence.

Industry News & Trends

Three AI Trends to Watch in K-12 Educational Technology for 2022

The use of artificial intelligence is growing rapidly in school districts, showing up in programs and software models that support everything from storytime to security. (EdTech)

Security Tools for K–12 Districts in Today’s Cloud Environments

These cybersecurity solutions strengthen your security posture while shrinking your attack surface by focusing on your strongest — and weakest — links: your users. (EdTech)

Collier County Superintendent Kamela Patton Named Florida's Superintendent of the Year

Collier County Public Schools (CCPS) Superintendent, Kamela Patton, has been named Florida’s 2022 Superintendent of the Year by the Florida Association of District School Superintendents (FADSS). Patton was formally recognized earlier this month during the joint meeting of FADSS and the Florida School Boards Association. (Naples Daily News)

Alberto M. Carvalho named the Next Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District

Congratulations to Alberto M. Carvalho on being named the Next Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

An incident captured in a viral social media post following the mass shooting earlier this month at Oxford High School in Michigan has sparked conversations nationwide about the role of active-shooter drills and how students — and police — should respond during a deadly event. (The 74)

School Leaders Take Note: Teacher Care Is a Lot More Than Self-Care

We must stop expecting educators to save themselves and instead start to address the group climate and culture of our schools. We must improve the environments that educators find themselves in everyday and at a minimum decrease the stress and increase the supports available in that setting. (Ed Surge)