2023 Summer Academy Agenda

Monday

Noon – 1:00pm

Group Lunch Buffet

Pavilion

1:00pm – 5:00pm

Quick Start Training: New Presidents

Sabal E

1:00pm – 5:00pm

eDues – Member Organizing – Data

Sabal F/G

1:00pm – 5:00pm

Introduction to Mentoring

Sabal B/C

1:00pm – 5:00pm

Empowering Education Staff Professionals

Sabal A

1:00pm – 5:00pm

Treasurer’s Training

Sago 1/2 (3rd fl)

1:00pm – 5:00pm

Ignite the FYRE – Emerging Leaders Academy

Pindo B/C

1:00pm – 5:00pm

Planning for Victory: Developing a Bargaining Campaign using Process AND Pressure in the New Environment

Sabal D1/ D2/D3

1:00pm – 5:00pm

AFT Managing Behavior in School Communities

Sago 3/4 (3rd fl)

TUESDAY

7:30am – 8:45am

Group Breakfast Buffet

Pavilion

9:00am – 5:00pm

Quick Start Training: New Presidents

Sabal E

9:00am – 5:00pm

eDues – Member Organizing – Data

Sabal F/G

9:00am – 5:00pm

Introduction to Mentoring

Sabal B/C

9:00am – 5:00pm

Empowering Education Staff Professionals

Sabal A

9:00am – 5:00pm

Treasurer’s Training

Sago 1/2 (3rd fl)

9:00am – 5:00pm

Ignite the FYRE – Emerging Leaders Academy

Pindo B/C

9:00am – 5:00pm

Planning for Victory: Developing a Bargaining Campaign using Process AND Pressure in the New Environment

Sabal D1/ D2/D3

9:00am – 5:00pm

AFT – Managing Behavior in School Communities

Sago 3/4 (3rd fl)

Noon – 1:00pm

Group Lunch

Pavelion

Florida Republican Workers Urge Legislators to Stand with Working Families

link to the full press conference below Today, Educators and workers from across Florida set the record straight on the needs of working families and urged lawmakers to continue to…

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OPED: We Must Strengthen, Not Abandon, Our Public Schools

OPED ran in print: Florida Politics Publication IN SESSION, Feb. 2026I am the father of two daughters—one who graduated from a Florida public school and one who currently attends one.…

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Parents, Educators and Students Call on Florida Legislature to Strengthen Public Schools

Today, the Florida Education Association (FEA), alongside parents, teachers, professors,  education staff professionals and student leaders from across the state discussed the state of public education in Florida and the urgent need for the Legislature to…

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