Perhaps now, more than any time in the history of education, our students and schools are in need of strong leaders and advocates.

USA|Kansas is an organization dedicated to providing professional representation for our member associations and individual members. We currently represent individual education professionals and ten statewide education associations, enabling us to speak a strong and unified voice on important education policy issues.

Our success and strength has always been a direct result of dedicated education administrators. Your leadership and participation in the association and in your communities strengthens our presence with the Legislature, the State Board of Education and our educational partners. In recent months, school districts across Kansas have been forced to make difficult budget decisions regarding personnel, student services and programs that support student learning and leadership. We know how challenging these decisions are – on both a personal and professional level.

Since the Legislature adjourned, USA|Kansas board members and I have visited with many of our member associations. Those conversations have focused on the services provided for our member associations and those services available to individual members. The top three priorities, based on communication with our member associations, indicate that advocacy, leadership development/convention and networking/communication.

We will continue these conversations throughout the year ahead and hope that you will be an active participant in these discussions. Our goal is to strengthen our relationships and leverage resources to meet your professional needs and expectations.

I invite you to join us this year...help us strengthen our voice for Kansas administrators!

The USA|Kansas Board of Directors is comprised of K-12 public education administrators appointed by each member association. The number of directors representing each member association is based on that association's total membership belonging to USA|Kansas. The presidency rotates among those associations with two or more members serving on the board.

United School Administrators of Kansas (USA|Kansas) is a statewide "umbrella" organization comprised of members of ten school administrator associations. We represent more than 2,000 individual administrators statewide.

The mission of USA|Kansas, through collaboration of member associations, is to serve, support and develop educational leaders and to establish USA|Kansas as a significant force to improve education.

The USA|Kansas Board of Directors is comprised of K-12 public education administrators appointed by each member association. The number of directors representing each member association is based on that association's total membership belonging to USA|Kansas. The presidency rotates among those associations with two or more members serving on the board.