Welcome Everyone!

As my year as SACES President begins I want to start by thanking our Past-President Danica Hays for her incredible leadership this past year. She has been a joy to work with and even more fun to get to know. She has set the ground work for some exciting opportunities for us all this year. Most notably I would like to mention the new Special Committee that she started; the Supervisor Training Committee. This committee is charged with collecting supervision related resources that can be used in supervision training.

One of my first goals as President is to revamp the interest networks to provide more opportunities and benefits for members of SACES. This year I am charging the interest networks with the goal of enhancing member benefits by providing opportunities for collaboration and ultimately the production of manuscripts, presentations and/or grants. I want SACES to be an organization that can help you become the best educator, supervisor, counselor, and writer that you can be. We have such a plethora of talent in our region that needs to be shared and exposed in a way that all can benefit. Too often in our field I have seen a lack of support and a class system emerge around those who write and those who don’t. I want SACES to acknowledge and celebrate the strengths of all of our members and offer opportunities for members to grow in areas with which they struggle.

As your President this year I want you to know that I am passionate about SACES and I want to do everything I can to make SACES a place where you feel at home. In the upcoming months I will be announcing service and scholarship opportunities that I come across and encourage you to reach out to your fellow SACES members and do the same. I look forward to a great year. Please join us at ACES in Nashville for the SACES meeting to hear about new opportunities, what we are currently doing, and who will be our new officers.

Sincerely,

Jennifer Jordan
2011-2012 President