SLAM Collaboration Gathering January 2024 Open House
Your perfect source for fresh fellowship and inspiration for leadership in music education.
Special Edition January 2024 Collaboration Open House - FREE REGISTRATION
This is one of 12 live group coaching sessions offered by SLAM for their members. It takes place for one hour via Zoom with Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, Scott Rush, and the SLAM Board members.
Special SLAM Guest Speaker: Fran Kick
Fran Kick is an author, educational consultant, and professional speaker who knows What Makes Kids KICK! He is the creator and presenter of KICK IT IN® a series of self-motivational personal leadership presentations and materials. Since taking an educational leave of absence from teaching band at Centerville High School (Ohio), he developed his part-time speaking adventure into a full-time mission. Every year Fran presents programs across North America to thousands of college/university, high school, junior high/middle school students, plus the many people who work with them.
Since 1998, Fran has served as the Leadership Coordinator for Summer Symposium every year. Additionally, he currently serves as a Strategic Educational Advisor to Music for All year round as the Leadership Programs & Initiatives Coordinator. Fran produces and coordinates a biannual collaboration of 9 national arts associations facilitating the Future Music Educators’ Experience every August and every November at DCI and BOA Semifinals. Since 2009, thousands of college students from over 183 different university campuses across the country have attended the Future Music Educators’ Experience. Fran also currently serves on the NAfME Collegiate Advisory Council as an at-large member providing advice on student programs, projects, events, campaigns, as well as supporting leadership development for pre-college and collegiate student activities in music education.
Fran created and delivered an 8-year summer series of pre-show, stadium-sized, leadership, team-building events at NFL and collegiate stadiums across the U.S. each summer (48 events in total) to help music students, their directors, and parents Kick Start their season with DCI! From 2015-2020, Fran also served on the Board of Directors for Drum Corps International.
Outside the music education world, he works with schools, associations, conventions, and corporate organizations who are actively engaged in teaching and reaching today’s kids. Fran speaks at many state, regional and national conferences about What Makes Kids KICK and how they can KICK IT IN & TAKE THE LEAD. He has his B.A. in Music Education and a M.A. in Educational Psychology.