July 22, 2014
Status:
Open Agenda
Approve the agreement between The Foundation d/b/a Florida Endowment Foundation for Florida's Graduates, and The School Board of Broward County, Florida (as operator High: Blanche Ely, Hallandale, and Piper and Middle: Gulfstream, and McNicol).
Jobs for Florida's Graduates (JFG) is a robust work and life skills development program for middle and high schools students who need supportive services to increase their likelihood of high school completion. It allows students to explore careers, work within teams, develop leadership skills, create and manage wealth, serve their communities and build a workable plan for their post-graduation life. The selected schools were awarded one or more of the following Foundation Programs to be conducted at their school sites:
- Girls Get IT (GGIT) is an initiative designed to engage girls in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers.
- Victory Over Instability by Choosing Education (VOICE) is designed to science, technology, engineering, art, and math initiative for students interested in exploring courses, majors and careers in those areas.
- SUPERB (Students United with Parents and Educators to Resolve Bullying) is an innovative safe schools initiative in which mental health professionals coordinate high-energy workshops at the schools.
The Foundation's family of programs offer group mentoring to help students develop academically, emotionally and behaviorally, summer academies to help students develop their leadership, character, core academic and goal setting skills and individualized guidance counseling; and mentoring to help students create, implement and realize college and career goals.
These agreements have been approved as to form and legal content by the Office of the General Counsel. These agreements will be executed after School Board approval.
The positive financial impact is $200,000 ($40,000 for each school). There is no additional financial impact to the District.
Requested Action
Approve the agreement between The Foundation d/b/a Florida Endowment Foundation for Florida's Graduates, and The School Board of Broward County, Florida (as operator High: Blanche Ely, Hallandale, and Piper and Middle: Gulfstream, and McNicol)
Summary
Jobs for Florida?s Graduates (JFG) is a robust work and life skills development program for middle and high schools students who need supportive services to increase their likelihood of high school completion. It allows students to explore careers, work within teams, develop leadership skills, create and manage wealth, serve their communities and build a workable plan for their post-graduation life. The selected schools were awarded one or more of the following Foundation Programs to be conducted at their school sites:
- Girls Get IT (GGIT) is an initiative designed to engage girls in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers.
- Victory Over Instability by Choosing Education (VOICE) is designed to science, technology, engineering, art, and math initiative for students interested in exploring courses, majors and careers in those areas.
- SUPERB (Students United with Parents and Educators to Resolve Bullying) is an innovative safe schools initiative in which mental health professionals coordinate high-energy workshops at the schools.
The Foundation's family of programs offer group mentoring to help students develop academically, emotionally and behaviorally, summer academies to help students develop their leadership, character, core academic and goal setting skills and individualized guidance counseling; and mentoring to help students create, implement and realize college and career goals.
These agreements have been approved as to form and legal content by the Office of the General Counsel. These agreements will be executed after School Board approval.
School Board Goals
| Goal 2: Continuous Improvement | ||
| Goal 1: High Quality Instruction |
Financial Impact
The positive financial impact is $200,000 ($40,000 for each school). There is no additional financial impact to the District.
Source of Additional Information
Mildred Grimaldo 754-321-2260 Stephanie Pollard 754-321-2260
Associated File Attachments
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Blanche Ely Agreement (Files) | |
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Hallandale High Agreement (Files) | |
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Piper High Agreement (Files) | |
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Gulfstream Middle Agreement (Files) | |
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McNicol Agreement (Files) | |
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EE-12 Partially Executed Agreements (Files) |