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Workforce Education is designed to meet the needs of our customers, which include students, business and industry, school districts, community colleges, community-based organizations, and correctional institutions. This area represents a significant collaboration and partnership across both private and public sectors throughout the state of Florida to improve Florida's workforce.News & Current Events
The Weekly Web Update is sent out each Friday, as needed, to keep you informed of recent or planned updates and additions to the Career and Adult Education Web pages.
- Weekly Web Update
- May 18, 2012 (PDF, 241KB)
- May 11, 2012 (PDF, 230KB)
- May 4, 2012 (PDF, 220KB)
In the Limelight
Lee County Host Digital Lee Event
Digital Lee provides an opportunity for the community to interact with the most exemplary student-created designs in Lee County; therefore spurring career opportunities and technology involvement that will continue to make Southwest Florida thrive. Students work year-round to develop their design skills and master industry-standard software to make their concepts come to life! The very best of Career & Tech's Web Design, Graphic Design, Gaming, Animation, and Publication programs are highlighted in the event. This year, Digital Lee expanded to include: 7 middle schools, all 13 high schools, and the 2 technical centers, totaling greater than 400 competitive and non-competitive submissions!
Nearly 800 visitors were in attendance for Digital Lee's Opening Night on May 4th at Art of the Olympians. Students were rewarded for their design excellence with Olympic medals, iPods, iPads, Wacom Tablets, and a MacBook Pro laptop! Thanks to all who came to view the show and support the students. If you missed it, the submissions will be on display throughout the month. You can also view many of the submissions by clicking the links below, visiting our website Digital Lee at Shutterfly, or find us on Facebook. More information is included below, and can be found on our websites: digital-lee.com or digitallee.shutterfly.com.
National Career Academy Coalition Awards St Johns Academy of Future Teachers Model Academy Status
The St. Johns County Academy of Future Teachers at St. Augustine High School (SAHS) has earned Model Academy status, the highest designation awarded by the National Career Academy Coalition (NCAC). The St. Johns County School District made a commitment to develop high-quality career academies framed by the National Standards of Practice for Career Academies. Many academies across the United States are reviewed on the 10 standards, but few reach model status, let alone exceed every standard."It is evident that the passion of the academy teams, coupled with the support of the school administration, and the intense focus of the advisory board and community partners, has created a stellar program for students, parents and the community," said Angie Grasberger, president of NCAC. "The rigor of the curriculum and the depth of the industry partnerships are to be commended."
Academies that adhere to all the major components defining academies are far more likely to show positive results for student success. National research has shown that Career Academy students have better attendance, better scores on standardized tests such as FCAT, higher college attendance rates, and eventually earn more than non-Career Academy students.
"I am incredibly proud of all of those associated with the Teaching Academy, creating opportunities for students to excel as future teachers is wonderful for our district and the community," said Superintendent Dr. Joseph Joyner. "We want to train and recruit great teachers so they have an added incentive to complete their education and return to teach in the St. Johns County School District, and those students who return are placed on Level 2 of the pay scale. The business partners, staff and students have simply been amazing, and we are very grateful for their support."
St. Augustine High School will be recognized at the NCAC 2012 national conference in Nashville, TN in November. The NCAC career academy review process is based on the 10 National Standards of Practice (NSOP), introduced in 2004 in Washington, D.C. by a consortium of career academy organizations and endorsed by the U.S. Departments of Education and Labor.
Career Academies are smaller learning communities within a high school that create a family-type atmosphere and incorporate features such as integration of academic and career-related curriculum, team teaching and business involvement. Academies emphasize motivational and real-world activities including hands-on projects, business mentoring, internships and field trips. In partnership with St. Johns River State College (SJRSC) and the University of North Florida, the Academy of Future Teachers was started five years ago and offers college dual enrollment classes at the high school or on the SJRSC campus. Students may earn up to 60 college credits toward their AA degree - a potential savings in excess of $5,000 in college tuition costs.