Action Item
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Curriculum and Instruction
Action Item |
| DATE: | Tuesday, June 11, 2013 |
| TO: | School Board Members |
| FROM: | MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent |
| SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS | |
| Approve the Apple Authorized Training Center Agreement between Apple, Inc., and The School Board of Hillsborough County, Florida, to Provide Apple Certification Testing for Career and Technical Education Teachers and Students (Career, Technical, and Adult Education) | |
| EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | |
| We request approval of this contract to provide Apple certification testing for Career and Technical Education teachers and students in Hillsborough County Public Schools. This contract establishes an Apple Authorized Training Center in Hillsborough County in which students will be able to take Apple certification tests. These certification tests are recognized by industry and provide students with a marketable skill to take to the workforce.
In addition, these industry certification tests are a required component of Career Academies as outlined in Florida’s Career and Professional Education (CAPE) legislation. Students successfully earning industry certifications generate weighted FTE funding back to the Career and Technical Education programs where the student is enrolled and where the industry certifications are earned. Industry certifications are included in the calculation of school grades. |
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| STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES | |
| • Increase promotion rates at all grade levels and the percentage of high school graduates • Challenge and support all students with an appropriate curriculum | |
| FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes) | |
| Funding for these certification tests are self-sustaining, as earned certifications generate weighted FTE to be used to pay for future student certification preparation and testing fees. There will be no additional cost to the district. | |
| EVALUATION | |
| This contract will be evaluated by the number of successful industry certifications achieved by students and teachers. | |
| SUBMITTED BY: Michael Ramsey, Supervisor, Industrial and Technology Education | |
| Warren Brooks | Wynne A. Tye | |
| General Director, Career, Technical, and Adult Education (813) 231-1860 |
Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction (813) 272-4221 |
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| A 1.06 | ||
| Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20130611_565 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 1.06 | ||