Workforce Connections Action Item

DATE:	Tuesday, October 15, 2019
TO:	School Board Members
FROM:	Jeff Eakins, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve Agreement for Technical Services #19172-ATS-IV with Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) to Provide Teacher Support for Entrepreneurial Programs (Workforce Connections)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The NFTE is an organization that activates the entrepreneurial mindset and builds startup skills in youth. NFTE will provide teacher development and support to ensure that NFTE entrepreneurship programs are taught by NFTE certified teachers and that these teachers have access to ongoing professional development opportunities so that they continually improve their effectiveness in the classroom.  NFTE will provide consulting to certified teachers on structuring syllabi and programmatic elements as well as on-site support to assess classroom needs and areas of volunteer engagement. In addition to the above, NFTE will assist Career and Technical Education (CTE) administration on approaches for bringing our entrepreneurship curriculum to more content areas within CTE’s broader programming in order for more students to recognize the power of entrepreneurship and ownership in their field of study. In the 2019/2020 school year, Hillsborough County Public Schools has NFTE programs in the following schools: ·         Jefferson High School ·         Lennard High School ·         McLane Middle School ·         Shields Middle School ·         Woodson K8 School ·         Young Middle School
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• Improve the high school graduation rate • Provide a student-centered learning environment that engages every child
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  Yes)
Funds in the amount of $19,000 are projected to be available in the Secondary Perkins Grant Project number 3728 for the 2019/2020 school year. The Secondary Perkins Grant is applied for and approved on an annual basis.
EVALUATION
In 2019/2020, we will utilize a wide variety of metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of the NFTE program, including student enrollment, participation in NFTE competitions, program self-evaluations and business partner engagement.
SUBMITTED BY:  Warren S. Brooks, Workforce Connections Officer, Workforce Connections

Warren S. Brooks		Gretchen Saunders
Workforce Connections Officer, Workforce Connections (813) 231-1860		Chief Business Officer (813) 272-4270
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Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20191015_932 (Board Meeting) * Section B Item# 6.08