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Guy Desautels South Florida Businessjournal Photo Bymark Freerks Education 83 EDUCATION Guy Desautels Vice President Real Estate & Facilities Citrix “With market-leading cloud, collaboration, networking and virtualization technologies, Citrix powers mobile workstyles and cloud services, making complex enterprise IT simpler and more accessible for 250,000 enterprises. In Broward County we have several universities and colleges with outstanding leadership and faculty, offering numerous high-quality academic programs. Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) is the largest fully accredited K-12 school system in the country and leads the state of Florida in the number of National Board Certified Teachers. Our robust educational system, where both K-12 and higher education are working together with the business sector to integrate employment outcomes and interconnectivity between the two systems, is critical in hiring and retaining the best talent for our company and others in the region.” 82 www.gflalliance.org Photo by Mark Freerks South Florida Business Journal EDUCATION Education Greater Fort Lauderdale’s robust educational system provides an important foundation for the region’s high quality of life, while building a skilled workforce for today and tomorrow. Photo Courtesy of Florida Atlantic University BROWARD COUNTY The district’s overall graduation rate has science and parenting preparation programs. PUBLIC SCHOOLS increased by over 10 percentage points With classes as diverse as floral arranging, over the last five years, with 76.5 percent of Spanish, tennis, yoga, sculpture and an Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) is seniors graduating in 2011. introduction to computers, thousands of the sixth largest public school system in the Broward residents enjoy applying their country with nearly 230,000 students in 232 Career, Technical and Adult/Community talents and learning new skills. schools and education centers. That includes Education 76 charter schools, which serve more than Preparing students for today’s highly Business Specific 29,000 students. The district also has award- technical careers is the cornerstone on As businesses identify their workforce winning virtual schools and serves more which the Broward school district’s Career, requirements, Broward Technical Centers than 150,000 adult and continuing education Technical, Adult and Community Education (Atlantic, McFatter and Sheridan), Broward students. BCPS is the largest fully accredited (CTACE) programs are built. A multitude College and the area’s four-year universities school system in the country. With an annual of programs, courses and activities provide implement state-of-the-industry programs to operating budget of $1.9 billion, BCPS is both interdisciplinary and cross-curricula meet the career interests of students and the also a vital part of the area’s economy. With instruction. The goal for Broward’s high staffing requirements of local employers. In nearly 26,000 full-time and more than 7,000 schools is to graduate students academically a multitude of career areas, students have the part-time employees, the school district is and technologically prepared for post- opportunity to progress through a seamless the county’s largest employer. secondary education/college and to enter an workforce education system within the Recognized for Student Achievement in-demand high-skill, high-wage occupation. various business sectors. BCPS was a 2011 finalist for the Broad Prize The school district offers programs starting Broward Technical Centers boast state-of- presented by the California-based Broad with career awareness and exploration in the-art equipment and facilities, informed Foundation. It was the third year (also middle school and progresses through and skilled faculty and industry-validated in 2008 and 2009) that the district was a specialized high school and post-secondary educational programs. E-learning finalist for the award considered to be the technical education programs. In addition, opportunities have been expanded in a “Pulitzer Prize” in the field of education, the district offers adult and community variety of workforce education programs which guarantees a minimum of $150,000 in education programs and services to to better serve the needs of students who college scholarships for students. thousands of economically and ethnically require flexible scheduling options. In diverse Broward County residents. Programs addition, the Broward Technical Centers In each of the last 10 years, the Council include Adult Basic Education, Adult provide business-training solutions on of the Great City Schools has specifically Secondary Education, General Educational technical center campuses, at business singled out BCPS for student achievement. Development (GED), English for Speakers sites and online to address specific training The council is a coalition of 66 of the nation’s of Other Languages (ESOL), Family/ needs and schedules. The district’s industry largest urban public school systems. Intergenerational Literacy, Vocational partners have honored many career and Preparatory Instruction and programs for technical education programs with national In 2000, the state of Florida implemented Adults with Disabilities. awards of excellence. the Governor’s A+ Plan for Education under which school districts’ performances are Fee-based community education/lifelong Seamless Education graded on an A through F scale. Broward learning course offerings include academic, Economic forecasts indicate that 80 percent has consistently earned an A or B grade from recreational, health, cultural, artistic, social of future occupations will require technical the state since the grading process began. GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE ALLIANCE ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK 83 education beyond high school. Through www.browardschools.com, www.ctace.com, Council (FKC), and several accrediting approved agreements, high school and adult www.browardtechcenters.com, and www. organizations for religious, proprietary students may earn post-secondary college mycommunityschool.com. and special needs programs. The major credits toward industry-recognized technical accrediting organizations in Florida are certificates and degrees. Independent and Private Schools approved by the Florida Association of Greater Fort Lauderdale has more than Academic Nonpublic Schools (FAANS), EDUCATION In Career and Technical Education, Magnet 60 private and independent schools that which in turn is recognized by the Florida Programs, the College Academy, Technical meet a variety of student academic and Department of Education. Dual Enrollment and Smaller Learning personal needs. Accredited non-public Communities, students receive a rigorous schools hold memberships in organizations More than 30,000 children in Broward and relevant curriculum and maximum such as the Southern Association of attend non-public schools, which opportunities to meet individual goals. Colleges and Schools (SACS), the Florida offer programs from early childhood Council of Independent Schools (FCIS), education through 12th grade. These For more information about Broward the Association of Independent Schools of schools welcome calls for information County Public Schools programs, visit: Florida (AISF), the Florida Kindergarten and are happy to arrange family visits THE PLACE TO LEARN Broward County Public Schools • Seven Broward high schools ranked AP course enrollment and the number of AP $4.3 million in athletic scholarships in 2012. among the “Best High Schools” in the nation examinations taken. More than 5,000 Broward County students for 2012 by U.S. News & World Report. Three received state scholarships through the high schools (out of over 22,000) received • The district offers a full range of magnet Florida Bright Futures Programs. gold medals – representing the top 3 percent school programs, from arts and drama to of high schools in the country. Those schools science, and technology, engineering and • The Energy Tools for Schools program, are Cypress Bay, Pompano Beach and mathematics to International Baccalaureate initiated by the district’s Energy Conservation William T. McFatter Technical high schools. to meet the needs and talents of students. Department, has helped reduce electrical Receiving silver medals were Atlantic The district has 35 magnet programs in consumption. After three years, the program Technical, Cooper City, Fort Lauderdale and 48 schools at elementary, middle and high has helped the district save nearly $14 Nova high schools. school levels. million in electrical costs and is currently on track to save an additional $7 million • The Washington Post included 13 Broward • The district’s Innovative Schools provide for fiscal year 2012. Florida Power and County high schools in its High School students unique or thematic instruction. Light (FPL) recently received the Greater Challenge list of top 1,800 public high Students attending Innovative Schools receive Fort Lauderdale Alliance’s “Educational schools in the nation. Joining an elite group extra experience and exposure in a particular Excellence Builds Business Partnership of public high schools nationwide were Coral theme. The district has four elementary, eight Award,” for its role in developing the “Energy Glades, Coral Springs Charter, Everglades, middle and two innovative high schools. In Tools for Schools” conservation program. Hallandale, International School of Broward, addition, 19 schools located in the Coral Monarch, Northeast, Nova, Parkway Springs, Everglades and Hallandale Innovation • BCPS environmental website - www. Academy, South
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