001Karen Perez: THE BOARD RECOGNITION MEETING OF DECEMBER 2nd IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. WE'RE LOOKING FOR MEMBER COMBS. MEMBER COMBS WILL NOW LEAD US IN A MOMENT OF REFLECTION FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. Nadia Combs: THANK YOU. EVERYONE, PLEASE, WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT OF REFLECTION. [MOMENT OF REFLECTION] THANK YOU, NOW PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] Karen Perez: THANK YOU, MEMBER COMBS. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MEMBER VAUGHN AND MEMBER RENDON WILL BE JOINING US SHORTLY. AS WE BEGIN THIS EVENING'S RECOGNITION MEETING, LET ME QUICKLY REVIEW THE FORMAT FOR OUR RECOGNITION MEETING. PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES. AT RECOGNITION MEETINGS, WE RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AMONG OTHERS. BUT WE WILL NOT BE APPROVING ITEMS OF BUSINESS. KEEP IN
002MIND THAT STAFF HAS WORKED HARD TRYING TO KEEP TO A TIGHT SCHEDULE SO THIS MEETING FLOWS SMOOTHLY AND CONCLUDES TIMELY. BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS BRIEF. THE MEETING WILL ADJOURN AFTER THE LAST RECOGNITION. IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PHOTOGRAPH THE STUDENTS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME UP WHEN CALLED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR RECOGNITION MEETING. NOW LET'S BEGIN WITH THE RECOGNITIONS. THE FIRST RECOGNITION A02, RECOGNITION OF THE 25/26 MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPIONS AND THE 25/26 FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STATE CHAMPIONS. ROBINSON, DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS, WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS RECOGNITION. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR HAVING US. WE DO THIS THREE TIMES A YEAR WITH OUR FALL, WINTER, AND SPRING SPORTS. WE'RE HOLDING OUT HOPE FOR ONE FOOTBALL TEAM THAT IS STILL PLAYING, ARMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL PLAYS IN THE STATE
003SEMIFINALS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT ARMWOOD AT 7:30. BUT TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE OUR COUNTY CHAMPIONS AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL IN BOTH THE SPORTS OF BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MRS. BURCHILL, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO START TODAY WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. HENRY LEFLER FROM WALKER MIDDLE SCHOOL TO INTRODUCE THE COACH AND ATHLETES. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. WE HAD A PHENOMENAL SEASON, 8-0. OUR GIRLS BLENDED WELL. OUR HEAD COACH, HE IS ONE OF OUR PARENTS, BUT HE TOOK THE TIME AND HELPED US OUT AND REALLY, REALLY MADE A TEAM THAT WAS UNDEFEATABLE, PERFECT. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR HEAD COACH, MR. HALL, MR. MARK HALL. SOME OF OUR GIRLS ARE CURRENTLY -- THERE IS A
004BASKETBALL GAME THAT USF IS PLAYING AGAINST UCONN. SOME OF OUR GIRLS ARE ATTENDING THAT WONDERFUL GAME. SO I AM GOING TO NAME OUR KIDS. EMILY BRODY, LAURA HALL. CORAL HERNANDEZ. SELENA HUMBLE. CHERYL CATSOFF. STELLA. RITA. HARPER. VIVIAN. ISABELLA SELDANNA. ARIA VASQUEZ AS WELL. I APOLOGIZE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST. THANK YOU. NEXT ARE OUR BOYS BASKETBALL MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPIONS. I MUST SAY IN ALL OF MY YEARS, WHICH HAS BEEN A VERY LONG TIME, OF BEING IN THIS JOB, THIS WAS PROBABLY THE MOST EXCITING BASKETBALL GAME I HAVE SEEN AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL IN A LONG TIME. WENT INTO OVERTIME. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. CHRISTIAN FINCH FROM EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL TO INTRODUCE HIS BOYS. GOOD EVENING, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES AND BOARD MEMBERS. MS. BURCHILL JUST STOLE MY THUNDER BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT
005HOW EXCITING THAT GAME WAS. OUR HEARTS WERE BEATING VERY FAST AT THE END OF THE GAME, BUT IT WAS A TON OF FUN. I'M SO INCREDIBLY PROUD TO INTRODUCE OUR COACHES THIS EVENING. OUR COACHES NOT ONLY COACH YOUNG MEN TO PLAY BASKETBALL, BUT TO BE GREAT YOUNG MEN IN GENERAL. THESE YOUNG MEN REPRESENT THE VERY BEST OF WHAT EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS TO OFFER. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR COACHES. COACH WHITE AND COACH COX. APPRECIATE YOU ALL HAVING US. IT WAS A GREAT SEASON. WE ARE VERY HONORED TO BE HERE. SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT TO BOARD MEMBER MR. WASHINGTON. HE WAS MY PRINCIPAL AT CHAMBERLAIN HIGH SCHOOL. HE IS A PART OF THE REASON THAT I'M AN EDUCATOR AND ALSO A COACH. I WANT TO THANK HIM. NOW TO THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE,
006OUR TEAM. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH MR. BROWN. AIDEN DANIELS. DYLAN. STEVEN. RICKY. JERIAH. JEVONI. JONATHAN. NEXT WE HAVE OUR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL WINNERS. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE DR. ANTHONY JONES FROM MARTINEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL. INTRODUCE HIS WINNING TEAM. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE FOR ONLY THE SECOND TIME IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ERA DID THE SAME SCHOOL WIN THE BOYS AND THE GIRLS IN THE SAME SPORT IN THE SAME SEASON. THAT WAS MARTINEZ GIRLS AND BOYS VOLLEYBALL THIS YEAR. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I'M GOING TO CALL UP OUR COACH, MR. MATTHEW MOFFITT. COME ON UP, COACH. COACH MOFFITT, HE TEACHES AT McKITRICK NEXT DOOR, BUT HE IS PART OF THE MARTINEZ FAMILY AND IS LOVED BY OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. SO I'M EXCITED FOR HIM TO GET UP HERE TO ANNOUNCE
007BOTH OF HIS CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS ALONG WITH COACH NORLAN WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, DR. JONES, FOR THOSE KIND WORDS. WHAT A SEASON. I WISH YOU GUYS COULD HAVE SEEN THESE TEAMS PLAY, ESPECIALLY, SORRY, BOYS, BUT THOSE GIRLS, THEY ARE INCREDIBLE. I WOULD SAY THEY ARE PROBABLY HIGH SCHOOL CALIBER TEAM. THEY ARE INCREDIBLE. IN FACT, I THINK THEY ONLY LOST ONE SET THE ENTIRE SEASON AND THAT WAS A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. WE KIND OF WENT TO THREE SETS THERE. THEY WERE PHENOMENAL. I'LL TALK ABOUT THE BOYS IN A MINUTE. I'LL INTRODUCE THE LADIES. WE HAVE: RILEY. BRYNN. AUGUSTINEA RACHAEL. AMELIA. QUINN. LAVENDER. MARIA. PEYTON. LILY. MILA. MADISON. ROMAN. TESS. SADIE. KAITLYN. SOME OF US COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT. THEY HAVE CLUB AND OTHER THINGS TO BE AT. BUT THANK YOU GUYS. GREAT
008JOB, TEAM. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. SERVES ARE SO IMPORTANT. YOU GET THAT RIGHT, IT'S ALL EASY FROM THERE. LET ME INTRODUCE THE BOYS. AGAIN, THE BOYS TEAM, NOW, THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF BOYS VOLLEYBALL. IT'S JUST KIND OF PUTTING ATHLETICISM TOGETHER. MY GOODNESS, THIS TEAM, THEY WERE SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH AND EVEN MORE FUN TO COACH. THEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB, AGAIN, ONLY LOSING ONE SET ALL YEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON. GOT THE QUIRKS OUT OF THE WAY AND SMOOTH SAILING FROM THERE. THIS TEAM ALSO EQUALLY INCREDIBLE. LOVE TO SEE THE BOYS VERSUS THE GIRLS. MAYBE WE CAN SET THAT UP. INTRODUCE THE GUYS. COLE. DEREK. CHELAN. DRAKE. ISAIAH. EDISON. LUKE. EVERETT. JEREMIAH. CHASE. AIDEN. BARRETT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR TIME. WANT TO POINT OUT, WE HAD 20 MINUTES ON THE CLOCK.
009WE DID IT IN 15. I'M CHALLENGING MR. JARGO TO STAY ON PACE. Karen Perez: NEXT RECOGNITION IS A03, RECOGNITION OF CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION COMPETITION AWARD RECIPIENTS. CHRISTOPHER JARGO, DIRECTOR OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENT, STAFF, WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING OUR CAREER TECHNICAL AND ADULT EDUCATION STUDENTS, AND JROTC STUDENTS HERE. WE'LL START WITH THE STUDENTS FROM THE JROTC. THESE ARE STUDENTS FROM SICKLES HIGH SCHOOL. BE VERY SAFE AND CAREFUL WITH THE TROPHY. FIRST PLACE IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE PRECISION MARKSMANSHIP CHAMPIONSHIPS, WE HAVE ADRIANNA. KYLIE. LAURA. ARTHUR. SUPPORTED BY THE PRINCIPAL, COLONEL ROBERT WRIGHT AND MASTER SERGEANT WILLIAM ROBINSON. ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE. NEXT UP IS OUR ARMY JROTC PROGRAM. WE'LL BRING UP STUDENTS FROM ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL. THEY
010WERE FIRST PLACE IN THE NATIONAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. THIS IS NATIONAL YOUTH CIVICS SUMMIT COMPETITION. THEY ARE SUPPORTED BY THEIR PRINCIPAL, MR. JAMES HARRIS, BY MAJOR ANTONIO GRAFFOLO. STUDENTS ARE CAROLINE VICTORIA. ONE STUDENT. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT UP OUR ARMY JROTC STUDENTS FROM NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOL. ISABEL RIVERA AND BLAKE JACOBUS. SUPPORTED BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL ERIC DIEL AND PRINCIPAL KATIE ROCHA. NATIONAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, THEY WERE FIRST PLACE IN THE NATIONAL YOUTH CIVIC SUMMIT COMPETITION. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. MOVING ON, NEXT UP IS OUR HOSA, THE HEALTH OCCUPATION STUDENTS OF AMERICA. COMING FROM WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL, LET'S START WITH AARIKA DUFF. PRINCIPAL JOHN HAILEY AND INSTRUCTOR CELESTE JUAN. AARIKA FIRST PLACE IN THE COMPETITION OF DYNAMIC DECISIONS. IIN ADDITION, THAT COMPETITION, DEVIKA. RIVA. WE HAVE ANIKA. AND, OF COURSE, WE CAN BRING UP UP THEIR PRINCIPAL AND INSTRUCTOR. THAT IS
011THE TEAM FOR HOSA, DYNAMIC DECISIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. CONTINUING ON FROM WILLIAMS, BRING UP ANOTHER TEAM. THIS TEAM WAS FIRST PLACE IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION IN THE FOUNDATIONS OF HOSA BOWL. REMEMBER, HOSA IS THE HEALTH OCCUPATION STUDENTS OF AMERICA. LET'S BRING UP FROM WILLIAMS, AKANSKA. SARAHA. ASHNI. ALL OF THEM FIRST PLACE. CONTINUING ON, THE EXCELLENCE FROM WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL, HOSA, WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO WERE FIRST PLACE IN THE HEALTH, CAREERS DISPLAY. LET'S BRING UP. APURVA. AND TASHNIKA. CONGRATULATIONS, FIRST PLACE, HEALTH CAREERS DISPLAY. NEXT UP FROM WILLIAMS HOSA, THE FIRST PLACE WINNER IS THE HEALTH CAREER PREPARATION, YANA BRAHMANKAR. MOVING ON TO OUR ENTREPRENEURSHIP, WE WORK WITH THE NETWORK FOR TEACHING. THIS IS THE NETWORK FOR TEACHING RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT. PRINCIPAL IS COLIN, NOW IN HIGH SCHOOL, ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL KATIE ROCHA. SHE
012WON THE PITCH COMPETITION AT THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHALLENGE. ALSO FROM OUR NATIONAL NFTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETITION, STUDENTS FROM ALONSO HIGH SCHOOL. CHASE LITTLE AND MICHAEL SCANLON, SUPPORTED BY PRINCIPAL JAMES HARRIS, INSTRUCTOR MATT GLASSMAN. TOP THREE FINALIST IN THE NATIONAL YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHALLENGE PITCH COMPETITION. CONGRATULATIONS, STUDENTS. NEXT UP WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR INSTRUCTORS FROM THE TAMPA BAY HOSPITALITY ALLIANCE COMPETITION. LET'S BRING UP MIRIAM COOK, INSTRUCTOR OF GAITHER HIGH SCHOOL. SUPPORTED BY PRINCIPAL JEREMY CON. SHE WON THE HIGH SCHOOL HOSPITALITY AWARD. CONGRATULATIONS, MS. COOK. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER TEACHERS WHO ALSO WON A SIMILAR AWARD. LET'S BRING UP MISTI ANDERSON FROM SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL. SUPPORTED BY MS. CHRISTINE WASVKIW, PRINCIPAL. WE HAVE ANOTHER SUMNER TEACHER. WE HAVE MS. KIMBERLY WINES, ALSO SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL. BOTH AWARDED WITH THE HOSPITALITY AWARD. TWO TEACHERS FROM ONE
013SCHOOL. CONGRATULATIONS. OUR FINAL GROUP FOR THE RECOGNITION IS THE FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA. OVER THE SUMMER, THERE WAS A NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE HAVE A GROUP FROM MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. LET'S START UP, SECOND PLACE WINNER AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE, THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS PRESENTATIONS. JAHNAVI. SONUM. SUPPORTED BY CAMILLA BURTON AND INSTRUCTOR TYLER TAZWELL. NEXT UP FROM MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, THE SECOND PLACE TEAM AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS. IT'S NIKHIL, EESHAN, SAICHURAN. CONGRATULATIONS. SECOND PLACE, NATIONAL CONFERENCE. ALSO COMING UP FROM MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, OUR NEXT GROUP FROM THAT NATIONAL CONFERENCE, THEY MADE THIRD PLACE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP. LET'S BRING UP VIHAAN, AND ROHITH. CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT UP IS OUR WINNERS IN THE INTRODUCTION TO PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES. 7th PLACE AT THE NATIONAL
014CONFERENCE, SUMEDH PRATTI, MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL. NEXT UP FROM MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL IN THE HELP DESK COMPETITION AT THE NATIONAL EVENT, 8th PLACE GOES TO ARV MAHESHWARI, MIDDLETON HIGH. NEXT UP FROM MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, NETWORK DESIGN 9th PLACE, SAVVED FAISAL AND PETER REVIERE. ONE ADDITIONAL STUDENT FROM MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, NINTH PLACE IN UX DESIGN, BRING UP MAANIKA SINGH, USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN, NATIONAL CONFERENCE. CONGRATULATIONS. ARE THERE ANY STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE WHO MAY HAVE COME IN LATE? WANT TO MAKE SURE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THE STUDENTS FOR FBLA FOR MIDDLETON, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR AMAZINGNESS. WE HAVE FIVE OF THEM THAT REPRESENT THE DISTRICT LEVEL LEADERSHIP TEAM. WE HAVE SUMEDH PRATTI WHO REPRESENTS THE NATIONAL TEAM. ALL OF THEM, EXCEPT FOR ONE ARE ON MY MIDDLETON LEADERSHIP TEAM. SO THAT IS EXCELLENCE IN THE
015MAKING. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. I WANT TO THANK MR. GEORGE, OUR NEW STAFF MEMBER, FOR PUTTING TOGETHER ALL OF OUR CARDS. HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB. THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, FOR YOUR SUPPORT EVERY DAY. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. THE NEXT RECOGNITION IS A04, RECOGNITION OF THE NEWLY CERTIFIED AND RENEWED NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. NATIONALLY, THERE ARE 133,444 TEACHERS WHO HAVE ACHIEVED BOARD CERTIFICATION. IN FLORIDA, THERE IS A LITTLE OVER 13,000. AND 1,000 TEACHERS FROM OUR DISTRICT MAKE UP PART OF THAT 13,000. CURRENTLY, MORE THAN 20% OF THE ACTIVE CANDIDATES IN FLORIDA ARE PARTICIPATING IN OUR ASPIRE PROGRAM FOR BOARD CERTIFICATION. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT NATIONAL BOARD TEACHERS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON STUDENT LEARNING GAINS AND POSITIVELY INFLUENCE THE INSTRUCTIONAL CULTURAL OF THEIR SCHOOL SITES. TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS DEMONSTRATE
016COMMITMENT TO ELEVATING THEIR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE, WHICH IS A TANGIBLE EXPRESSION OF THEIR DEDICATION TO STUDENTS AND TO OUR PROFESSION AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. DEVELOPING A PORTFOLIO TAKES EFFORT AND SOMETIMES TAKES THREE TO FOUR YEARS TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE. NBCT SEEKING TO KEEP THEIR CERTIFICATION CURRENT REQUIRES CREATION OF A PORTFOLIO ALSO. EVIDENCING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN TO THE PROFESSION AFTER THEIR INITIAL CERTIFICATION. SOME OF OUR NBCs HAVE COMPLETED THIS TWICE AND SOME HAVE DONE IT THREE TIMES. NBCTs, WHETHER YOU ARE AN INITIAL CANDIDATE OR A MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION CANDIDATE, HOURS ARE SPENT THINKING ABOUT YOUR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE, TALKING WITH MENTORS AND OTHER CANDIDATES ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTION IN LEARNING, AND THEN WRITING ABOUT IT. ALL OF THIS CONTRIBUTES TO YOUR CONTINUED GROWTH AS AN EDUCATOR AND TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO STUDENTS,
017SCHOOL AND OUR DISTRICT. OUR DISTRICT HAS A LONG HISTORY OF SUPPORTING NATIONAL BOARD TEACHERS IN PURSUIT OF THIS CERTIFICATION PROCESS. OUR DISTRICT RECOGNIZES THIS PROCESS AS THE MOST AUTHENTIC AND IMPACTFUL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE A TEACHER CAN EXPERIENCE. AND CAN I ATTEST TO THAT. THIS IS MY 37th YEAR IN THIS DISTRICT AND I AM NATIONAL BOARD THREE TIMES OVER, AND EVERY TIME I DO IT, I ELEVATE MY PRACTICE. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS, I DON'T STAND ALONE. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS GALLERY TONIGHT. FOR THOSE OF YOU UPSTAIRS AT OUR RECEPTION, WHO HAVE HAD THIS JOURNEY, WHO ARE ON THIS JOURNEY, WHO ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS JOURNEY. AND TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE SIX EDUCATORS, FIVE TEACHERS AND ONE SCHOOL COUNSELOR WHO ARE NEWLY ACHIEVED INITIAL CANDIDATES. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO
018BE RECOGNIZING AND NAME 13 OF OUR NATIONAL BOARD TEACHERS WHO WENT THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION PROCESS. I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT PROCESS, THAT MEANS YOU ARE A NATIONAL BOARD TEACHER WHO GOES, AGAIN, IT IS A DIFFERENT PROCESS BECAUSE YOU PROVED SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND IT TAKES ABOUT 60 HOURS TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT PROCESS. OUR INITIAL CANDIDATES, THEY ACTUALLY SPEND A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT LONGER IN THEIRS. SO, HERE WE GO. LET'S HEAR OUR PEOPLE. BECAUSE LORD KNOWS, ALTHOUGH I MIGHT BE SOMEBODY WHO SPEAKS PROFESSIONALLY FOR A LIVING, EVERY SINGLE TIME I COME TO THIS MEETING, I CAN'T EVEN HARDLY TALK RIGHT. SO HERE WE GO. I'M GOING TO CALL THEIR NAMES. IF THEY'LL COME FORWARD. OUR INITIAL CANDIDATES, THEY'LL COME UP. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU TWO THINGS ABOUT THEM. I'LL TELL
019YOU WHAT THEIR CERTIFICATION IS IN AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WHERE THEY TEACH AS WELL AS THEIR NAME. WE'LL START OUT WITH BAR ARE A COTTO FROM REDDICK ELEMENTARY. -- BARBARA COTTO FROM REDDICK ELEMENTARY. SHE IS OUR INTERNATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION AS AN EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS SPECIALIST, SPECIALIZING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH YOUNG ADULT. FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER CRAWFORD, WHO IS NOT WITH US THIS EVENING, BUT SHE TEACHES AT WIMAUMA ELEMENTARY. AND SHE HAS EARNED HER CERTIFICATION AS GENERALIST IN EARLY CHILDHOOD. SHARITA CROWELL IS NEXT FROM NORTH TAMPA SUCCESS CENTER. SHE ALSO IS AN EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS SPECIALIST EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH YOUNG ADULT. WEARING THE RED. THERE WE GO. SYLVIA SANTANA FROM LETO HIGH SCHOOL IS OUR CANDIDATE WHO HAS EARNED HER NATIONAL BOARD IN SCHOOL COUNSELING. DANIELLE TOPPER FROM LOCKHART ELEMENTARY, LITERACY, READING-LANGUAGE ARTS FOR EARLY AND MIDDLE CHILDHOOD.
020IRENE WELCH FROM RUSKIN -- EILEEN WELCH, RUSKIN ELEMENTARY, EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS SPECIALIST, EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH YOUNG ADULT. THEY ALL OWNED -- EARNED THEIR INITIAL CERTIFICATION. WE'LL ASK THEM TO BE JOINED BY OUR MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION NEXT. CATLYNN KADIE DELUCIA FROM GRADY ELEMENTARY. CONTINUES AS A LITERACY READING LANGUAGE ARTS IN EARLY MIDDLE CHILDHOOD. JAMIE GALVON FROM PINECREST ELEMENTARY. SHE IS A GENERALIST IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. SALLY HENDERSON FROM WEST TAMPA ELEMENTARY ALSO A GENERALIST IN MIDDLE SHOOED. LOREN HERNDON, POTTER ELEMENTARY, GENERAL, EARLY CHILDHOOD. ADAM KLOPER, CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY. HIS SAR CERTIFICATION IS CAROLINE OCTTAVIANI FROM MORT ELEMENTARY, A GENERALIST IN EARLY CHILDHOOD. ELIZABETH PLETCHER FROM ALAFIA ELEMENTARY. GENERALIST IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD. CARLEE SOTO FROM RIVERHILLS ELEMENTARY, LIBRARY MEDIA FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH YOUNG ADULT. MARIA LEE TORRES-CROSBY FROM MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, EARLY ADOLESCENCE. MARLA
021WAGNER, LOCKHART ELEMENTARY, MATHEMATICS, EARLY ADOLESCENCE. ANITA VANI WHO GIVES HER APOLOGIES, SO BROKENHEARTED. SHE IS SICK, SICK, SICK, BUT SHE IS THE MUSIC TEACHER AT CITRUS PARK ELEMENTARY AND SHE HAS ALSO EARNED HER MOC. IN ADDITION TO RECOGNIZING ALL OF THESE FOLKS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE I KNOW. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IF YOU ARE A NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHER IN OUR DISTRICT, PLEASE STAND. IF YOU ARE A CANDIDATE -- I MEAN, IF YOU ARE A NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHER WHO SERVES AS A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FACILITATOR MENTORING OTHERS TO THIS PROCESS, WAVE YOUR HAND IN THE AIR. IF YOU ARE A CURRENT CANDIDATE, EITHER MOC OR INITIAL, PLEASE STAND. AND, AND VERY SPECIAL, BECAUSE THIS SATURDAY IS SCORE RELEASE DAY. IT IS A TENSE DAY. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE,
022WE CALL THIS CANDIDATES IN WAITING, BOTH YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR. CANDIDATE IN WAITING, THERE YOU GO. THEY WILL BE FINDING OUT ON SATURDAY. BOARD MEMBERS, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, THIS GROUP IS INCREDIBLY DEDICATED TO PUTTING THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD FOR THEIR STUDENTS, FOR THEIR SCHOOLS, AND FOR ALL OF US IN EDUCATION HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THEM THIS EVENING. Karen Perez: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT RECOGNITION IS A05, RECOGNITION OF PARA-TO-PROFESSIONAL PATHWAY. SARAH BONDI, MANAGER OF HUMAN RESOURCES, AND SPOTO, DISTRICT RESOURCE TEACHER HUMAN RESOURCES PERFORMANCE ELEVATION -- EVALUATION AND CLINICAL EDUCATION WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. THANK YOU, MS. PEREZ. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, MADAM CHAIR PEREZ, SUPERINTENDENT AYRES AND DISTRICT STAFF. MY NAME IS SARAH BONDI. I SERVE AS DEPARTMENT MANAGER FOR HUMAN RESOURCES, CLINICAL
023EDUCATION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. IT IS MY HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO HIGHLIGHT THREE RECOGNITIONS THAT REFLECT THE VERY BEST OF OUR DISTRICT'S WORK TO INVEST IN THE NEXT GENERATION OF TEACHERS. THE THREE RECOGNITIONS YOU WILL HEAR TONIGHT REPRESENT HOW OUR DISTRICT GROWS ITS OWN, SUPPORTS ITS INTERNS, AND NURTURES STRONG, LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIPS THAT BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS. TONIGHT, MY ROLE IS TO PROUDLY INTRODUCE THE WORK MY TEAM WILL SHARE THE STORIES. TO BEGIN, WE ARE HONORED TO RECOGNIZE OUR PARA-TO-PROFESSIONAL TEACHER PATHWAY. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE SPOTO, MY COLLEAGUE AND DEAR FRIEND, DISTRICT RESOURCE TEACHER FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND CLINICAL EDUCATION TO SHARE MORE ABOUT OUR ESTEEMED HONOREES. GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF RECOGNIZING SEVEN OUTSTANDING PARAPROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR TEACHING DEGREES AND JOINED US AS NEW
024TEACHERS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS REFLECT AN EXTRAORDINARY LEVEL OF DEDICATION EACH OF THE EDUCATORS BALANCED FULL-TIME WORK IN THE SCHOOLS WITH UNIVERSITY COURSE WORK, FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES, AND THE MANY DEMANDS OF DAILY LIFE. FINISHING A DEGREE UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS IS NO SMALL ACCOMPLISHMENT. IT IS THE RESULT OF COMMITMENT, RESILIENCE, AND DEEP BELIEF IN THE IMPORTANCE OF SERVING OUR STUDENTS. THIS RECOGNITION ALSO HONORS THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THAT SUPPORTED THEM ALONG THE WAY. PRINCIPALS WHO ENCOURAGED THEIR GROWTH EVERY DAY, TEACHERS WHO MENTORED THEM, COLLEAGUESED WHO STEPPED IN AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO WERE ENORMOUS SUPPORTS TO THE PARAPROFESSIONALS. THESE INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTS WHAT IT MEANS TO GROW YOUR OWN, A COMMUNITY INVESTING IN ITS PEOPLE, NURTURING ITS TALENT AND STRENGTHENING THE PIPELINE OF FUTURE TEACHERS. WE ARE PROUD OF EACH OF YOU TONIGHT AND GRATEFUL FOR THE
025SCHOOLS THAT HELP MAKE THIS MOMENT POSSIBLE. TONIGHT, WE CELEBRATE YOUR HARD WORK, YOUR PERSEVERANCE, AND YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE TO THE STUDENTS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SO WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP EACH PARAPROFESSIONAL AND THE ADMINISTRATION THAT SUPPORTED THEM THROUGH THIS PROCESS. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ABBEY DUWEIS, SHE IS A USF GRAD. SHE IS FROM ROBINSON ELEMENTARY. CURRENTLY A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER. HER PRINCIPAL, TIMOTHY DELGADO, IS HERE SUPPORTING HER TONIGHT. ABBEY IS PART OF OUR GROUP FROM USF WHO AS THEY ARE GOING THROUGH SCHOOL BECOME PARAPROFESSIONALS IN THEIR LAST TWO OR THREE SEMESTERS, AND THEN GRADUATE. AND WE HOPE MOVE RIGHT INTO A POSITION, WHICH YOU SEE HERE. YOU ARE ALSO GOING TO SEE THAT EVERY PARAPROFESSIONAL TONIGHT ENDED UP BECOMING EMPLOYED AS A TEACHER WHERE THEY DID THEIR CLINICAL WORK AND WHERE THEY
026WERE PARAPROFESSIONALS. SO THAT'S AMAZING. I'D LIKE TO CALL UP AMANDA MIOSHI ALSO FROM USF AND PART OF THE GROUP. SHE IS FROM BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL. SHE IS NOW ACCESS POINT. SHE IS SUPPORTED BY MARCOS RODRIGUEZ, HER PRINCIPAL. NOW I'D LIKE TO BRING UP FROM ST. LEO UNIVERSITY, SARAH MEGOZO FROM KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY, CURRENTLY TEACHING GRADE ONE WITH DR. JENINE HALL AS HER PRINCIPAL. I ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT DR. HALL IS A FREQUENT FLYER IN SUPPORTING PARAPROFESSIONALS. I DON'T KNOW, SHE'S GOT A FACTORY GOING ON, BUT IT'S A GOOD FACTORY, AND IT BUILDS THE TEACHERS IN HER SCHOOL. I ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT SARAH HAS A SISTER EMILY WHO YOU RECOGNIZED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO FOR BECOMING A TEACHER. SHE IS THE SECOND SISTER. HER WHOLE FAMILY IS HERE TONIGHT. THEY ARE SO PROUD.
027AND I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A THIRD SISTER GOING TO ST. PETE COLLEGE, ALSO TO BECOME A TEACHER. I'D LIKE TO NOW CALL UP FROM ST. LEO UNIVERSITY, SHARON RIVERA. SHE IS FROM GIUNTA. SHE IS A MATH TEACHER. AND SHE IS HERE SUPPORTED BY HER PRINCIPAL HAKEEM YOUNG, AND DR. HEATHER LYNCH, HER AP. I HAPPEN TO KNOW THAT DR. LYNCH HAS SUPPORTED SHARON FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND ENCOURAGED HER AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE SHE WAS AMONG US AS A TEACHER. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. FROM WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP ROCHELLE. MULLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SHE IS CURRENTLY TEACHING FOURTH GRADE. SHE HAS BROUGHT THE WHOLE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM. DELIA. BRIAN, THE AP. COME ON DOWN. WE HAVE LAURA PEREZ. SHE IS FROM DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL. SHE IS NOW AN ACCESS POINTS
028TEACHER AND ESE. SHE HAS BROUGHT HER PRINCIPAL COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT, STACY ARENA, BUT SHE BROUGHT THE SPEECH PATHOLOGIST THAT ALSO SUPPORTED HER STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ALYSSA FERLITA. IT WAS HARD TO TELL IN THE CROWD IF WE WERE MISSING ANYONE. HELLO. WELCOME. SHE IS FROM SULLIVAN PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL. CURRENTLY TEACHING KINDERGARTEN. HER PRINCIPAL IS HERE SUPPORTING HER, KATHY BROWN. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF I'M NOT WRONG, YOUR MOTHER IS THE FIFTH GRADE TEACHER AT YOUR SCHOOL. ONE MORE LITTLE FUN FACT ABOUT KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY AND THE MELGOZO FACTORY WE HAVE GOING ON HERE, HER MOTHER IS A KINDERGARTEN PARAALSO AT KNIGHTS ELEMENTARY. SO THE WHOLE FAMILY IS IN THE GAME. THANK ALL OF YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. Karen Perez: CONGRATULATIONS. THE NEXT RECOGNITION IS A 06,
029RECOGNITION OF UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP. KENLY ELEMENTARY, USF. AND MITCHELL ELEMENTARY, UT. SARAH KAY WON'TI AND RICH CERNY, DISTRICT RESOURCE TEACHER, HUMAN RESOURCES PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND CLINICAL EDUCATION WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK THEY HAVE THE BEST TO OFFER OUR STUDENTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEIR EFFORTS. OUR NEXT RECOGNITION CONTINUES WITH THE THEME OF PARTNERSHIPS. THAT GROW FUTURE TEACHERS, BUT NOW WE SHIFT THE SPOTLIGHT TO TWO OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE OPENED THEIR DOORS AND THEIR HEARTS TO TEACHER CANDIDATES EVERY SINGLE DAY. TO HELP INTRODUCE THIS RECOGNITION, I AM JOINED BY RICH KEARNEY, DISTRICT RESOURCE TEACHER FOR CLINICAL EDUCATION WHO WORKS CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES. HE WANTED ME TO HAVE THE SPOTLIGHT, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS BECAUSE OF HIS HARD WORK THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE SO SUCCESSFUL.
030HE IS JUST A BIT TOO HUMBLE TO WANT TO SHARE THE WORK WITH US. AS PART OF OUR 30 PLUS ELEMENTARY COHORT SCHOOLS, TWO HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES AS EXEMPLARY UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP SITES, PROVIDING A CONSISTENT TRAINING GROUND FOR FUTURE TEACHERS FROM LEVEL ONE THROUGH LEVEL FOUR INTERNSHIPS AND THAT OFTEN SPANS A TWO-YEAR TIME PERIOD, FOUR SEMESTERS. THAT LEADS DIRECTLY TO BEING HIRED BY OUR DISTRICT. SO OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS AND ALSO THE RETENTION, ARE CERTAINLY SUPPORTED BY THEIR EFFORTS. THIS LEVEL OF COMMITMENT IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF STRONG SCHOOL LEADERSHIP. EVERY TIME I CALL, THESE PRINCIPALS ARE ABSOLUTELY, KAY, WE'LL TAKE ANYONE YOU HAVE, AND THEIR SUPPORT IS BOUNDLESS. THEY WILL DO ANYTHING AND GO ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR OUR UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS. WE ALSO CANNOT LEAVE OUT OUR EXCELLENT MENTOR TEACHERS WHO OPEN THEIR CLASSROOMS, MODEL BEST PRACTICES
031AND INVEST DEEPLY IN EACH INTERN'S DEVELOPMENT. TONIGHT, WE PROUDLY RECOGNIZE KENLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THEIR UNIVERSITY PARTNERS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO HONORING THESE TWO SCHOOLS AND ALSO IN THE SELECTION OF THEM. AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE OVER 30 COHORT SCHOOLS, AND THESE ARE TWO WHO HAVE RISEN TO THE DISTINCTION OF PROVIDING EXEMPLARY PARTNERSHIPS. AS I CALL THE NAMES, WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME SO THAT THE BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY CAN RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR FUTURE TEACHERS. FROM KENLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, WE HAVE PRINCIPAL JEFF COOLEY. ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL RAQUEL. AND MENTOR TEACHER JENNIFER. I HOPE I PRONOUNCED THAT CORRECTLY. AND DR. RANDI LATZKE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF INSTRUCTION IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA'S COLLEGE OF EDUCATION. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I
032INVITE YOU, ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU WANTED TO VISIT KEN HAD I AND MITCHELL ANYTIME AND SEE, AGAIN, TO SEE IT IN ACTION, THE SUPPORT THAT THEY PROVIDE IS TRULY, TRULY AMAZING. FROM MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA WE HAVE WITH US PRINCIPAL RENEE BEST. AND MS. MERRIE TANKERSLEY, CLINICAL EDUCATION AND LECTURER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA. WE ARE ALSO PROUDLY HAVING MS. HOLLY TANKERSLEY, WHO IS THE DEAN OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I INTENTIONALLY MADE SURE I STAYED ON SCRIPT BECAUSE I'M SO VERY CLOSE TO EACH OF THE INDIVIDUALS. I KNEW IF I WERE TO GO OFF SCRIPT, WE WOULD BE HERE MUCH TOO LATE AND I DID NOT WANT TO BE SCOLDED. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
033NOT ONLY DOES IT PREPARE FUTURE TEACHERS IT ALSO HELPS US RETAIN THEM IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND IT IS AN HONOR TO PARTNER WITH YOU IN PREPARING FUTURE EDUCATORS. FOR OUR FINAL RECOGNITION THIS EVENING, WE MOVE FROM ELEMENTARY CAMPUSES TO A HIGH SCHOOL INNOVATION THAT BLENDS INTERNSHIP AND EMPLOYMENT IN A NEW WAY. TO INTRODUCE OUR PARTNERS AND SHARE MORE ABOUT THIS WORK, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE CHRISTY GOULD, DISTRICT RESOURCE TEACHER FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND CLINICAL EDUCATION, TO THE PODIUM. I APOLOGIZE, IT'S A SEPARATE ITEM. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. OUR NEXT RECOGNITION IS A07, RECOGNITION OF HYBRID INTERNSHIP MODEL. SARAH KAY BONTI, MANAGER OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND CHRISTIE GOLD, DISTRICT RESOURCE TEACHER, PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND CLINICAL EDUCATION, WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THIS RECOGNITION. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AN INNOVATIVE INITIATIVE BETWEEN HILLSBOROUGH
034COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. WHILE MOST COLLEGE MAJORS ENCOURAGE INTERNSHIPS, EDUCATION IS ONE OF THE FEW THAT REQUIRES ONE. AND HISTORICALLY, THAT EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN UNPAID. ALTHOUGH FLORIDA NOW ALLOWS DISTRICTS TO HIRE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION STUDENTS AS FULL-TIME TEACHERS UNDER THE TEMPORARY TEACHER INTERNSHIP CERTIFICATE, USF REMAINS COMMITTED TO THE INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE AS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF TEACHER PREPARATION. ONE THAT PROVIDES THE COACHING, GRADUAL RELEASE, AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT ENCOURAGING EDUCATORS NEED IN THEIR FINAL SEMESTER. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT AN UNPAID, FULL-TIME INTERNSHIP PLACES A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL BURDEN ON MANY CAPABLE STUDENTS. FOR SOME, IT BECOMES THE DECIDING FACTOR IN WHETHER THEY ENTER THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AT ALL. AND ULTIMATELY WHETHER THEY ENTER OUR CLASSROOMS. LAST YEAR, DR. LARA SABELLA FROM USF AND I DEVELOPED A HYBRID INTERNSHIP PILOT THAT ALLOWS
035TALENTED USF SECONDARY EDUCATION STUDENTS TO JOB SHARE A FULL-TIME TEACHING POSITION. TWO INTERNS FILL ONE VACANCY FOR HALF THE DAY, EACH SERVES AS THE TEACHER OF RECORD. FOR THE OTHER HALF, THE STUDENT IS A TRADITIONAL INTERN UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF CAP CLINICALLY TRAINED MENTOR. THEY ARE PAID FOR THE HALF DAY TEACHING ASSIGNMENT AND EARN MORE THAN $8,000 FOR THE SEMESTER. WHILE OTHER DISTRICTS MAY PROVIDE STIPENDS OR BONUSES TO INTERNS, OUR MODEL OFFERS MEANINGFUL COMPENSATION WHILE PRESERVING THE FIDELITY OF THE TRADITIONAL INTERNSHIP. THIS FALL, TWO USF SOCIAL STUDIES INTERNS FILLED A VACANCY AT BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH THIS PILOT. NEXT SEMESTER, WE ARE EXPANDING THE MODEL. TWO INTERNS WILL FILL A LANGUAGE ARTS VACANCY AND TWO A SOCIAL STUDIES VACANCY IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. THE INTERNS CHOSEN FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE EXCEPTIONAL TEACHING CANDIDATES WHO PASSED
036ALL CERTIFICATION EXAMS, HEIGHTENED GRADE POINT AVERAGES, DEMONSTRATED SUCCESS IN EARLY FIELD EXPERIENCES AND INTERVIEWED WITH USF LEADERSHIP AND OUR OWN SITE ADMINISTRATORS. THE BENEFITS TO BOTH THE DISTRICT AND USF ARE MANY. THE PROGRAM ALLOWS USF TO STRENGTHEN RECRUITMENT EFFORTS INTO THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, PROTECTS TRADITIONAL INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE, AND ENSURES TEACHER CANDIDATES RECEIVE ONGOING COACHING AS THEY TRANSITION INTO TEACHING ROLES. MEANWHILE IT ALLOWS OUR DISTRICT TO FILL VACANCIES WITH MOTIVATED, WELL-PREPARED COLLEGE OF EDUCATION STUDENTS AND SETS OUR DISTRICT APART STATEWIDE IN THE RECRUITMENT AND SUPPORT OF TEACHER CANDIDATES WITH BOTH COMPENSATION AND MENTORSHIP. TONIGHT, WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO MADE THIS BOLD INITIATIVE POSSIBLE. PLEASE COME UP TO THE FRONT WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME. DR. LARA SABELLA, USF'S COORDINATOR OF SECONDARY INTERNSHIP. DR. JEREMY KLEIN, FORMER PRINCIPAL OF BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL, WHO
037TOOK THE CHANCE TO LAUNCH THIS. AND ALLISON WRIGHT, CURRENT BRANDON HIGH SCHOOL WHO SUPPORTED OUR CANDIDATES THIS SEMESTER. PATRICK BAILEY, BRANDON SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER AND THE INTERNS MENTOR TEACHER. PHOEBE HENDERSON, HCPS GRADUATE, AND ONE OF OUR INTERNS FROM THE PILOT WHO IS NOW TRANSITIONING INTO A FULL-TIME TEACHING POSITION. WE ALSO HAVE OUR SPRING CANDIDATES, CALIA BROTHERS. LEAH COMPTON. BROOK ANATOS. XAVIER McNEIL. THANK YOU, BOARD, FOR RECOGNIZING WORK THAT IS STRENGTHENING OUR TEACHER PIPELINE AND EXPANDING PAID, HIGH-QUALITY PATHWAYS THAT WILL ATTRACT THE NEXT GENERATION OF TALENTED TEACHERS INTO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Karen Perez: CONGRATULATIONS. THE NEXT RECOGNITION IS A08, RECOGNITION, FAMILY FRIENDLY TAMPA BAY GOLD AND THRIVE BY FIVE. DR. CHARMION PATTON, CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER, WILL HIGHLIGHT THE RECOGNITION. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THIS WONDERFUL AWARD WE RECEIVED. FIRST OFF, I
038DO HAVE TO STOP AND SAY I AM SO PROUD THAT THE CLINICAL TEAM THAT JUST CAME UP, ALL ARE IN HR AND HOW DEDICATED THEY ARE TO MAKING SURE THE DISTRICT HAS THE HIGHEST QUALIFIED TEACHERS. I COULDN'T START WITHOUT SAYING THAT. THE FAMILY FRIENDLY BUSINESS AWARD IS A WAY TO DIFFERENTIATE YOUR COMPANY AND SHOWCASE IT AS A PLACE WHERE EMPLOYEES ARE SUPPORTED. FAMILY FRIENDLY WORKPLACES ATTRACT AND RETAIN EMPLOYEES BY CREATING WORKPLACES THAT CARE ABOUT THEIR NEEDS AND THE NEEDS OF THEIR FAMILIES. THE FAMILY FRIENDLY BUSINESS AWARD, BUSINESSES HAVE POLICIES THAT HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON EMPLOYEES, THEIR FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES. HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WAS AWARDED LEVEL GOLD. I'LL REPEAT THAT. LEVEL GOLD. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. THIS YEAR, LABELED AS COMMITTED LEADERS. THIS MEANS THE DISTRICT MET AT LEAST ONE FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICY EACH OF THE
039FOUR CATEGORIES AND RECEIVED THE FAMILY FRIENDLY BUSINESS AWARD SEAL AND CERTIFICATION OF RECOGNITION. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE TEAM COME UP AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE BOARD SO YOU CAN RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE. Karen Perez: THANK YOU. THE NEXT RECOGNITION IS A 09, RECOGNITION OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WELL-BEING AWARDS. DINA MARSHALL, DEPARTMENT MANAGER, WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS RECOGNITION. GOOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, STUDENT AYRES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT. WE HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES FROM AETNA WHO WILL BE PRESENTING THIS AWARD TO DR. TRACY SCHATZBERG AND MYSELF FOR THE WELL-BEING PROGRAM. WE HAVE JORDAN WHO WILL SPEAK FOR AETNA. THANK YOU, DINA. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JORDAN, THE WELLNESS MANAGER WITH AETNA ASSIGNED TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. TONIGHT, MYSELF, OUR
040TEAM HERE, WE HAVE RENE HUGHES. WE ALSO HAVE MIKE HERE TO CELEBRATE A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT TONIGHT. SO THE AETNA WORKPLACE WELL-BEING AWARD IS A PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL RECOGNITION THAT UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND WELLNESS INITIATIVES IN THE WORKPLACE. COMPANIES THAT RECEIVE THE AWARD DEMONSTRATE A COMMITMENT TO CREATING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE EMPLOYEES CAN THRIVE BOTH PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. AWARD APPLICATIONS ARE REVIEWED BY A PANEL OF AETNA WELLNESS EXPERTS AND ARE SCORED BASED ON WELL-BEING STRATEGY AND DESIGN, COMMUNICATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL ENGAGEMENT, WORKPLACE PROGRAMS AND POLICIES AND INCENTIVES AND ENGAGEMENT. IN THE APPLICATION, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHOWCASED OUR WELL-BEING FOR YOU CHAMPION PROGRAM THAT IS A MODEL FOR DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE. OUR CHAMPIONS DRIVE THE 226 ON-SITE BIOMETRIC SCREENING EVENTS. 219 MAMMOGRAPHY BUS EVENTS AND ENGAGEMENT IN THE VITALITY WELLNESS PROGRAM. HCPS ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST AWARD
041LEVEL -- PLATINUM. WE ARE LEADING THE WAY WITH OUR DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO EMPLOYEE WELL-BEING AND ITS INNOVATIVE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION THAT PROVES ITS RETURN ON INVESTMENT. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE UP DR. TRACY SCHATZBERG, GENERAL MANAGER OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, AND DINA MARSHALL, WELL-BEING DEPARTMENT MANUFACTURING, TO PRESENT TO THEM THIS AWARD. WELL-BEING DEPARTMENT MANAGER, TO PRESENT TO THEM THIS AWARD. Karen Perez: THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. THE NEXT RECOGNITION IS A10, HEALTHY SCHOOLS QUARTERLY CHAMPIONS. ANN MARIE COURTNEY, DIRECTOR OF PARTNERSHIP ENGAGEMENT, PHILANTHROPY AND OUTREACH WILL HIGHLIGHT THE RECOGNITION. GOOD EVENING. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WHEN PEOPLE, ADULTS AND CHILDREN ALIKE, HAVE A SENSE OF WELL-BEING, THEY ARE MORE PRODUCTIVE. GOOD PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH ARE INDICATORS OF HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE. THESE HEALTHY INDICATORS OFTEN LEAD TO LOWER RISKS OF DISEASE, INJURY, AND HIGHER LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT
042WITH THE INDIVIDUALS SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT. THE FIELD OF EDUCATION HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY FOLLOWING THE PANDEMIC AND CONTINUES TO EVOLVE WITH MANY STRESSORS. HIGH LEVELS OF BURNOUT EXISTS FOR EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS ALIKE DUE TO SIGNIFICANT KNOWLEDGE GAPS, THE BEHAVIORAL DEFICITS, AND CHALLENGES WITH WELL-BEING RECOVERY. MORE THAN EVER, HAVING HEALTHY SCHOOLS INITIATIVES IN PLACE TO SUPPORT EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS IS CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE WORKPLACE. ON BEHALF OF THE HILLSBOROUGH HEALTHY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE AND OUR VALUED PARTNER, TAMPAWELL, ACTIVATED BY TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL, THIS EVENING'S WELL-BEING SPOTLIGHT AWARD RECOGNITION IS DISTRICT LEVEL INDIVIDUALS MAKING SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO ENSURE THE DISTRICT'S WELL-BEING INITIATIVES IN OUR SCHOOLS IS SUCCESSFUL. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THE QUARTER ONE AND QUARTER TWO DISTRICT LEVEL WELL-BEING SPOTLIGHT AWARD RECIPIENTS. ASHLEE CAPPUCCI, SUPERVISOR OF K-12 PHYSICAL EDUCATION. HEALTH, DANCE, AND
043DRIVER'S ED. GOT TO GET HER WHOLE TITLE IN THERE. AND ELIZABETH TANNER, SUPERVISOR OF EMOTIONAL WELLNESS. TAMPAWELL, ACTIVATED BY TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL, IS GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF THEIR GENEROUS PARTNERS TO PROVIDE A STAY-CATION FOR THESE TWO AMAZING DISTRICT-LEVEL ADMINISTRATORS. IN ADDITION TO THIS RECOGNITION, THE TAMPAWELL, ACTIVATED BY TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL, PROVIDES A SPOTLIGHT RECOGNITION OF STUDENT -- OF ONE STUDENT AND ONE SCHOOL-BASED EMPLOYEE EACH MONTH WITH A GIFT CARD AND A CERTIFICATE. HAVING PARTNERS LIKE TAMPAWELL, ACTIVATED BY TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL, THAT INVEST AND RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES FOR DEMONSTRATING OUTSTANDING EFFORTS TO TRANSFORM THE WELL-BEING OF THOSE AROUND THEM, OUR COMMUNITY WILL TRULY BE THE ULTIMATE WELLNESS DESTINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. THANK YOU. Karen Perez: CONGRATULATIONS. SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.