Atlantic College

School Advisory Council

Agenda September 20, 2016

Welcome & Introductions ......................................................................................................... Gene Ziobro

Approval of Minutes (H) ............................................................................................................. Gene Ziobro

Welcome and Ratification of New Members...................................................................... Gene Ziobro

Student Comments ...................................................................................................................... Gene Ziobro

By-Laws ........................................................................................................................................... Elissa Harvey

Assistant Directors Updates .........................................................................................................John Felser

Tonya Hefley

Andre Newton

Neeta Rancourt

Vicky LaPorte – Proposal for Semester One final Exams

SAF Update ...................................................................................................................................... Karla Chang

SIP/Accreditation ...................................................................................................................... Rebecca Miller

Director’s Comments ...................................................................................................... Robert B. Crawford

o SMART Bond Updates – Main Campus, Arthur Ashe, Jr. Campus

o Jay Fellows – NAF

o Legislative Update

Announcements ........................................................................................................................... Elissa Harvey

Adjournment .................................................................................................................................. Gene Ziobro

SAC Meeting Dates

11/15 NOTE: location change Arthur Ashe, Jr. Campus

1/10/2017 3/21/2017 5/16/2017

Atlantic Technical College Vision

To change the lives of people from all backgrounds through innovative education.

Atlantic Technical College Mission

The mission of Atlantic Technical College and Technical High School is to promote excellence in academic, career and

technical studies in order to prepare students to enter and remain competitive in a global workforce.

Atlantic Technical College and

Technical High School

SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL SIGN- IN SHEET DATE: September 20,2016 TIME: 8:00 a.m.

J.nitials PARTICIPANTS GROUP REPRESENTED Beames, Dale Instructional Representative, HS Brayboy, LaToyia Non-Instructional Representative - Business Dept. Sec'y

U'-/ Bryan, Joyce Vice Mayor, City of Margate Coto, Karla SAF Co-Chair, IZone Rep, ESE Crawford, Robert B. Director, Atlantic Technical College Collier, Hallema BTU Representative Dalachinsky, Phil BTU Representative DeJesus, Elizabeth School Advisory Forum Liaison - Brace Advisor DiGiorgio, Tommy Community Representative - Chair, Pompano Beach EDC Estrada-Murphy, Maria ESOL Representative Felser, John Assistant Director, Ex-Officio Ghanem, Jay Business Representative (Auto Tech & Body) Gonzalez, David Business Representative (Hoerbiger)

I ~~X. Grigull, Alicia Office of Student Affairs Director Harold, Diedre Non-Instructional Representative; Security Harvey, Elissa School Advisory Council Liaison Hefley, T onya Assistant Director Kydd, Chandra Instructional Representative: AGE Ladanowski , Jessica High School Student Representative LaPorte, Vicky Assistant Director, Ex-Officio Lopez, Yvonne Community Representative (City of Coconut Creek) Mabin, Wes Assistant Director, Ex-Officio McCalla, Petrolyn Student Representative, Academic Studies Newton, Andre Assistant Director, Arthur Ashe, Jr. Campus Okarmus, lga SAC Liaison Secretary Rancourt, Neeta Assistant Director, Ex-Officio Rao, Tony Instructional Representative - Network Support lnstr. Walford, Allicia ESE Parent Representative Welch, Sandra Community Representative (Commissioner, City of CC) Ziobro, Gene SAC Chair (The Auto Club Group)

GUESTS Papillon, Margareth CareerSource Broward Rowe, Shenee Coconut Creek HS SAC Chair

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Date: September 20, 2016 Time: 8:09 a.m.

Location: Atlantic Technical College & Technical High School

VOTING & REQUIRED MEMBERS PRESENT Ex -OFFICIO MEMBERS PRESENT

Crawford, Robert B., Jr., Director Felser, John, Assistant Director

Business & Community Hefley, Tonya, Assistant Director

Ghanem, Jay LaPorte, Vicky, Assistant Director

Ziobro, Gene, Chair Rancourt, Neeta, Assistant Director

Parents

Coto, Karla SAC LIAISONS

Estrada – Murphy, Maria Elissa Harvey

Instructional Iga Okarmus

Beames, Dale

Dalachinsky, Phil – BTU GUESTS

Kydd, Chandra Baskind, Carol

Rao, Tony DeJesus, Elizabeth

Non-Instructional Gilson, Maggie

Brayboy, Latoyia Miller, Rebecca

Harold, Deidre Rogers, Roy

Students Willis, Nicole

Ladanowski, Jessica

Garzon, Stefanny

McCalla, Petrolyn

TOPICS

DISCUSSED

DECISIONS SUMMARIZED

WELCOME &

INTRODUCTIONS

Gene Ziobro, SAC Chair, welcomed members and called the meeting to order at

8:09 a.m., followed by self-introductions.

APPROVAL OF

MINUTES

A motion to accept the May 17, 2016 minutes was made by Tony Rao, seconded by

Phil Dalachinsky, and passed unanimously.

STUDENT

COMMENTS

* See Handout

attached

Jessica Ladanowski, Technical High School Student Representative reported:

SGA will be holding a variety of fund raisers for Honor Flight

A WWII veteran will be invited to come in to speak with our students on

November 10th, 2016.

SGA is assisting the Broward County Supervisor of Elections office by

providing students to be trained as Voting Systems Technicians for the

November elections.

All ATC clubs and organizations will be participating in Harvest Drive during

the month of November. BPA will be the organizing club.

Atlantic Technical College &

Technical High School

School Advisory Council (SAC)

3D Professionals will be taking a field trip to Florida Polytech, Lockheed

Martin, and University of Florida to explore college and career options on

September 22nd.

Stefanny Garzon, Dental Assisting Student Representative reported:

Dental Assisting classroom and lab assignments prepare students for success in

workforce. The class and lab work are reflective of what students will

experience in a dental office.

Petrolyn McCalla, Academic Studies Student Representative commented:

There is great participation in GED® program, classes are full.

Petrolyn is graduating in June, plans to enroll in Culinary Arts program.

Chandra Kydd, AGE Teacher mentioned:

GED® diploma gives graduates hope and a sense of pride.

Book Clubs and new Academic Studies Newsletter help students gain writing and

editing skills. Students are selecting Newsletter name.

Program expansion, especially online, has occurred largely as satisfied GED®

diploma recipients go back to the community and bring in new students.

The adult students are engaged in fun, competitive activities that help them

achieve their educational goals.

RATIFICATION OF

ATC SAC BY-LAWS

(2016-2017)

* See Handouts

Gene Ziobro, SAC Chair, presented the 2016-2017 Atlantic Technical College &

Technical High School, SAC Bylaws for ratification.

A motion was made by Jay Ghanem and seconded by Chandra Kydd to accept

the 2016 - 2017 Atlantic Technical College & Technical High School, SAC

Bylaws. The motion passed unanimously.

ASSISTANT

DIRECTORS’

UPDATES

* See Handouts

John Felser reported (see attached report):

A new partnership with DeWALT Tools, a division of Stanley Black and Decker

has been formed. A DeWALT Tools representatives will continue to regularly

provide free training on the proper use of their tools to Atlantic Technical

College's teachers and their students.

The American Culinary Federation Education Foundation will be conducting an

accreditation review of Atlantic Technical College's Commercial Foods and

Culinary Arts program, starting on September 26, 2016.

The State of Florida SkillsUSA competition winner, and Culinary program

graduate, Jasset Smith, credited this accomplishment to the excellent instruction

he received while attending ATC, as well as the personal support he was provided

from his Culinary instructors and fellow classmates.

Tonya Hefley reported that (see attached report)

The Health Science and Practical Nursing Departments at all 3 technical colleges

have entered into a yearly contract with a national information/data management

company called American DataBank.

The Health Science Department has partnered with Coconut Creek High School

to design and implement a state of the art medical suite for the school’s new

Technical Academy.

The ESOL Department currently has 965 students enrolled into all levels in day,

evening and Saturday classes. This includes the ESOL BRIDGE program and our

online learners as well.

Evening ESOL is expanding. Class will be moving to CCHS, where our daytime

programs are held.

The Academic Studies Department currently has over 600 students enrolled in

day, evening and Saturday classes.

The state awarded over 133 HS diploma (through GED® Preparation) in SY

2015-16.

Launched GED® Preparation in Spanish this Fall.

Neeta Rancourt reported that (see attached report):

Atlantic Technical College is the recipient of two FICAPS Grants totaling

$50,000 intended to fund the planning, design, and implementation of integrated

GED® Preparation courses. English Literacy for Career and Technical Education

program will be integrated into the Business and IT Core aligning with the

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) career pathways.

ATC has 17 high school seniors in our Business Department who will be

participating Junior Achievement (JA) Fellows. JA Fellows participate in events

such as Officer Leadership Training, Spark Tank.

Three THS students (two from Business and one from Machining) were selected

to participate in JA Career Bound—a ten month, workforce skills‐building

program.

Atlantic Technical High School Academy of Information Technology was one of

12 Academies from across the nation having the opportunity to network with

many NAF business partners and funders while showcasing their innovative

Academy project in New York at the 13th Annual Benefit on June 1.

Vicky LaPorte provided ATC HS updates (see attached report):

We are an “A” school once again.

We have earned placement on The Washington Post’s “America’s Most

Challenging High School” list for 2016. We ranked 603 out of the 23,000 high

schools in the nation.

We have been awarded the Top Scoring School in our Cadre for our Schoolwide

Positive Behavior Plan.

On September 8th our Guidance Director and Brace Advisor hosted our 1st annual

Senior Symposium. There were over 150 seniors and parents in attendance where

topics such as SAT/ACT Prep, applying to college and paying for college through

financial aid were covered.

PROPOSAL FOR

SEMESTER ONE

FINAL EXAMS

Vicky LaPorte, ATC HS Assistant Director, presented a proposal to allow the HS

students at the three technical colleges to take finals exams as indicated on the 2016-

2017 BCPS calendar. January 9-12, 2017 is the actual final week of the semester and

our students are taking final exams, not mid-term exams due to our block schedule.

Students begin a new set of four classes on January 17, 2017.

A motion was made by Jay Ghanem and seconded by Phil Dalachinsky to

submit the request to allow the three technical colleges, Atlantic, McFatter, and

Sheridan, high school students take exams as indicated on 2016-2017 BCPS

Calendar, January 11-12, 2017 as opposed to December 20-23, 2016. The

motion passed unanimously.

SAF UPDATE Karla Coto, SAF Chair, informed us that the School Advisory Forum (SAF)

members are busy with:

FACE-Family And Community Engagement plan to revive the I-Zone and

encourage local community involvement in the education process. Parent

Engagement Conference scheduled on November 11, 2016.

The 2017-2018 calendar final proposal is being discussed right now.

ATC HS is one of the selected to be visited by the AdvancED accrediting team.

If anyone wants to be part of the interview process they will take place October

24 at the office of service quality (Pompano High School).

SCHOOL

IMPROVEMENT

PLAN (SIP)/

Rebecca Miller, AdvancED Accreditation Liaison, announced that ATC THS has

been selected for the October 24-26, 2016 AdvancED Accreditation Team to visit as

part of their External Review. The school developed, reviewed/revised appropriate

goals to meet the needs of our students’ achievement. Documentation to support the

AdvanceED,

ATC_EXECUTIVE_

SUMMARY_2016

standards, was sent to the District for review. The latest copy of the Executive

Summary was presented to SAC members.

Through the External Review process, institutions receive a comprehensive report

of the Team’s findings with recognition of Powerful Practices, Opportunities for

Improvement and Improvement Priorities.

As part of the school improvement process, all schools must have an approved

school-wide, positive behavior plan (SPBP) in place. The SPBP is based upon

analysis of objective data collection and is created to meet the specific needs of our

school.

DIRECTOR’S

COMMENTS

Mr. Crawford reported:

Rebecca Miller, and THS Team worked hard on Accreditation Project, thank you

for a job well done. All Broward Technical Colleges are A’s schools again.

We are busy with upcoming February, 2017 Dental Program Accreditation.

The SMART program is a 5-7 year initiative outlining the scope of work

(renovations and construction projects) scheduled to take place throughout

BCPS. SMART SPOTLIGHT flyer will keep you and your school community

informed. Two projects, were completed already, new Main Entrance Canopy at

Building #1 and re-roofing.

Welding lab will be going through a much needed upgrade.

We are moving forward with the Learning Commons/Media Center Project for

Atlantic Technical College, Building 19, Main Campus.

We have 7,000 students, a record number.

New partnership was created with Junior Achievement of South Florida (JA), an

organization that works to promote understanding of entrepreneurship, career

preparedness, and financial literacy.

Research shows that students in NAF academies achieve better results than those

in the same school district who are not in NAF academies. Distinguished

academies realize even greater student outcomes. We are implementing a strategy

to gain Distinguished Academy designation.

Version No. 2 of the 2017-18 proposed calendar, which closely reflects the

2016/17 would be the best choice for the Technical Colleges.

ANNOUNCEMENTS Elissa Harvey thanked SAC members for their support.

We are happy to report a $1000 Rotary Club donation for Atlantic Technical

College Scholarship Fund. So far $16,000 from the ATC Scholarship Fund have

been disbursed enabling students in need to complete ATC programs and enter

the workforce.

The second SAC meeting of the year will be held at 8:30 am on November

15th in the Arthur Ashe, Jr. Campus. SAC meetings are open to anyone

who wishes to attend, but only elected representatives are eligible to vote.

ADJOURNMENT Meeting was adjourned at 9:20 a.m. by Gene Ziobro, SAC Chair.

NEXT MEETING The next meeting will be held on November 15, 2016.

MINUTES Respectfully submitted by Elissa Harvey and Iga Okarmus.