Broward County NAF Academies
ADVISORY BOARD MINUTES
Plantation High School
Media Center
6901 NW 16th Street
Plantation, FL33313
October 17, 2012
Name, Title and Company of Business & Industry Board Members Present:
Doris Bodnar, Board Chairperson, The Bodnar Group
Sherry Giordano, Board Member, Executive Director, ITWomen
Andrea Schaja, Secretary, Assistant Director, Camp Lokanda
Lucille Flynn, Assistant Principal, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Bennett Mazor sitting in for Scott Rasbach, Transhire
Staff/Guests Present:
Melissa Hoffman, Keiser University
Arlene Wilson, ITWomen
Jose Soto, State Farm
Molaine Noel, Marriott
Chandra Powell, Facilitator, CTACE Dept.
Brian King, Curriculum Supervisor, CTACE Dept.
Casandra Robinson, Principal, Dillard High School
Deborah Stubbs, Assistant Principal, Plantation High School
Vicky Edgcomb, Teacher, South Broward High School
Darryl Harris, Teacher, Plantation High School
Sharon Cutler, Teacher, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Marcos Pernas, Teacher, Blanche Ely High School
Teralyn Butler, Teacher, Dillard High School
Brian Chalk, Teacher, Cooper City High School
Maria Lopez, Teacher, Plantation High School
Debra Hines, Guidance Counselor, Western High School
Stacy Sherman, Teacher, Atlantic Technical Center
Meeting Agenda Item 1:
Welcome and Introductions
Meeting Notes/Minutes:
Doris Bodnar, the Advisory Chairperson, welcomed all members and thanked the business partners for
attending the first meeting of the year. Doris relayed the purpose of this special meeting which was to
review the continual strategic plan constructed last year with emphasis on refining the internship
component. She thanked Sherry Giordano who is serving as the facilitator for the internship initiative
session in this meeting. Doris thanked Sherry for her business contribution to conduct this session probono.
Ms Bruining, Principal, welcomed all the Advisory members to Plantation High School. She stated how
proud she was of her Academy and Hospitality and Tourism and Academy of Finance programs. She
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thanked all business partners for their contributions and attending the board meeting. She concluded
as she extended an invitation to the advisory board to utilize Plantation High School when needed.
Meeting Agenda Item 2:
Overview of Internship Program
Meeting Notes/Minutes:
Chandra shared the overview of the internship program that compared the internships for Summer
2012 to the Summer 2011 internships. Doris would like a list of the all internship providers to follow up
with a survey.
Chandra also provided samples of student evaluations from employers. Most businesses were very
pleased with their interns. Very few had any difficulties or conflicts.
Internship Supervisors: Laurie Acosta, Darryl Harris, and Vicky Edgcomb, each shared the success and
challenges of the summer internship program.
After discussion, it was determined that Chandra would develop a general internship survey and send
to internship providers with questions relating to hiring the intern again and providing more internship
opportunities in the future.
The advisory board would like more concrete numbers of the internship that will be needed for Summer
2013 provided at the next meeting. Chandra will provide at the next meeting.
Meeting Agenda Item 3:
Strategic Plan-Internship Initiative Session
Meeting Notes/Minutes:
SWOT Analysis facilitated by Sherry Giordano, S.F.T.G. Associates, Int’l Business Consulting Services.
Based on the session, the following were addressed.
Strengths
DedicatedTeachers
(difficult quality or replacement)
Quality Students
Industry Exposure
Dedicated
District Support
Great curriculum
Variety of employes
Repeated businesses
Weakness
Too few opportunities
Intership Packet (checklist) parent
Business partners are advocates for
teachers
Not enough business relationships
Opportunity
past employee
internship year round (shared time with OJT)
Bus passes
NAF Planning/site cordinator
NAF lead teacher stipend teachers
Threat
Transporation
New teaching schedule
Students ownes in the internship
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Recommendations:
 Petition Workforce One for bus passes.
 Petition Mass transit division for bus passess.
 BEF grant writing
 Develop a Broward NAF Website
 Finalize brochure that was constructed last year. Chandra will disiminated to teachers
for input.
Meeting Agenda Item 4:
Expansion/Board Recruitment
Meeting Notes/Minutes:
Faciliator, Sherry Giordano conducted discussion on ways the advisory board can expand.
The following ideas were presented.
 Board reach out to businesses
Global response
DHL
City of Sunrise (parnership with Mayor Ryan) Engineering/Water
Hotels that hold Homecoming and Prom events for schools in Broward County
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Ask for board members from LMP, Brian will make review for contacts
Business to business referral
Consult businesses for Job Descriptions (Finance-bookeepers, AP, AR, Hospitatliyclerk, Information Technology-programmer assistant)
Compare traits, skill sets that the student have.
Meeting Agenda Item 5:
Closing Remarks
Meeting Notes/Minutes:
Sherry will complete a summary of the internship initiative session and present at the next meeting.
The next meeting TBD
The advisory chair thanked Plantation High School for hosting.
Meeting adjourned
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