January 27, 2012
“Planning with the End in Mind”
Attendance:
Cathy Alper
Anya Andrews-called in
Don Brown
Heather Burks
Frankie Colloza
Eric Byron
Shelby Koos-senior
Demetria Hayes
RT Hillery
Tina Holden
Kevin Jackson
John Marra
Cate Montuoro
Lou Reents
Susan Vernon-Devlin
Zackary Tennant-New Member
Larry DiGioia-New Member
Daniel Bickford
Jacquie Bickford
19 members
Student Government Update
•District SGA Meeting – January 24th
•Families in Transition Initiative – March 3rd
•Budget Cuts
•Pay to Play
•Closing Schools
•7-12 grade schools
•Field Day – March 2nd
• Yearbook is still taking business ads until the 1st week of
February – prices are on Crooms website
Student Government Update
•Junior Class Needs
•Business Professionals of America
Florida BPA
State Conference
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Contact: Lynore Levenhagen, State Advisor
lynore_levenhagen@scps.k12.fl.us
*With name, address, phone, fax, and email
Hours: Between 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Location:
Hilton in the WDW Resort
1751 Hotel Plaza Boulevard
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Poster Winner
Jesse Piorro
Curriculum Committee…accomplished
Junior Achievement supports –Crooms’ 4 year career
plan
--10th grade--Completed 5 week program on Nov. 15, 2011.
Teach In Day – November 15, 2011
--49 speakers 174 presentations
--Thank you Devry University for sponsoring the luncheon.
Senior Exit Interviews- 130 seniors
Interviews begin Nov. 28 – Dec. 2, 2011
Thank you BAC members who interviewed the seniors.
Curriculum Committee…coming soon
Junior Achievement supports Crooms’ 4 year career plan
—9th grade program starts March 2012
--11th grade Job Shadowing Program-schedule is set
--12th summer internship—in development
Tech Fest/Field Day/LanFest – March 2, 2012
•Need 4- 45 minute workshops
•Faculty Preparation – Feb. 6
•Student Preparation – Feb. 9
New Initiative to Consider:
Instructional Coaches– support for the Applied Tech
Instructors.
Job Shadowing/Internship
Committee
7 field trips identified to accomplish JS goal:
Dec. 1, 2011—IITSEC
Dec. 5, 2011---Dot Decimal
Dec. 9, 2011---Astronics DME Corp.
Jan. 19, 2012---Monster Media
Feb. 21, 2012---Siemens
Feb. 23, 2012--Sanford Regional Chamber of Commerce
March 6, 2012—David Maus Toyota
Expenses to date: $200.75 the rest of the trips are
sponsored! Thank you business partners.
Internship Development
Identify 20-25 slots for the 2012 Summer Session
March & April
 Post Job Descriptions
May
 Begin the interviews
June
 Summer Internship Begins
Requirements for employers offering positions:
 Minimum of 150 hours for full credit
 Preferred Paid Positions but Non Paid is now acceptable
 $8-$10/hr
Need support to identify Internship slots for 2012
Internship Partnership in Place Now
Symantec Corporation – In Heathrow
A1Assets – In Longwood
Chiropractic Position- In Longwood
Network Video Sound – In Longwood
Keep the Leads Coming – Next meeting March 30, 2012 @ 8 a.m.
Marketing/Membership Committee
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New Marketing Business Plan
Constant Contact agreement
E-newsletter
Completed 4 business partner tours to date
Creating an Organization Chart to promotes the flow of
Communication to involve the entire school. More to
come at the summer retreat July 27, 2012.
Business Partners Tours—4th Thursday of the month
2/23,4/26 8:00-9:00 a.m.
Creating a marketing video to showcase BAC
partnerships.
BAC Action Item: Encourage TechFest registration on
Croomsaoit.org website
Scholarship Committee
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Provided Senior Workshop and presented Crooms BAC and
Symantec Scholarship Information.
Emailed scholarship out to all seniors, parents, and senior
teachers. Deadline March 15, 2012
Need a scholarship review team.
Need recipient names by April 2, 2012
Attend the Awards Ceremony –May 1 @ 6:30 p.m.
Crooms Scholarship Foundation Endowment
Current Balance- 27,312,30 as of June 2011
Scholarships awarded to seniors:
2004-2005--$2,000
2007-2008--$4,000
2005-2006--$2,000
2008-2009--$3,500
2006-2007--$2,500
2010-2011--$4,500
School/Business
Dividend’s Application-update
Business Partnership Agreement
NAF Dinner Auction-March 3 at Downtown Sheraton
Who would like to attend to represent Crooms BAC?
Fundraising Committee
Tech Fest VI progress to date
• Keynote Speakers – 2 identified
•Dr. Mansooreh Mollaghasemi, Chairman and CEO, Productivity Apex
•Dr. Jeffery G. Wilkinson - Vice-President, Chief Scientist and Chief
Technology Officer, MYMIC LLC
•Session Speakers –4----40 minutes session left
•Funding commitments to date:
•Sponsorship– ~$11,450 to date (not including Symantec)
•Ed Blacksheare is sponsoring breakfast/lunch
• We need
•Sponsors – ~$4000 to go
•Survey prize donation (4 x ~$25)
•Banner Sponsor
•Day of Event volunteers
•40 White linen for 6’ tables
•Water supply – 200 bottles
Sponsorships Needed:
Teach In Day Sponsor - $500
Tech Fest VI Sponsors-various levels
Tech Fest VI Banner Sponsor-$350
Tech Fest VI Luncheon Sponsor-$500
Tech Fest VI Program Sponsor - $600
BAC Appreciation Luncheon-$500
Fundraising Committee
Tech Fest VI Goal - $15,000 + in-kind donations
Important Dates:
•Next Fundraising Committee meeting – Friday, February 10th
Financial Update
Business Advisory Council - Financial Report
Proposed BAC Budget : Aug 2011 -June 2012
Beginning of Year Balance:
Income:
Donations/Pledges:
Grants/Inkind Services
TechFest/Sponsors:
Other Income:
Total Income:
$ 17,087.95
$
$
$ 13,283.20
$
$ 13,283.20
Total Income Plus Balance Forward:
Expenses:
Business/School Liaison
Curriculum
Fundraising
Job Shadowing/Internship
Marketing/Membership
Scholarships/Grants
Other Expenses
Reserve Account
Total Expenses:
$ 30,371.15
$
106.93
$ 1,789.50
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$
950.75
$ 1,033.98
$
630.11
$
$ 13,283.20
Net Income/Expenses
*(This report does not reflect the $25,000.00 that is in SCPS Foundation)
$ 17,794.47
$ 12,576.68
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Unfinished/New Business
Discussion of Vice Chair Position
Scholarship Recipient’s Letter
Seminole County Public Schools (SCPS) is
ranked 7th out of 67 districts on total points
achieved on FCAT reading, math, writing and
science scores, according to a district FCAT
Rankings report released on January 23, 2012,
by State Commission of Education, Gerard
Robinson.
Crooms AOIT earned an “A” this year.
What’s Next?
Save the dates:
2011-2012 BAC Meetings-4th Fridays of the month:
March 16, 2012***Changed due to Spring
Break
May 25, 2012
June 1, 2012-BAC Appreciation Luncheon
Tech Fest VI—March 2, 2012
NAF Dinner Auction—March 3, 2012 downtown
Sheraton
Graduation—May 30, 2012 at Bob Carr @ 4 p.m.