Success Stories
Miami-Dade Principal Douglas Rodriguez Wins
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Statewide $10,000 Leonard Miller Principal Leadership Award
Douglas Rodriguez, Principal of Ronald Reagan/Doral Senior High, is the winner of the $10,000 Annual Leonard Miller Principal Leadership Award, bestowed by the Council at a special event November 1
Opening doors for students…
Keith Ward made a very special delivery to Miami Edison High School this year.
Executive PASS Leader-to-Leader Partnership
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Partnership Develops Selfless and Savy Student Entrepreneurs
Carlos Artime and Eddy Barea are leaders in their own right, partners by choice, and now they are friends.
Lawyers Circle Creates a New, Dynamic Donor Group
It’s not a case, but rather a cause, that united eight of Florida’s most distinguished law firms to contribute to educational improvement through the Council.
Teachers and Teaching Initiative (TTI) Helps Florida Teachers Thrive
Larry Plank was a scientist at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission before he was a teacher. And before he was a distinguished teacher and teacher mentor, he was a strugg
Mayors, Business Executives, Districts and the Council Join Forces
Take a look at three dynamic Mayors who encourage collaborations and rally partners to help schools and districts improve education and increase student success. The Council is proud to work
Students Achieve When Their Leaders Are Empowered
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Bart Christie, Principal of Leewood School
Let’s take a look at Principal Bart Christie’s track record.
Florida Leadership Academy - Empowering Leadership
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Trish Douglas, Principal of Citrus Springs Elementary
Survive! That was her goal when Trish Douglas received her first appointment as Principal of Citrus Springs Elementary in 2007.
change from within…engage from without…do it together
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Hialeah Elementary, Miami-Dade Principal: Carolina Navieras CEO: Jeffrey Miller, President, Weeks
Carmen likes to talk about her school.
build excitement…ownership…a future
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Boyd Anderson High, Broward Principals: Joyce C. Ferguson, Rayfield C. Henderson CEO: Steve Wasserman, Partner, Colliers Abood Wood-Fay
PASS CEO Steve Wasserman’s son is in the International Baccalaureate Program at Boyd--an incredible opportunity.
PASS program notes
PASS is a statewide Council model and program, begun with the FC100 when the Council was the Annenberg Challenge. It serves underperforming C or D schools. The goal is to increase student achievement using the model’s best practices. It teams a CEO, principal, and education coach with a track record of raising achievement and with partnership experience. The CEO commits $100,000 over three years, and works hands-on at the school. The Florida Legislature provides major funding support. There are 74 models and more being developed thanks in part to the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay which recruits CEO’s.
