Broward Teachers Showcase innovative Curriculum at 15th Annual

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Spring 2012
Broward Teachers Showcase Innovative
Curriculum at 15th Annual Broward Education Foundation Idea Expo
Sponsored by Nova Southeastern University
finalists for the National Teacher of the Year.
He spoke about incorporating technology
in education, STEM concepts and parent
involvement in the classroom.
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BEF Adds Wells Fargo & Broward
Health Executives to Board
Alan Irwin, vice president,
business banking manager
for Wells Fargo, and Dionne
Wong, senior vice president
and chief human resources
officer for Broward Health,
have been elected to the
Broward Education Foundation Board of Directors to
serve three-year terms, announced Joseph Cobo, the
chairman of the board.
Dionne Wong, a resident of
Fort Lauderdale, has worked
in human resources for
Broward Health since 2002,
following a seven-year career
as a litigation associate with
several prestigious law firms.
She manages the human resources function for 9,000
employees, four medical centers, physician practices
and community health facilities.
“Board members are the heart beat of any nonprofit
organization, and we are fortunate to have high
caliber individuals like Alan and Dionne willing to
donate their time to help shape our future,” said Cobo.
“Teachers are public servants; and with that
great responsibility we must not fail,” he told
the audience. “In providing a world-class
education we must stand stern when faced
with adversity and be ready to go that extra
mile when necessary.”
teacher at Forest Glen Middle School, for the
career choices project, “What Cha Gonna Do?”
Other displays included “Fun in the Sun with
Science” by mother/daughter team of Susan and
Michelle Weiss. Susan has been a chemistry
teacher at Western High School for the past 19
years; and her daughter, Dr. Michelle Weiss is
an exceptional education preschool teacher at
Tamarac Elementary School.
The teachers who
presented projects at the
The day also included
Expo each received $1,000
workshops on such
“IMPACT II Disseminator”
topics as ideas for
grants from the Broward
More than 500 of Broward County’s brightest and
making math exciting,
Education Foundation
most creative teachers attended the 15th Annual
inspiring students to
for their willingness to
IMPACT II Idea Expo at Nova Southeastern
read and write, even
share successful teaching
University to share creative ideas for classroom
how to start a vegetable
strategies that they had
learning projects and vie for grant money from
Julie Padget and her project,
garden as a way to
designed and implemented
the Broward Education Foundation, a nonprofit
” Readers in the Movies!”
prepare students for the
in their classrooms. All
organization that raises private funds to support
FCAT. The top three
Broward County public and
public school needs.
prize winners for their tabletop displays were
charter school educators are encouraged to apply
Debra Kelly Thomas, a fifth grade teacher
for the grants each year.
In addition to more than 50 displays and
at Colbert Elementary
educational workshops,
School, for her program
the teachers enjoyed a best
“Go Green, Earn Green
practices keynote address
$$;” Diane Spencer,
by Alvin Davis, the 2012
an 11th grade teacher
Macy’s Florida Department
at Northeast High
of Education State Teacher
School, for “Globalize
For more information, visit
of the Year and 2012
It!” and Mary Alice
www.browardedfoundation.net
School Board of Broward
Rowley, a language
or call 754-321-2032.
County Teacher of the Year.
arts middle school
Diane Spencer with the “Globalize It!” program
Davis also is one of four
L to R: Dr. Dorothy Orr, Dr. Nancy Terrel, Joseph Cobo, Robert
Runcie, Alvin Davis, Laurie Rich-Levinson, Jorene Jameson
State Farm Donates $5,000 to
Broward Education Foundation for
Auto Safety Teacher Grants
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Farm
L to R: Jorene Jameson (BEF President), Jose Soto (State Farm
Public Affairs Specialist), Coco Burns (BEF Program Coordinator)
Kids in Need Resource Center Changes Name: “Tools for Schools Broward”
Celebrates First Year of Helping Teachers Help Kids
Students in Broward’s Title I schools received more than 12,000 glue sticks, 33,450 pens, 8,400 pink erasers and 113,000 crayons in the first six months
of this school year thanks to the brand new Kids in Need Resource Center, which opened in Pompano Beach in January 2011. The center will have
welcomed by the end of this school year nearly 1,500 teachers from 130 schools through its doors who shopped for more than $500,000 in free school
supplies for their classrooms.
BEF Awards Teachers Grants for
Innovative Ideas
Board Chair and
CEO Letter
The Broward Education
Foundation (BEF) recently
awarded grants from $400 to
$5,000 to 277 Broward County
Public Schools teachers to
support innovative curriculum
ideas in the classroom. In
addition, Motorola and
the AT&T STEM at Work
program awarded four
teachers $11,000 in grants
James Cecil, principal of Sawgrass Springs Middle and several
for projects. Teachers were
Teacher Grant winners
recognized and congratulated
by Superintendent Robert
Runcie and School Board members and sponsor representatives at a reception held in their
honor at the Bahia Mar Hotel. In total, the BEF has awarded $150,000 to teachers this
year. Sponsors and contributors to the teacher grants program include BrightStar Credit
Union, University of Phoenix, Wells Fargo, AD Henderson Foundation, Nova University,
PNC Bank, and contributions by Broward County Public Schools employees to the annual
Education First Campaign.
As the school year winds down, we look forward
to our major events that take place in April,
May and June. First, on April 18, we honor over
300 teachers who are awarded grants by the
foundation to support innovative curriculum work
in their classrooms. In total, the foundation is
awarding over $150,000 in grants ranging from
$400-$6,000. This year, we received additional
financial support from AT&T, Motorola and
Wells Fargo to support teacher projects in
Science, Engineering and Math (STEM) which
greatly expanded our ability to assist
Broward’s teachers.
Finally, on June 8, we’ll celebrate the end of the
school year with a party at the Hard Rock Casino
where school district employees will find a great
venue to get together with colleagues and celebrate
another successful school year. We thank
BrightStar Credit Union for their sponsorship
of this annual event that all Broward employees
look forward to attending.
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Our work does not stop with the end of school.
Through the summer, we’ll be focused on restocking our school supply store so that when our
teachers return to work in August, the store will be
fully stocked with all the supplies they need for the
new school year. If your company or organization
would like to hold a school supply drive at your
location, please contact our office for details.
We thank our board of directors, corporate and
community sponsors for making the 2011-2012
school year a success for the Broward
Education Foundation.
Sincerely,
A Note of Appreciation
The Broward Education Foundation would like to extend this note of appreciation to the
BCPS Materials Logistics Department for their long standing support and assistance to
the foundation, especially with the Kids In Need Resource Center; the free school supply
program of the BEF. They have been and continue to be an invaluable resource and aid in
our endeavors to help the students, teachers and schools of Broward County.
Jorene Jameson,
President & CEO
Joseph M. Cobo, Chair,
Board of Directors