1. General Council Meeting
May 25, 2018

2. Welcome
Approve minutes - March 30, 2018

3. Finance Foundation Account Beginning Balance: $25,700
Expenses $19,369.37
Balance $ 6,330.63
Outstanding Items:
Summer Retreat’s continental breakfast and lunch for all participants - $300
Internal Account Balance - $6,308.74

4. Curriculum
JA Programs--Thank you BAC members for stepping into the classrooms
JA Enhanced Career Success - Oct./Nov.
JA Personal Finance - Jan./Feb.
JA Career Success - April/May
Next year’s dates and programs are set and need to recruit speakers. See handout for marketing.
Recruiting business partners to work with teachers - supports TechFest events, career pipelines, internships
Video Production
Marketing
Game & Sim
Networking

5. Curriculum- Save the dates BUT recruit NOW
Teach In Day - November 13, 2018
Need about speakers
Need luncheon sponsor - $350
Senior Portfolio Interviewers - Nov./Dec.
Need about 25 interviewers
TechFest XIII - March 14, 2019
Need speakers
Need 2 keynote speakers or 1 speaker for both sessions

7. Crooms Academy of IT 2018-2019 Vision
Celebrate the day while looking to the future

8. Year End Reflection
Discuss with your neighbors how you feel about our year together at Crooms.
How are we doing instructionally?
Talk about the transition in leadership.
Are we collaborating with one another?
Are we involving families?
Do we have a supportive environment?

9. Senior Survey Results

10. School Snapshot Survey

11. 5 Essentials Results

12. 5 Essentials Results

13. 5 Essentials Results

14. 5 Essentials Results

15. 5 Essentials Results

16. 5 Essentials Results

17. Ambitious Instruction

18. Effective Leaders

19. Involved Families

20. Supportive Environment

21. Collaborative Teachers

24. Where do we go from here?
Discuss with your neighbors how we can become “more collaborative.”

25. Professional Learning Vision
Rediscover what it means to be a “Distinguished Academy” within the National Academy Foundation.

26. Professional Learning Vision
Provide 2-3 opportunities per semester for teachers to observe their peers.
Use Effective Learning Environments Observation Tool (ELEOT) to provide feedback regarding student engagement.
Gather great ideas to enhance your craft!

27. Observing Your Peers Use Sub Days once per Semester
1 sub day to cover 7 teachers; one period each
5 sub days to complete all faculty
Convert one traditional Wednesday PD time per semester to “Planning”
Use one regularly scheduled plan period during the week to observe a peer.

30. Professional Learning by Teachers 4 Teachers
In the year ahead, we invite you to present professional learning within faculty meetings or department meetings.
Twice per semester, we will use our Faculty/PLC time to share best practices with each other as a faculty.
We will share among departments more frequently.
Submit your idea for a Professional Learning Experience here:

31. Job Shadowing See handout for potential job shadowing dates requested.
Need extra chaperone for each trip.
Would like to continue our regular trips with companies that support internship opportunities.
Interested in new locations providing focus on :
Marketing/PR companies Modeling & Simulation
Video Production Medical
Music/Arts Military

32. Internship
April 12th and April 26th - SCPS and Crooms Internship Expos
Potential 41 students applied
Currently 32 are hired; need more slots to support the other 9 students who expressed an interest in working
The Challenge/Balance
Number of students = Number of Internship Slots
Problem - not enough students to fill the slots
-not enough slots to hire students
SAVE THE DATE: Summer 2019 Internship Expo - April 12, 2019*

33. Scholarship Great Year! Veritas Scholarships - 10
Crooms BAC Scholarships - 4
NAF Scholarships - 8* the most received
due to the support we provided to the Central Florida Regional NAF partnership
Dr. Vogel Scholarship - 1
Mr. Edward Blacksheare Scholarship - 1
Total of Scholarships $12,000 PLUS
Crooms Endowment - $5,000
Scholarship Application is Live Now

34. Marketing
Does our team have a handle on all of our marketing tools and materials we have available to advertise our activities and requests?
Do you know where to find the materials/information to advertise our activities?
Need a team to be our spokesperson(s) out in the community to help recruit new business partners. Places where the team is needed:
Chambers of Commerce Seminole Tech events
Business Networking event
Anywhere else?
Any volunteers? We will provide training on the “Crooms Marketing Package” to share. Maybe a very brief video/YouTube clip can be created to use for ALL members.

35. Fundraising- We Hit the Mark and then some
Fundraising- We Hit the Mark and then some! - $28, “The Power of the TEAM!”
Thanks to the returning sponsors! Thanks to the NEW sponsors!
New Sponsorship Package - RT to discuss
Start submitting for sponsorship NOW to include in budget requests.
ANY NEW ideas to include at the event?

36. Simon T. Bailey Keynote Sessions -
Download event pictures here:
SAVE THE DATE - TechFest XIII - March 14, 2019

37. School/Business Liaison
It’s Time to Recognize YOU for your SUPPORT!
Please sign up by June 1st - School Board Recognition June 5th - starts 5:30 p.m.
Arrive no later than 5:15 for check in.
RT/Casey/Mary -will be looking for you upon check in.
Getting a Fresh Start to Summer Retreat -
August 3, a.m p.m. with complimentary lunch.
Come with ideas, dates to put on calendar of activities, bring new partners,
consider your budget needs

38. Student Activities - Leadership
Upcoming school year
BAC Grant request for Leadership – Amount: $1000 for the purpose of…
Leadership T-Shirts ($500 total cost)
Senior Zip Line Field Trip (Only for Leadership Seniors - $300 total cost)
Miscellaneous items for Homecoming and other events (Fees, Deposits, decorations etc.)
Pasta for Pennies Goal: $1750 (Previous donation amount: $1500)
Support this activity by setting up a collection from your company.
Potential Leadership Lunch-in: Bring in BAC leaders to talk and teach students the specifics of
leadership skills in real-world scenarios; project management for school-wide activities
For more details contact Mrs. Jamie Barnes -
Thank you Mr. Schwartz - for your support to the Leadership Team

39. Partnership Reports Student Activities - Welcome Omar Sadek
Business Partners Updates
Athletics - Angel Miller/Mary Benton Sanford Riverwalk 5K - Oct. 13, 2018
PTSA - Mandy Burkhart
SAC welcome but no rep identified yet

40. Save The Dates for 2018 - 2019 BAC collaboration sessions
Make it a priority to be present and be accounted for these 5 session.-see handout
If you can’t attend:
Call in using the conf. Line ; code 49498#
Request a backup person to work with you this year so that your company is always represented at all sessions.
RSVP on the CroomsBAC.org site for each session so we have an idea of attendance.
August 31, a.m. SCPS Board Recognition - June 4, 2019
October 26, a.m. Summer Retreat - August 2, 2019
January 25, a.m.
March 29, a.m.
May 24, a.m.

41. Thanks for coming out!
“The strength of the team is each individual member.
The strength of each member is the team.”
- Phil Jackson