Quality Award Winners Named
Nearly 450 employees and guests attended the 5th Annual Quality Award - 2006 event held at the Signature Grand in Davie. Seventy-one teams, representing more than 250 schools and departments, participated.
Quality Awards honor teams of employees who are utilizing the Plan-Do-Study-Act Cycle to improve processes at their worksites. They compete with both written applications and storyboard presentations. Congratulations to all the winners!
District Based |
Exemplary
Physical Plant
Operations
and
Teaching &
Leadership
Center |
Intermediate
Grants Administration & Government Programs |
Novice
Magnet Programs |
Collaborative |
Exemplary
Everglades Innovation Zone |
Intermediate
North Area Middle School Principals |
Intermediate
North Area Middle School Principals |
School Based |
Exemplary
Ramblewood Elementary |
Intermediate
Fort Lauderdale High School |
Novice
Sawgrass Elementary School |
Storyboard - District Based |
1st Place
BECON |
2nd Place
Physical Plant Operations |
3rd Place
Non-Instructional Staffing |
Storyboard - Collaborative |
1st Place
Curriculum, Instruction- BEEP |
2nd Place
Curriculum, Instruction-Struggling Reader |
3rd Place
South Area Superintendent’s Office |
Storyboard - School Based |
1st Place
Broadview Elementary |
2nd Place
Northeast High School |
3rd Place
Margate Elementary |
Reassignment Window Open
May 1st – June 15th for the
2006/07 school year
Full-time School Board employees may submit a reassignment request to have their child attend the school location where they work, or any school within a five mile radius of their work location. The Pupil Placement/Reassignment Department will verify employment and notify the employee in writing if the reassignment has been approved.
You may apply online at ( www.browardschools.com) by clicking on “Reassignment Application” or go to the “Department” link on the left side of the home page. Click on “Pupil Placement/Reassignment” and follow the directions. Once you have entered the information, press the “submit” button and you will receive a confirmation that your application was received. Please print out the confirmation page for your records. If you are not able to apply online, applications are now available at all Broward County Schools and at the Pupil Placement/Reassignment Office. Only ONE application per student will be accepted. Applications received after the window is closed will not be accepted.
Transportation is not provided with a reassignment, as it is the parent’s responsibility to provide transportation to the reassigned school.
If you have any questions, please call the Pupil Placement/Reassignment Department at 754-321-3035. |
Teachers Visit
Holocaust Memorial
Museum
This year, spring break had a whole different focus for 25 Broward County educators. Teachers took time from their vacation and the demands of their classrooms to become students themselves as they embarked on an Educator Study Trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C.
Broward’s teachers gathered for intensive training and the opportunity to visit one of the most respected museums and Holocaust education centers in the world.
Leading the teachers as they explored the museum were Linda Medvin, a Holocaust Studies Resource Teacher in the District’s Multicultural Department, and Dr. Rose Gatens, Director of The Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education at Florida Atlantic University. Ernest Kan, a survivor of the Holocaust, accompanied the educators and shared his experiences during the three-day trip.
In addition to the opportunity to visit the Museum, the teachers attended two training sessions prior to leaving for Washington D. C. and one session after the group’s return. Classroom strategies, curricula, and materials were provided so that the teachers may bring the lessons of the Holocaust to their classrooms and students.
The trip was funded through a grant from League for Educational Awareness of the Holocaust (LEAH) in collaboration with The Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education at Florida Atlantic University. This is the first time that LEAH has sponsored an Educator Study Trip for Broward Teachers.
Students Assist
in Refurbishing
Burrowing Owl Habitat
Seventh grade students in science and language arts classes at Pioneer Middle School assisted a representative from the National Wildlife Federation in Georgia, trained habitat specialists and personnel from both the City of Cooper City and Broward County in refurbishing a Burrowing Owl habitat in front of their school. The hands-on project helped to teach the students the importance of protecting the environment.
The habitat is now a National Wildlife Federation Certified Schoolyard Habitat. In addition, the school was one of only 10 in the nation to be selected to be visited by actress Brie Larson and director Wil Shriner from the movie HOOT, which is based on the environmentally sensitive teen novel by author Carl Hiaasen. The actress, director and author all took part in a special assembly at the school.
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Pioneer Middle students erect a sign at the owl habitat |
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