J. DAVID ARMSTRONG, JR.
    Chancellor, Community Colleges
     
    325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 1314 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0407 • www.fldoe.org/cc
     
     
    FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
    JIM HORNE
    Commissioner of Education
     
      
     
     
     
    STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
      
     
    F. PHILIP HANDY,
    Chairman
     
    T. WILLARD FAIR,
    Vice Chairman
     
     
    Members
     
    SALLY BRADSHAW
     
    LINDA J. EADS, ED.D.
     
    CHARLES PATRICK GARCÍA
     
    JULIA L. JOHNSON
     
    W
    L. PROCTOR, PH.D.
      
     
    June 23, 2003
     
     
    M E M O R A N D U M
     
    TO: Presidents, State Universities
    Presidents, Community Colleges
     
    FROM: Debra Austin, Chancellor, Colleges and Universities
    David Armstrong, Chancellor, Community Colleges
     
    SUBJECT: Florida PreK-20 Partnerships in Education Database
    ______________________________________________________________________________
     
    The
    PreK-20 Partnerships in Education Conference: Addressing Florida
    ’
    s Need for More
    High-Quality Teachers
    , held last month in Orlando, was a tremendous success. Participants
    reported that the meeting provided a welcome impetus for re-energizing existing PreK-20
    educational partnerships, as well as forming new ones.
     
    During the last year, personnel in the Division of Colleges and Universities and the Division of
    Community Colleges have developed and implemented a Web-supported database to capture
    valuable information regarding school and school district/college partnership activities in the
    state. Institutional personnel are slowly populating the database with these initiatives. In this
    post-conference time of enthusiasm and renewed purpose, we would like to encourage presidents
    to urge the Database Liaisons at your institutions to be sure that all of your school and school
    district/college partnerships are represented in the database. The database concept was well
    received at the conference, and we are confident that consolidated information about your
    initiatives will help us “tell Florida’s PreK-20 partnership story,” as well as provide your faculty
    and other stakeholders with valuable information that will enhance their individual efforts.
     
     
    President, State Universities
    President, Community Colleges
    June 23, 2003
    Page Two
     
     
     
    Thank you in advance for your attention to this important project. Please do not hesitate to
    contact Dr. Steve Hicken in the Division of Colleges and Universities
    (Stephen.Hicken@fldoe.org) or Ms. Amy Petrie in the Division of Community Colleges
    (Amy.Petrie@fldoe.org) if you have any questions about the database.
     
    DA/DA/sdh
     
    c: Members, Council of Academic Vice Presidents
    Members, Council on Instructional Affairs
     
     

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