Executive Partnerships
A business–education partnership is an agreement of collaboration between schools and businesses, unions, governments or community organizations. These partnerships are established by agreement between two or more parties to establish goals, and to construct a plan of action for achievement of those goals.
They also serve to strengthen instruction in academic skills and to enrich the educational process through the talents and ideas of the personnel of participating businesses.
Partnership to Advance School Success (PASS©); Executive PASS and Business–Partnership to Advance STEM Success (B-PASS)
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These business-education partnership programs were developed by the Council for Educational Change and the Florida Council of 100, in partnership with the Florida Department of Education. This partnering of: (1) a dedicated principal, familiar with a school’s challenges and skilled in school management and instruction, along with (2) a successful business person able to provide invaluable leadership mentoring and access to strategic community resources, and (3) an educational coach, with years of expertise in education and contacts throughout the school system, has proven to be an effective mechanism for initiating and maintaining positive change in numerous schools throughout Florida
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Over the years the Council’s executive partnership programs have aligned business mentors with hundreds of schools throughout Florida. These partnerships helped build leadership capacity and provided incredible resources for program schools, impacting communities, student academic performance, and creating a culture of excellence.
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More details on each of the programs below.
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PASS©
PARTNERSHIP TO ADVANCE SCHOOL SUCCESS
PASS, the Council’s premier program is a three year leadership mentoring program that partners a CEO, (who commits to donating $100,000 over 3 years), with a principal and an education coach. Together they develop a business plan and infuse business strategies into school improvement efforts. These funds are matched with a legislative allocation directed through the Florida Department of Education and managed by the Council for Educational Change.
See below to learn more about the PASS model: Program Manual; Evaluations; Reports and other materials.
Executive PASS©
PARTNERSHIP TO
ADVANCE SCHOOL SUCCESS
Executive PASS teams a business leader and principal, for one year, to assist the school leader to improve school and student performance. It emphasizes leadership development, and uses promising practices from the Council’s successful executive partnership models and programs, especially PASS.
See below to learn more about the PASS model: Program Manual; Evaluations; Reports and other materials.
Exec PASS Implementation
Guide
Exec PASS
Evaluation
Miami/Dade
Exec PASS
Evaluation
Pinellas
B-PASS PILOT Program: Business–Partnership to Advance STEM Success
This project is a model for dissemination throughout the district. The objective is to build a scaffold, through partnerships and professional development, to support the development and implementation of a model school STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) program which will lead to improved student performance at José Marti MAST 6-12 Academy
