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Foundation for Rural Education Excellence |
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Supporting Academic Achievement in
Rural Northeast Florida Communities
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The Foundation for Rural Education Excellence, a registered 501 (C)(3) organization, was founded in 1998 to facilitate philanthropic support for rural school districts of the North East Florida Educational Consortium (NEFEC): Baker, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Nassau, Putnam, Suwannee and Union Counties as well as Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind and PK Yonge Developmental Research School. Working collaboratively, our mission is to enhance academic success and career opportunities for rural students in northeast Florida.
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Rural Connect Summer Literacy Institute |
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NEFEC will be hosting a “Rural Connect Summer Literacy Institute” on June 14-17 at Fort White High School. This four-day institute will include the following topics: Florida B.E.S.T. Standards, Foundational Skills of Literacy, Significant Sentences, and Text-Dependent Questions. Over 150 teachers from grades K-5 along with literacy coaches and administrators will attend this professional learning event.
School-based administrators will attend the Summer Literacy Institute sessions with teachers and meet together for implementation training at the conclusion of each day’s instruction.
The following NEFEC districts and schools will be in attendance.
- Baker: Keller, Macclenny, Westside
- Bradford: Southside
- Columbia: Columbia City, Eastside, Five Points, Fort White, Melrose Park, Pinemount
- Dixie: Ruth Rains Middle
- Gilchrist: Bell, Trenton
- Hamilton: Hamilton Elementary
- Lafayette: Lafayette Elementary
- Levy: Bronson, Cedar Key, Chiefland, Joyce Bullock, Williston, Yankeetown
- Union: Lake Butler Elementary
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How Is Disruption Leading To Innovation? |
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COVID changed everything. We want to hear about education practice, policy and program changes you plan to continue post-pandemic! We are partnering with the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations on a quest to learn from education innovators throughout Florida.
Help us identify programs or practices that have positively changed. Learn more about our efforts here:
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B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics Training |
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NEFEC is currently providing a three-part professional learning series (began January 26th and will conclude April 8th) for the implementation of the new Florida B.E.S.T. Standards. Over 60 district administrators, coaches, school-based administrators, and classroom teachers have worked together to prepare for this transition.
The Florida B.E.S.T. Standards provide a new level of clarity and a plethora of supporting documentation as a part of the new standards adoption. These resources work together to support the new standards. During the professional learning series educators spend time looking at the natural progressions and alignment of the new standards, identifying content that may need to be addressed the year prior to implementation, and develop a plan for implementation with a system to monitor the success of implementation.
As we wrap up this series, educators will begin planning for conversations with the larger audience back in their districts and schools.
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Summer Leadership Conference
NEFEC's Annual Summer Leadership Conference is scheduled for
July 27-28, 2021, at the Sawgrass Marriott in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.
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Foundation for Rural Education Excellence
(352) 317-0621
foundationruraled@gmail.com
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