Flagler County Education Foundation
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Take Stock in Children
Take Stock in Children is a high-quality state-wide program that works in partnership with the Flagler County Education Foundation to identify at-risk students in middle school and provides mentors, student advocates/case managers, tutoring, long-term support, parental involvement, career guidance, and full tuition Florida Prepaid college scholarships. While receiving a promise of college tuition is life-changing, it is not a gift; it must be earned. Students and parents sign a contract agreeing to abide by Take Stock’s high standards that include meeting with their mentor, keeping their grades up, and remaining crime and drug-free.
Innovative Teaching Grants
The purpose of the innovative teaching grant program is to reward and empower teachers who bring innovative strategies to improve student performance. As schools create specialty areas and interdisciplinary curriculum focusing on 21st Century Careers, the Foundation provides the funds for teachers to create classroom lessons, engage community resources, collaborate, and share ideas and teaching strategies.
STUFF Bus Program
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The Flagler County Education Foundation strives to ensure all students from pre-k to 12th grade have access to all necessary tools and information to succeed in their educational journey.
This is a fast paced environment and one's education is the only thing that can't be taken away.
We wish to empower all students in their quest in learning, and even those who may not yet be motivated to succeed in the classroom. We give them the necessary tools to actually become more motivated and fulfilled. This means ensuring they have self-confidence to believe in their abilities. Providing a mentor is a great way to instill this much-needed self-confidence in a student, also by providing necessary clothing, shoes and school supplies when a child would normally do without can all greatly help.
Our goal is to empower and ignite a love of learning - because once that happens there is nothing a student can't do to thrive!
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The Flagler County Education Foundation closely partners with Flagler Schools. Flagler Schools is one of the leading technology districts in the state. By being their direct support we have access to the nation's leading technology (Flagler Schools in a one-to-one technology district) tools, which can greatly enhance a students experience.
By providing additional mentors each year to students stricken with extreme poverty greatly affects how many actually will not slip through the cracks ...mentoring is a strategy. This one-on-one interaction each week can literally change a child's life for the better.
Another strategy is to provide teachers additional funding for innovative school projects which greatly enhances an entire classrooms overall performance. Students are placed in a fun and exciting classroom with innovation all around them. They learn hands-on and even get to go on outside field trips, which normally have been cut from a school districts tight budget.
Enhancing a students experience while attending Flagler Schools is a strategy of not only Flagler Schools, but also the Flagler County Education Foundation as a whole.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The Flagler County Education Foundation is extremely capable of meeting our goals due to the close collaborative partnership with Flagler Schools. We have a new team in place (entire team), with much more fundraising skills than ever before. We will have a new website and CRM in place to capture even more individual donors, be able to secure more business sponsorships and are in the process of creating an alumni association that will generate additional revenue as well.
The Superintendent and support staff have dedicated time and resources to ensure our success. They see a need in placing additional mentors in the schools, fund even more innovation classroom projects and we are even creating a service that heads out into the community to assist residents in identifying what they even qualify for when it comes to outside support. We are excited about the future of the Flagler County Education Foundation and plan on growing our capacity by 70% in one year.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
The Flagler County Education Foundation has made amazing progress over the past 27 years (founded in 1990). Serving over 10,000 students each year, many whom have gone on to attend the nation's top colleges. Flagler County is a small rural community, but with a school district that has been rated among the top 10 in the state for decades. This rating is based on their use of technology and innovation across the board.
Flagler has also experienced some extreme poverty over the past few decades, such as back between 2007-10 the second highest unemployment rates were in this area. Today the unemployment rates are hovering around 5 percent. Which is low considering some counties are experiencing double digit percentile ranges.
The Flagler County Education Foundation has been able to increase the number of student served slowly annually, with only minor set-backs during the recession in 2008-09. We do want to serve even more students, through Take Stock In Children, STUFF Bus and Teacher Innovative Grants.
What we want to accomplish is this, but to date have not: Increase the number of Take Stock in Children students served from 62 to 85 in the next two years; increase the number of teacher grants written by 40 percent; increase the number of students in need served by the STUFF Bus by 25 percent. All by the 2019.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Flagler County Education Foundation
Board of directorsas of 12/29/2023
Mr. David Alfin
Grand Living Realty
Term: 2020 - 2023
Dr. Jennifer Thornton
Palm Coast Chiropractic Center
Term: 2020 - 2023
David Alfin
Grand Living Realty
Laura Chaves-Salazar
Intracoastal Bank
John Newman
Advent Health
Maria Lavin-Sanjudo
CenterState Bank
Jennifer Thornton
Palm Coast Chiropractic Center
Jennifer Ames
ERA Palm Coast Homes & Land
Greg Davis
Retired
Mike Davis
Eldredge and Davis, P.A.
Sue Freytag
Retired
Ron Hertel
Chiumento, Dwyer, Hertel & Grant
Victoria Tiehen
BB&T Wealth Management
Ann Marie Zweifel
Brown & Brown Insurance
Ron Tortelli
Retired
Maria Lavin-Sanhudo
CenterState Bank
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes