The Education Foundation Of Collier County Inc

Programs: Community engagement:community engagement strategies promote community-based collaboration, innovation and sharing of resources. There are many opportunities, such as roundtables, through which the community comes together to support a culture of learning. Volunteer engagement is a key strategy to provide a range of opportunities for involvement of more than 800 volunteers to support the success of students and teachers. Facilitating a collaborative network of more than 60 organizations working together, future ready collier strategically aligns and leverages resources to achieve community-wide goals to support the overall success of students and families resulting in a 10% increase in fafsa completion rate year-over-year.

student programs:student programs foster real-world learning opportunities for students and families and help them gain the skills and vision to achieve their future goals. Volunteer-based programs include take stock in children scholarship and mentoring program and the real world learning model / college & career prep program. Community-based programming and outreach initiatives support students throughout collier county around specific tasks such as college and scholarship applications, and fafsa completion. More than 725 students are served through committed programming and 90% are the first in their families to go to college. An explanation of each component can be found at: http: //www. Championsforlearning. Org/

grants and scholarships:investing in the innovation of educators is a key strategy to support the success of educators and schools. Grant programs funded 166 innovative ideas, impacting 107 teachers and 43 schools via classroom-based grants, school-based grants and grants with a particular content purpose. Scholarships for students is a key component of supporting individual student success. Additional descriptions of each program service can be found at: http ://www. Championsforlearning. Org/