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Business Leaders Champion Public Education

Cameron Martindale, Ed.D.Senior Vice President

Community Development Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce

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Education Trust Fund Proration

2009 2010 2011 2012

-12.0%

-10.0%

-8.0%

-6.0%

-4.0%

-2.0%

0.0%

Proration as a percent of budget

Series 2State of Alabama

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Goal 1 – “Champion Public Education

and Build a Competitive

Workforce”

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“…Champion Public Education…”

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Division of Community Development

Senior Vice President, Community Development

Government and Military Affairs

Education

Small and Minority Business

Development

Leadership and Diversity Programs

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School Facilities Clean Up Program

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Education and Workforce Development Council (EWDC)

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“Our Children, Our Community, and Our Future”Montgomery Public Schools

Strategic Plan2008 - 2013

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Business and Education Leaders Travel to Red Bank High School

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Leadership Development Institute

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Career Awareness and Exploration

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International Baccalaureate Programme

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Business and Education Leaders Travel to Murphy High School

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“Teach For America” Comes to Montgomery

“Teach For America is growing the movement of leaders who work to ensure that kids growing up in poverty get an excellent education.”

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New Technical High School

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Career Academies Open Doors to the Workplace

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Montgomery’s Career Academies

Information Technology

Teaching

Law/Public Safety

Business/Finance

Health Science

Advanced Manufacturing

Hospitality/Tourism

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Industry Certifications

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Wide Range of Choices for College Credit

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Career Academy Camps

Camp At Your Service

Camp Bones

Camp.EDU

Camp iMadeIt!

Camp Ca$h Flow

Camp IT

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Summer Employment and Job Shadowing

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Major Accomplishments

National Academy Foundation Teaching Academy

Classes at Baptist Health Institute

IT Lab – IT AcademyMAX Credit Union branch IN SCHOOLBusiness/FinanceAcademy

Field Days – Law/Public Safety Academy

NewAdvanced ManufacturingFacility

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Implementation of Imagine a Greater Montgomery II 2012 to present…

Goal I modified to read,

“Champion Education and Develop Competitive

Regional Talent”

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“So goes education,So goes Montgomery”

Todd Strange, Mayor