If you missed our last Partnership Meeting, you missed a good one. We had a few guest speakers, including: Nilda Blanco, the Director of Business Intelligence for CareerSource Central Florida; Ray Larsen, Vice President of Collective Impact for Heart of Florida United Way; and Anthony Cook, Coordinator of College and Career Counseling Services for the School District of Osceola County.
Nilda discussed how CareerSource Central Florida has been responding to COVID-19, and the affect it has had on the six high-growth industries. She explained their model and what research has shown about the impact on the work force. Informative, somewhat scary, but absolutely necessary work and reading.
Ray talked about how HFUW is returning to the office next Monday, June 1st, and the precautions that they are taking in order to halt any potential spread of the virus. He also highlighted the ALICE fund, of course, and the success and struggles the Heart of Florida has dealt with.
Anthony gave us some wonderful insight into how the Osceola district handled the end of the school year, how they plan on trying to tackle Summer school and avoid the dreaded “Summer slide,” and shared concerns and speculation for the start of the next school year. If you missed this call, you missed Anthony’s trials with crashing Instagram. Talk about a force of nature!
Anyways, you sort of had to be there. If you weren’t though, you can take a peek at the PowerPoint that framed our discussion, and hopefully glimpse some of the lovely talks we had. You can find the link here.