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About the Banner Center for Career Secondary Academies
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Workforce Florida, Inc., engaging through its Employ Florida delivery system, has established statewide centers of excellence to address curriculum, employer, and education-targeted industry requirements in sectors that are most critical to Florida’s economic future.

The Banner Center will develop secondary academies spanning Florida’s current and future education sectors. The annual reports will detail the Banner Center operational milestones through year to year e growth in secondary career academies

US Representative John Boehner, US Representative Jeff Miller and Florida Senator Don Gaetz received a tour of the CAPE Information Technology Academy with Director Patti Bonezzi at Niceville High School, Okaloosa School District.

The innovative CAPE Academies focus on collaboration and partnerships along with rigor and relevance in research-based curriculum leading to national certifications.

Florida Senator Don GaetzWorkforce Florida, Inc. established of the Banner Center of Excellence for Secondary Career Academies, creating a model for career education for the entire state of  Florida.

“Florida’s young people will have unprecedented opportunities as they  enter the workforce prepared.”  (Former Lt. Governor, Toni Jennings)

Banner Center for Secondary Career Academies Director Biography
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Frank Fuller has committed a lifetime to the education of our children and inspiring the direction of our future generations.   Frank started challenging the minds of our youth in 1970 as an Economics High School Teacher in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

Frank has served as an adjunct professor for the University of West Florida, Troy State University, and Nova Southeastern University. Frank also worked with the FSU educational leadership faculty and graduate students as a visiting clinical professor.

He has served in the capacities of Teacher, Assistant Principal, Principal, and Assistant Superintendent of Schools for the Okaloosa District School System. Frank has always challenged the traditional model of education.  In 1999 Frank was a co-founder of a 500 student K-8 charter school in Florida. In 2004, Frank was named Assistant Superintendent for Okaloosa County Schools by then Superintendent of Schools Don Gaetz

In 2007, Frank moved BannerSecondary.com to the collegiate level with Florida State University’s Learning Systems Institute. Frank believes Florida’s future i is dependent on how well we reshape career education in our secondary schools. Frank continues to be a proponent for advances in secondary education and training. He is committed to providing opportunities that help educate the minds tomorrow's citizens.

Frank and his wife, Dr. Janet Flowers live in Fort Walton Beach, Florida and Panama City Beach, FL. 

  

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