Page 138 - Superintendent Annual Report 24-25

GREEN CHAMPIONS LEADING SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS

Green Champions are the pillars of the Sustainable Schools Initiative, leading impactful sustainability efforts
to reduce waste, promote environmental awareness, and empower students and colleagues to take an active
role in sustainability. District-wide, 113 Green Champions
are environmentally conscious teachers committed to
collaboration, sharing resources, and strengthening their
dedication to environmental leadership.

During FY25:
• Forty Green Champions and 10 community partners
attended the Environmental & Conservation Services
(ECS) Sustainability Symposium.
• Sixty-nine Green Champions conducted recycling
audits, identifying opportunities for waste reduction.
• Fifteen schools collected over Green Champion with “Unwrap the Waves”
60,500 wrappers in the “Unwrap the candy wrapper recycling boxes
Waves” candy wrapper recycling initiative.
• Thirty-seven schools and facilities developed
Sustainable Schools action plans, serving as
the foundation for long-term environmental
stewardship.

The Sustainable Schools Initiative and Green Champion
Stipend Program ensures participation as the District
remains dedicated to conserving resources, improving
community partnerships, and cultivating a culture of Sustainability Symposium professional learning opportunity
environmental stewardship in every school and facility.

LEADERSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION QUALITY

The Leadership for Excellence in Education Quality Program (ExEq) is a 22-month master’s level program in
partnership with Florida Atlantic University. This program enables participants to earn a master’s degree in
educational leadership while completing the District’s Aspiring Assistant Principals Program, thus expediting
their eligibility for an assistant principal role.

The ExEq program emphasizes job-embedded, experiential learning in high-needs schools, led by instructors
who are current District principals, directors, and regional or instructional superintendents. The FY25 cohort
of 26 candidates, representing 19
schools, graduated in December.
Their participation in ExEq resulted
in documented increases in
student performance across these
19 schools, and several graduates
secured summer school adminis-
trator positions and promotions to
assistant principals, thereby demon-
strating the real-world effectiveness
Graduates of ExEq Cohort 6 of the ExEq program.

138 SUPERINTENDENT ANNUAL REPORT