HTMP NewsBites April 2020


ONLINE RESOURCES

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The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI) is providing free Hospitality and Tourism Management e-books to HTMP schools through June 30, 2020.

Teachers: please forward this to your HTMP students so they can access the Hospitality & Tourism Management e-books for the remainder of the school year.

***STUDENTS***
To access your free eBook for your hospitality course, follow the instructions below:

Click here to access VitalSource. If you have never used VitalSource before, click Get Started to create your account.
Enter Key: 5136453631
Activate the book or books you need for your course. You only have three credits so activate only the ebooks you need.

You can click here to view the full step by step directions and for technical support contact information.

HTMP REMOTE EXAM PROCTORING

AHLEI is currently working on a solution for this and should have something soon.  They do have Florida’s requirements for Remote Exam Proctoring and are working to meet those requirements.

SERVSAFE

ServSafe Manager e-Book and Virtual Learning 

A free ServSafe Manager e-book specifically for K-12 use will also be accessible. High school teachers will be able to provide access to the ServSafe Manager student e-book for the remainder of the school year to assist with remote learning. If teachers are using video conferencing programs such as Zoom, NRAEF does ask that you do not record your ServSafe instruction. The e-book access for high school programs will be available only through June 30. After that date, all virtual bookshelf and downloaded instances will expire. Your HTMP access codes will also work for ServSafe.

ServSafe Remote Proctoring – Solution in Process

NRAEF is actively pursuing a remote proctoring solution that will become available this month. More updates to come.

Free COVID-19 Course Training: Takeout and Delivery Available through April 30

At the end of March, the NRAEF released two free training videos in response to COVID-19: ServSafe Takeout: COVID-19 Precautions and ServSafe Delivery: COVID-19 Precautions. These videos are offering to schools as additional digital instructional resources. Each video course is 10 minutes long and available in English and Spanish. Students can register for either course through this link.




HTMP SUMMER TRAINING

This year the FRLAEF wanted to host a summer program for HTMP instructors. Due to the current situation, we cannot finalize any plans for this event. However, we are taking the first step by asking what topics you would most like to have covered. Please use the link below to list the topics, covered in the HTMP books, you would like a post-secondary instructor/industry professional to teach you.

CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE 3-QUESTION SURVEY!

 



$180,000 in FRLAEF Scholarships Awarded

The FRLAEF awarded almost 70 scholarships to HTMP and ProStart students this year. Scholarship ranged from $1,000 to $5,000 and were presented during the Salute to Excellence Awards dinner on Sunday, March 8 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando.

SCHOLARSHIP REDEMPTION

This scholarship is contingent upon the FRLAEF receiving verification the student has been admitted and enrolled in a post-secondary institution.  This is confirmed when the student emails the FRLAEF the following:

  • Post-Secondary Student ID Number
  • Financial Aid mailing address of their post-secondary school 

The FRLAEF must receive this required documentation no later than June 12, 2020. The FRLAEF scholarship is a one-time, non-renewable award.



Path to Power Series

The Path to Power series profiles executives in the hospitality industry and the career path they took to get there.  These articles were compiled for Florida’s HTMP & ProStart students.

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CHI Scholarships Available

Professional certifications have become a requirement for many secondary school teachers and workforce instructors. The Certified Hospitality Instructor (CHI) provides teachers in secondary school hospitality classes and workforce development programs with a solid foundation of hospitality knowledge and skills, so they can more effectively convey the information to students and better prepare them for careers in hospitality. Prospective CHI candidates may teach one of EI’s hospitality programs, including the Hospitality and Tourism Management Program (HTMP), Skills, Tasks, And Result Training (START), or any other secondary-level hospitality curriculum.

EI’s CHI learning format consists of a two-level self-study program that includes print resources and online study modules presented by Michael “Doc” Terry, CHE, a hospitality instructor at the University of Central Florida’s Rosen College of Hospitality Management. Each level consists of 13 modules with an online exam that must be passed with a score of 70 percent or higher. The learning modules relate to the content presented in EI’s HTMP. Candidates must also complete a 120-hour hospitality internship to earn the certification. Certification candidates have six months to complete the program requirements including the 120-hour internship.

The cost for the new certification program is $750.00, which includes both books, the online courses, and the exams.

The FRLAEF will cover the training costs for each of the CHI Scholarship recipients.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

More information can also be found here.