JANUARY DEADLINES
Due January 8
- Scholarship Application
- Hospitality Excellence Award Form
- Pineapple Award Nominations
By January 29
- Salute to Excellence Awards Dinner Tickets Purchased
FRLAEF Scholarship — Due This Week!
The FRLAEF will award $40,000 in scholarships during the 2015-2016 school year. These scholarships will be presented during the Salute to Excellence Awards in the Spring.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, January 8, 2016
CLICK HERE to apply!
Completed applications include the online application and an OFFICIAL transcript from the school. If your school has the capability to email OFFICIAL transcripts, that is acceptable. Otherwise, all transcripts must be mailed to the FRLAEF:
FRLAEF
PO BOX 1779
Tallahassee, FL 32302
Awards Dinner, Hospitality Excellence & Pineapple Awards–Due This Week!
The Salute to Excellence Awards will take place on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 6:00 PM at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando. The awards dinner will recognize all Pineapple Award, FRLAEF Scholarship and Hospitality Excellence Awards recipients as well as ProStart Competition winners. All ProStart instructors, ProStart competition team members, and award recipients receive a complimentary ticket to the dinner.
CLICK HERE to register for the Salute to Excellence Awards dinner and/or to submit a student’s name for the Hospitality Excellence Award. This is a two-fold entry form. The first section is an RSVP to the dinner itself. In the second section, you can name your top ProStart student for the Hospitality Excellence Award. You may select your Hospitality Excellence Award recipient using your own criteria. However, the selected student should be pursuing a culinary or hospitality career. This student will be recognized with a certificate during the awards dinner. Only one student per school may receive the Hospitality Excellence Award. The deadline to register for the awards dinner and to recognize a student is Friday, January 8, 2016.
Anyone (forward the nomination link to your principal, your fellow teachers, your business partners so they can nominate YOU!) may nominate ProStart teachers they feel deserve this recognition using the following criteria:
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ProStart Teacher must have taught the ProStart curriculum at least one year
NOMINATION DEADLINE: Friday, January 8, 2016
NEED EXTRA SALUTE TICKETS?
Additional tickets may be purchased in advance for $60. No tickets will be sold on site this year. To purchase additional tickets with a credit card CLICK HERE.
Tickets may also be purchased by checks made payable to FRLAEF and mailed to:
FRLAEF
PO Box 1779
Tallahassee, FL 32302
All ticket payments must be received by the FRLAEF no later than January 29, 2016 to guarantee a seat at the Salute Awards dinner.
ServSafe Materials
Each Premier and Full ProStart program are eligible for free ServSafe materials. To ensure you get the materials you need, you must notify us of your needs. Once we receive your ProStart Classification paperwork, you can order up to $350 of ServSafe materials. Click here for the ServSafe price list. Email Amy Parker to place your order–you do not need to fill out the form. Requests are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
ProStart Scantrons
The FRLAEF will distribute over $43,000 worth of free ProStart Exam Scantrons to Premier and Full ProStart schools during the 2015-2016 school year. Once a school has turned in their ProStart Classification paperwork, email Amy Parker to let her know how many ProStart Exam Scantrons you need. Requests are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Chipotle’s Culinary Classroom Series
Chipotle is partnering with high school culinary programs to share some of the techniques they use at Chipotle everyday through a series of curated culinary videos.
The video series is part of their commitment to changing the way people think about and eat fast food—an effort that requires fresh ingredients, classical cooking techniques and exceptionally trained people, like the ones whose skills you’re sharpening every day.
For an interactive pdf that contains direct links to the videos, CLICK HERE. There are four culinary videos including Knife Skills, Mise en Place, Managing a Kitchen, and Tasting and Understanding Flavors.
Level One ProStart Exam Correction
A Level Two ProStart question was included in the Level One ProStart (Foundations of Restaurant Management & Culinary Arts) exam. That question has been removed from the Level One exam and replaced. As a result, the Level One exam has been re-issued as a new Exam Form. The new form is currently available on the Educator site. If you have already downloaded the Level One exam, please delete it and get the new exam from the ProStart website.
Two Things From NRAEF
NRAEF Website: Have your students register at the ProStart website early in the school year to begin keeping track of the hours they put in on the job, at school-based enterprises or in relevant volunteer/service positions. Students can “count” hours earned up to one year prior to their initial ProStart exam when applying for a ProStart National Certificate of Achievement (COA).
CURRICULUM CORRECTIONS: NRAEF found two errors in Appendix A of the Foundations textbooks (Level 1-page 807 and Level 2-page 761). The appendix, “Staying in Touch with the National Restaurant Association throughout your Career” references a “special program scholarship for ProStart students who earn the National Certificate of Achievement.” While additional points are awarded on scholarship applications to students who have or will earn their COA, there is no special “COA scholarship.” Check the Scholarships page on the NRAEF website regularly to learn what scholarships are available and the deadline for applications, which change each year. The appendix also references a student membership in the National Restaurant Association. While many states have student memberships, the National Restaurant Association does not.
The 20th Annual ProStart Teacher Training Institute will take place June 19-24, 2016. The week-long training provides Florida ProStart instructors with the knowledge necessary to teach the ProStart curriculum. Each day’s learning is built around topics covered in the ProStart curriculum.
LOCATION
All classes will be held at Johnson & Wales University (JWU) North Miami campus, 1701 NE 127th Street, North Miami, Florida, 33181.
PROGRAM COST
The FRLAEF will cover the cost of all Florida ProStart instructors who will be teaching the ProStart curriculum during the 2016-2017 school year. Attendees will be responsible for their travel and some meals.
REGISTRATION
Registration will begin in the March 2016 NewsBites.