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Florida - Jacksonville

 

Florida SIATech at Jacksonville Job Corps Center
4811 Payne Stewart Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32209
Tel: (904) 360-8200, ext. 158-8284

Principal: Michael LaRoche

michael.laroche@siatech.org

 

View the SIATech at Jacksonville brochure (pdf)

 

Overview

 

Nestled on 29 tree-lined acres just north of downtown Jacksonville, the Jacksonville Job Corps Center has a lot to offer current and prospective students at its brand new campus. New educational and vocational buildings as well as the new dorms and gymnasium offer a great environment for students to work on their education and train for a career

 

Some unique characteristics of the Jacksonville SIATech campus include the availability of Alternative Assessment for Exit Exams and an upcoming TV Production Studio.

 

Congratulations to SIATech Jacksonville for meeting its 2008-2009 goal of an additional 10% graduates for the year!

 

Principal Profile

 

Michael LaRoche joined the SIATech team in 2006. He brings a wealth of leadership and instructional expertise to the staff at the Jacksonville site from his previous roles as an administrator in the Duval County School District office, as a site administrator of a middle school, and as a teacher of "at-promise" students with technology and math.

 

Student Stories

 

SIATech Jacksonville celebrates student successCelebrating student success!

SIATech Jacksonville student Jean Vertillus proudly displays his award for reaching his math goal.

 

 

Building Staff Unity in Jacksonville
Instructors share best practices and work together to keep students on the path to graduation
by Marjorie Lopez

While SIATech may be known as a dropout recovery high school, once students enroll in SIATech, all attention turns to dropout prevention. There is constant relationship-building, tracking of progress, and necessary interventions to ensure students stay on the path to graduation and attainment of their individual goals.

Jacksonville Teachers collaborateOne way that staff members work to support each student with reaching his or her maximum potential, instructors in Jacksonville have employed the use of Professional Learning Community (PLC) meetings. During these professional development sessions, staff members share best practices for helping students move through the curriculum in a timely manner, share information about new projects, and discuss scheduling and ITA rotation schedules. SIATech Jacksonville instructors lead the process. The teachers facilitate the meetings and set the agenda to address instructional items that are highly relevant to the staff and their students' needs.