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TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2006
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GOVERNOR BUSH AND LT. GOVERNOR JENNINGS
ANNOUNCE
2006 GOVERNOR'S STERLING AWARD RECIPIENTS
~Florida Sterling Council to Honor Two Organizations~
TALLAHASSEE - Governor
Jeb Bush, Lt. Governor Toni Jennings, and the Florida Sterling Council
announced today two organizations will receive the Governor's Sterling
Award. They will honor Miami-Dade County Health Department and Ramblewood
Elementary School at the Governor's Sterling Award Banquet at the
JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes on June 2, 2006.
"The Governor's Sterling Award recognizes this year's most prominent institutions," said
Governor Bush. "Both of these organizations model the excellence and leadership
necessary to drive higher performance throughout our great state and help maintain
Florida's competitive edge."
For 14 years, the Governor's Sterling Award has recognized organizations
and businesses in Florida that have successfully achieved performance
superiority within their management and operations. Each winner
has undergone an in-depth assessment and evaluation that included
an expert team of examiners conducting an on-site review of the
organizations' management systems and organizational performance
results.
Miami-Dade County Health Department is a lead
agency as part of the State of Florida Department of Health
that provides core public health functions and essential services
related to disease control and prevention, environmental health,
and other health services for more than 2.4 million Miami-Dade
County residents. The Miami-Dade Health Department's vision
to be a world-class public health system is supported by three
key strategic priorities: prevention and preparedness; return
on investment; and service excellence. The strength of this
organization is embedded in their leadership and relationship-building
among community leaders in understanding and reacting to multiple
priorities, constituents, and mandates. As one of the largest
health departments (top ten percent) in the country, Miami-Dade
County Health Department serves a very diverse and growing
population where early detection and prevention of public health
concerns is vital to protecting the health of its residents.
This is the second time Miami-Dade County Health Department
has been recognized as a Governor's Sterling Award Recipient,
as the first award was earned in 2002.
Ramblewood Elementary
School (Coral Springs) has a student
population of more than 1,000, which includes a very diverse population
of 52% Caucasian, 23% Hispanic, 17% African American, 3% Asian, and
5% Multi-Racial children. The school places an emphasis on reading
as the framework for success, where reading is the foundation for
the delivery of all educational programs, and every teacher is considered
a reading teacher. The focus is that continuous improvement ultimately
guarantees student achievement. The school has been successful in
earning an "A" rating for the past 4 years as well as meeting
No Child Left Behind standards for adequate yearly progress in learning
for all subgroups of students. One of the school's key strengths is
its team-based leadership system that gives teachers, support staff,
parents and students what they need to succeed. This is the first
school in Broward County to be a recipient of the Governor's Sterling
Award.
Established in 1992, the Florida Sterling Council is a public/private
not-for-profit corporation supported by the Executive Office of the
Governor. Sterling's Annual Conference is exclusively designed to
teach participants how to elevate performance and increase productivity.
More than 1,200 executives and professionals gather at this event
for a one-stop source for education, information, and inspiration.
The conference concludes with the recognition of best practices, the
Team Showcase Champion, and presentation of the Governor's Sterling
Awards.
For more
information on the Florida Sterling Council, contact
Dione Geiger at (850) 922-5316.
For other
information, visit the website at www.floridasterling.com.