HOSPITALITY EDUCATION & TRAINING - Hotel Force Palm Beach
HOSPITALITY EDUCATION & TRAINING - Hotel Force Palm Beach
HOSPITALITY EDUCATION & TRAINING - Hotel Force Palm Beach
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<strong>Palm</strong> <strong>Beach</strong> County<br />
Hospitality Workforce Program<br />
As one of its ongoing initiatives, the Hospitality Workforce Program is pleased to publish this edition of the “Guide<br />
to Hospitality Education and Training in <strong>Palm</strong> <strong>Beach</strong> County.” Here you will find information on the many<br />
sources with details on their offerings from high school to four-year college programs and beyond.<br />
Inaugurated in 1999, the Hospitality Workforce Program is a joint undertaking of <strong>Palm</strong> <strong>Beach</strong> County’s Tourist<br />
Development Council and <strong>Hotel</strong> and Lodging Association with its overall goal being to coordinate and<br />
support education and training for the <strong>Palm</strong> <strong>Beach</strong> County hospitality industry in partnership with local<br />
educational institutions, training providers and governmental and private agencies, resulting in the<br />
increased awareness and availability of education training, career paths and opportunities in the <strong>Palm</strong><br />
<strong>Beach</strong> County hospitality industry.<br />
The program's objectives are:<br />
• Continue the Hospitality Workforce Partnership Committee to include a minimum of 14 members and hold<br />
quarterly committee meetings to review the program in place and give counsel.<br />
• Assist in the review of present, and the development and establishment of future hospitality and lodging<br />
educational and training programs and courses in <strong>Palm</strong> <strong>Beach</strong> County schools (Tourism and Hospitality<br />
Career Academies & Magnet Program) and in other post secondary educational institutions offering<br />
hospitality courses.<br />
• Assist in marketing the hospitality programs in <strong>Palm</strong> <strong>Beach</strong> County High Schools and <strong>Palm</strong> <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Community College, Northwood University, Lynn University, Florida Atlantic University, and the Florida<br />
Culinary Institute in <strong>Palm</strong> <strong>Beach</strong> County High Schools.<br />
• Develop and promote educational programs by accredited educational providers for those presently<br />
employed in the hospitality industry.<br />
• Develop shadowing and internship programs at local hotels and resorts for high school students both<br />
during the school year and during the summer recess.<br />
• Coordinate and undertake the promotional program in <strong>Palm</strong> <strong>Beach</strong> County schools and make it available at<br />
other educational institutions and the general workforce to attract jobseekers to the hospitality industry by<br />
identifying career paths, opportunities and training.<br />
• Coordinate an annual student tourism & hospitality conference to promote hospitality careers to tourism<br />
and hospitality students attending high school magnet and academy programs.<br />
• Identify alliances with partners locally, in Florida and nationally for the Hospitality Workforce Program.<br />
• Assist hospitality students to identify and apply for available local, state and national scholarships.<br />
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