This document provides information about a Best Practices Education Summit (BEST Summit) being organized by the Sunrise Rotary Club of Irving and Communities in Schools, Dallas. The summit will celebrate best practices of how businesses support education through internship programs and how schools support local businesses through career technical education programs. It will feature panels of businesses discussing their education support programs and Irving high school students discussing their innovation expo projects. Attendees can observe student booths and the proceeds will support local education foundations. The event aims to strengthen collaboration between the business and education communities to improve student outcomes and job opportunities.

1. Sponsored by
Sunrise Rotary Club of Irving & Communities in Schools, Dallas
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2. What is it?
A recognition & celebration of
Best Practices:
- How businesses are supporting education and
making a difference on local level
- How public schools are supporting local
businesses through Career & Technical Education
(CTE) and working internship program(s)
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3. Background – Why a BEST Summit
Recent global research* by Gallup Organization
has revealed:
1. The number one social value around the world, the new global dream, is to have a
good job.
2.The public school dropout rate in the US is intolerable. Community leaders need to
lead their whole cities and youth programs to ensure more students excel in school
and exit education into good jobs.
3. Job creation only happens effectively in communities, when the community
stakeholders share a common vision and pull together.
4.There are three key catalysts for job creation: 1) the country’s top cities;
2) the country’s top universities; and 3) country/community top “tribal leaders”.
*The Coming Jobs War By Jim Clifton, Chairman of Gallup Organization, Copyright 2011 Gallup Press
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4. Why Rotary & Communities in
Schools Sponsorship
• Education is one of four Rotary International Foundation’s - Mission and
Focus areas
- Goodwill & Peace
- Improve Health
- Support Education
- Alleviate Poverty
• Communities In Schools, Dallas Region championed the Dallas area
“Grad Nation Community Summit - GNCS” in November, 2013
- GNCS is nation-wide initiative sponsored by Americas Promise
Alliance 501C-3 with goal to raise high school graduation rate
- This program is a follow-up to November program with emphasis
on businesses role
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5. BEST Summit - OverviewDate: Friday, May 23, 2014
Location: Singley Academy, Irving ISD
4601 N MacArthur Blvd, Irving, TX 75038
Morning Program: Singley Academy Auditorium
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From To Description Speaker
8:00 8:30 Registration, Coffee, Rolls (catered by IISD Culinary Arts Students)
8:30 8:40 Welcome and Introductions Mike Overby, Express
Employment
8:40 9:05 Welcome to Irving ISD and BEST Summit Dr. Jose Parra, Irving ISD
Dr. Bobby Burns, C/FB ISD
9:05 9:50 Panel of Business/Employers Supporting High School Intern Programs
-City of Irving Engineering Department – Tim Taylor
-Quality A.C.T. – Rosemary Robbins, Ed.D
-Attorney in Irving, TX – John Danish
-City of Carrollton - Christa Foster
Shawn Blessing, IISD CTE
9:50 10:05 Break
10:05 10:55 Panel of Business/Employers Supporting Local Education Through Non-Profit Programs
-Future Leaders of Irving – Jill Martinez
-Irving YMCA – Doug Fox
-La Buena Vida Youth Leadership Foundation – Frank Broyles
-Bea's Kids - Bob Garza
Sandy Chavarria, President &
CEO, Communities in Schools,
Dallas Region
10:55 11:45 Panel of Irving High Students – Participants in Innovation Expo Program – Career &
Technical Education
Gary Schepf, Irving ISD CTE
11:45 Morning Program Ends

6. BEST Summit - OverviewDate: Friday, May 23, 2014
Location: Singley Academy, Irving ISD
4601 N MacArthur Blvd, Irving, TX 75038
Lunch Program: Singley Academy Conference Center
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From To Description Speaker
11:45 12:45 Attendees walk to main building, observe student booths, go through lunch
buffet line
12:45 12:50 Welcome audience and introduce dignitaries
Summarize Morning Programs
Why Program Important and Why Now
Mike Overby, Express
Employment Professionals
12:50 1:00 High-Level Overview of Carrollton & Farmers Branch Educational Foundation
programs
Jeff Moore, Executive Director -
Carrollton/Farmers Branch
Education
1:00 1:10 High-Level Overview of Irving School Foundation programs, Crystal Scanio, Executive
Director, Irving Schools
Foundation
1:10 1:30 Exxon Mobil commitment to STEM education, and how they work with local
school districts and non-profit partners such as NMSI to improve teacher quality
and student outcomes
Beth Snyder, ExxonMobil’s
Education Program Officer
1:30 Program Concludes

7. BEST Summit Cost & Benefit
Program Cost:
Full Summit – Morning & Lunch Programs $39.00
- Rotary Club Members - $29.00
- Invited Students and Educators – No Cost
•All proceeds from this event are earmarked to
local school “Education Foundations” – Irving &
Carrollton/Farmers Branch
•Register at www.irvingexpress.com, or call Mike
Overby at Express Employment in Irving
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8. More Information
• Contact Summit Leaders
- Mike Overby, Irving Sunrise Rotary
(469) 222-6455
mike.overby@expresspros.com
- Judith Allen, Communities in Schools, Dallas Region
(214) 827-0955 ext 241
juditha@cisdallas.org
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