Florida High School/High Tech

Corporate Partnerships

Forward-thinking employers are exploring creative new approaches for staff recruitment and retention, including how to better access non-traditional labor sources such as people with disabilities.  By participating in High School/High Tech, companies can effectively tap into this vast pool of prospective new employees.  High School/High Tech, companies can effectively tap into this vast pool of prospective new employees.  High School/High Tech also helps companies increase their comfort level, experience and capacity to support new employees and customers with disabilities.

Employers can participate in High School/High Tech in a variety of ways.  They can provide guest speakers for student presentations, become student mentors or provide job shadowing opportunities.  They can host facility site tours or even sponsor a summer internship opportunity for students.

High School/High Tech can help change the lives of young people with disabilities, and partnerships with state and local businesses are the key to High School/High Tech's successes.  Support and active participation in the program can provide meaningful opportunities that enable students to achieve a rewarding career in technology, math, science and engineering.

Get Involved in High School/High Tech

High school/High Tech offers employers a potential new source of able, enthusiastic, and well-educated employees to fill the science and technology-related jobs of the twenty-first century.  It offers parents the hope that their children can become independent, productive adults, and it offers the participating students the opportunity to explore professional options leading to high wage positions based on their abilities, not disabilities.

Whether you are looking to participate as an employer or interested in starting a project in your area, Florida High School/High Tech can provide you with the resources you need to make this a success!  For more information about Florida High School/High Tech, contact:

Donna Mundy

Florida HS.HT State Coordinator

7220 N. Cocoa Boulevard, Suite 204

Cocoa, FL 32927

Phone/Fax: (321) 631-5047

Email: flhsht@aol.com

Internet: www.abletrust.org