Robert D. Parks
Dr. Robert D. "Bob" Parks is a member of the School Board of Broward County, Florida, which oversees the Broward School District, the largest fully accredited school district and the fifth-largest overall in the United States (based on enrollment).[1] He has been a member of the school board since 1986.[2] He is also the director of the Teaching and Leadership Center (TLC) at Florida Atlantic University.[2] Has served in a number of leadership roles in the Broward County community. These include: serving as School Board Chair three times; Professional Council of the Broward County Educational Consortium (Chairperson); Council of the Great City Schools; Museum of Discovery and Science, New World Aquarium and Environmental Education Research Center, Florida High School Activities Association Appeals Committee; The Broward County Democratic Executive Committee; North Broward, Deerfield Beach, Century Village, Coconut Creek and Palm Aire Democratic Clubs.[3]
Parks has contributed to the development of the Enterprise Ambassador Program, which aims to prepare students for life after school.[4]
Dr. Parks is married and a resident of Pompano Beach, Florida. He is a native of Key West, Florida. He holds a 1995 Doctor of Education, Education Leadership from the University of Miami, a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Florida Atlantic University, a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Florida Atlantic University, and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, North Carolina.
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- ^ "School Board Member Info". Archived from the original on 2006-06-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20060619105212/http://www.browardschools.com/schoolboard/board_members.htm#Parks. Retrieved 2006-07-07.
- ^ a b "About TLC: Dr. Robert Parks". http://www.coe.fau.edu/tlc/content/about-bob-parks.htm. Retrieved 2006-07-07.
- ^ "Robert D. Parks, Ed.D". http://www.coe.fau.edu/tlc/content/files/ParksResume.pdf. Retrieved 2006-07-07.
- ^ Blasik, K., Masters, P., and Parks, R. (September/October, 1993). "Enterprise Ambassador Program: A Link Between Business and the Schools". The Clearing House (67): 35–36. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3482/is_199309/ai_n8269022. Retrieved 2006-07-07.
- Parks has received extensive coverage in the South Florida media. The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel has 658 archived stories on "Bob Parks" which date back to 1986 (the year of his first board race). The Miami Herald has at least 300
