Florida Centre de Formació
What is Florida? A co-operative A training centre An educational project
History of Florida Florida is a worker co-operative located in the Valencia Region (Spain). It was founded in the middle of the 1970 s, when a group of professionals with a vocation for education and training decided to start a cooperative initiative. Nowadays we are a group of more than 200 professionals working in a campus (of 26,869 square metres) with 6 buildings and more than 3,500 students per year. At FLORIDA we believe in people and their professional commitment, and this is why all the workers can participate and take decisions in their role as members of the co-operative.
Florida s Mission Our MISSION is the education and training of individuals, with special emphasis on developing their initiative, autonomy and personal growth, in order to ensure their full integration into work and society.
Florida s Values Diversity Tolerance, dialogue, solidarity, commitment, and struggle against prejudice and discrimination Open-minded attitude Creativity Permanent professional updating Co-operation as a strategic element
Florida in figures Founded: 1977 Students per year: 3,700 Ex-students: 11,700 Workers: 250 Teaching staff: 147 Administration and service staff: 103 Campus area: 26,869 m2 Buildings: 6
Educational Services in Florida Secondary education Vocational training University education Post-graduate training Compulsory secondary education Lower & Upper Vocational training Business Studies Industrial Engineering Masters Postgraduate courses Post-compulsory secondary education Training for unemployed people Tourism Education Continuing education Seniors University
Florida Secondary Education Compulsory secondary education 12 to 16-year-old students General education Two stages involving 2 years each Post-compulsory secondary education 16 to 18-year-old students Nature sciences and health Humanities and social sciences Technology
Vocational training Upper Vocational Training 18 or older Administration and Finance Commercial Management and Marketing Administration of Information Systems Software Development Industrial Equipment Maintenance Sports and Leisure Activities Monitoring Pre-school education Training for unemployed people Support from the Regional Employment Service (Servef) According to the priorities defined by Servef Continuing education and incompany training Several tailored courses. Annual programmes for the Valencian Hotels Association (UHPV) www.florida.es/uhpvformacion
Florida University Affiliated to the University of Valencia: Degree in Business Administration and Management Degree in Finance and Accounting Degree in Tourism Degree in Pre-School Education Teaching Degree in Primary School Teaching Affiliated to the Polytechnic University of Valencia: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Electronic and Automatic Industrial Engineering
Post-graduate training Official Masters: University Master s degree in Business Project Innovation and Development. University Master s degree in Secondary education teacher. Other: Postgraduate certificate in Hospitality with Tourism Management (in collaboration with University College of Birmingham). Banking. Security Management
Seniors University Seniors University has a twofold objective: on the one hand, to help students to better understand the world around them, and, on the other, to keep their interest in learning. Discover a pleasure in studying, as our slogan reads. Areas: Spanish and European History, Economics, Languages, ICT and Contemporary issues (Social and Business Matters).
Specific services Entrepreneurs area: support for business creation and organisation of activities to foster entrepreneurship. Language School (providing Spanish courses also) Careers advice and job-finding service, working with more than 3.000 companies International relations to guarantee Florida s presence at international forums, development of transnational projects and the integration of the European view in every activity.
Services for companies Consultancy (Human resources, innovation ) R+D+I Employment portal (labour arbitration) Research and documentation centre Training in different areas
Quality FLORIDA aims at the implantation of Quality Assurance Systems, as a result of this it has achieved the Educational Excellence Certification in Higher & Secondary Education and the ISO 9001 standards in Student Services as well as Continuing Education Training and Training for Unemployed People.
European programmes: European Co-operation Lifelong Learning Programme: Leonardo da Vinci, Erasmus, Grundtvig: multilateral projects, mobility (for students and staff), transnational networks (EINET), reference documentation and valorisation of results (Valorisation Conferences and Valorisation Pilot Actions) Previous Leonardo da Vinci and Socrates Programme: Comenius, Erasmus, Minerva, Lingua and Grundtvig Other programmes: EQUAL, E-learning, Joint Actions, DG Employment, etc.
Entrepreneurship Innovation Education ICT Quality Tourism Languages Diversity European projects experience