MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS
MISSION
South Florida Fashion Academy has the distinct mission to educate, inspire and illuminate an intense desire to optimize the creative minds of students seeking a career in the Arts, Business, Fashion, and Beauty Industries. Students will receive an innovative quality education, resources, practical skills and the confidence to be a leading professional.
VISION
South Florida Fashion Academy will prepare students for professional excellence in Art, Business, Fashion and Beauty through rigorous and adaptable academic programs, experiential learning and ingenious partnerships.
South Florida Fashion Academy will be globally celebrated as the institution where students and instructors transcend traditional margins to stimulate leading edge innovations. South Florida Fashion Academy employs experienced Professional Artists worldwide to develop contemporary concepts and to remain knowledgeable of cutting- edge training. Students will receive instruction on how to become proficient in the Arts, Business, Fashion, and Beauty industries with a strong focus on excelling in all necessary required academic areas mandated by the state. South Florida Fashion Academy fosters creativity and career focus while educating its students to embrace inclusiveness, sustainability and a sense of community. Programs are designed for high school students to enter their post- secondary option with advanced knowledge or the ability to infiltrate the preferred industry having entrepreneurial skills.
By focusing on three major goals, South Florida Fashion Academy will remain stronger by conscious design and be known as a strategic institution—one that births a new generation of Artists eager to bring forth groundbreaking trends, products and innovations.
- 1. Academic and Creative Excellence
South Florida Fashion Academy will provide a rigorous learning experience built on the highest standards of excellence; an environment that promotes creativity and experimentation; and diverse provisional learning with a variety of industry partnerships. - 2. An Innovation Facility
South Florida Fashion Academy’s staff will continuously work within the art, fashion and beauty industries worldwide to help address key challenges, build an even stronger culture of innovation and entrepreneurship at SF/FA, and establish collaborations that translate creative ideas into action. Our facility and equipment will mirror industry standards. - 3. An Empowering Student Community
South Florida Fashion Academy will build and maintain an inclusive community in which students engage with, learn from, and inspire each other—discovering how their differences and similarities promote creativity, intellectual and personal growth, and understanding. Essentially formulating the foundational skills necessary to become efficient in the workforce and/ or life.
CORE VALUES
- 1. Education
Placing project-based learning at the center of the educational experience. - 2. Service
Investing our time and resources to transform the communities that have shaped our experiences. - 3. Entrepreneurship
Teaching each student, the necessary professional skills to transform acquired knowledge into a creative practice and become self- sufficient. - 4. Self- Care
Understanding the importance of taking care of our spiritual, mental and physical self. - 5. Innovation
Implementing new and groundbreaking trends, cutting edgetechnology, systems and products. - 6. Integrity
Acting in accord with moral and ethical standards.
FACULTY AND STAFF MEMBERS
Our faculty and staff consist of experienced, knowledgeable, innovative and talented individuals.The success of South Florida Fashion Academy is a direct result of our distinguished culture that values diversity of thought and people, groundbreaking educational opportunities for our students, encouraging an inclusive environment of unrivaled creativity, innovation and integrity in everything we do. South Florida Fashion Academy’s teachers have a Bachelors degree or higher, over three years of teaching experience, special skills, knowledge, or expertise that qualifies them to provide instruction in K-12th grade subjects and business, fashion, or beauty.
South Florida Fashion Academy
London BoileauCreative Director
Lamaj MorrisonFashion Department Director
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
South Florida Fashion Academy maintains a current and visible group of professionals that consist of employers, industry experts, community leaders, and leading educators who provide feedback on the academic delivery method, latest equipment and products| services to help our students gain the competitive advantage to excel in the Arts, Fashion and Beauty Industries.
Keya MartinKeeyahri Creative Director and Founder
www.keeyahri.com
Sylvester Bailey Jr.M.S.M. Entrepreneurship Managing Partner, ADU Salon Holdings/Partners/LBH Innovations INC
www.baileyiam.com
DeAnna McIntoshRetail Business Coach and Consultant
www.deannamcintosh.com
Ramon RobinsonAuthor and Positivity Pays Co- Founder
www.positivitypays.com
Lathosha Alexander MSW, LCSW, CPCLicensed Clinical Social Worker
www.healthymindshealthyheartsllc.com
Ebonee Blackwood APRN, FNP- BCAesthetic Nurse Practitioner and Owner of Cutelooks Medispa
www.cutelooksmedispa.net
To view South Florida Fashion Academy Standards of Ethical Conduct click here