2025 SE Tech BizCamp Application

About the Miami Dade TECH Entrepreneurship BizCamp
Unlock your entrepreneurial mindset and learn how to start your own business. The TECH Entrepreneurship BizCamp, in partnership with The Idea Center, the hub for entrepreneurship and innovation at Miami Dade College, and The Children’s Trust, will allow students to learn the NFTE Entrepreneurship curriculum and gain a basic understanding of:

Intuit's Design for Delight design thinking approach,
Google's Cloud Technology,
Introduction to financial literacy, and
Using AI for business ideation and expansion and more

Our camp program includes guest speakers, industry exposure, and engaging activities by NFTE and The Idea Center at Miami Dade College so that our campers learn the basics of creating a business plan while also obtaining exposure to careers in the tech industry.

APPLICATION ELIGIBILITY & PROCESS
Students entering grades 6 – 12 for the 2025-2026 school year can apply to our FREE in-person TECH Entrepreneurship BizCamp. Applicants must have a valid Miami-Dade County mailing address to qualify.

SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION

To submit your completed application, you may choose one camp option from the list below. For your application to be considered complete, you must submit all required materials by the deadline. Please submit applications and supporting documents by Friday, May 9, 2025.

Application Checklist:

Online NFTE Camp Application
Student Media Release Form
Student Monetary Release Form

The selection committee will review all applications. Please complete all forms; incomplete applications will not be considered. Applicants who submit their completed application will receive a notice of their application status by May 16, 2025.
If you have questions about the application process or your application status, email us at SoutheastBizCamp@nfte.com.

Camp Dates and Locations:
All camps will be held from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, Monday – Thursday.

Choose your site/dates of preference: *This question is required.

CHILD/YOUTH INFORMATION FORM

Child's Last Name *This question is required.

Child's First Name *This question is required.

Middle Name

Child's Date of Birth *This question is required. This question requires a valid date format of MM/DD/YYYY.

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Child's Gender *This question is required.

Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

Child’s Cell Number *This question is required. This question requires a valid number format.

Child’s Email (non-school) *This question is required. This question requires a valid email address.

Street Address *This question is required.

City *This question is required.

State *This question is required.

Zip *This question is required. This question requires a valid number format.

Child’s Primary Caregiver (full name) *This question is required.

Primary Caregiver Phone Number *This question is required. This question requires a valid number format.

Is the Primary Caregiver Number a cell/mobile phone? *This question is required.

Primary Caregiver Email Address *This question is required. This question requires a valid email address.

Please note that The Children’s Trust may contact you via postal mail, email and/or text to ask about your satisfaction with services, and to make you aware of other Trust-funded programs, initiatives and events that may interest you.

3. Miami-Dade County Public Schools ID #
ALL STUDENTS ATTENDING PUBLIC OR CHARTER SCHOOLS MUST HAVE A SCHOOL ID # ENTERED.
*This question is required.

Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

4. *

We want to get to know your child better so that we can provide the best possible experience in our programs. Please tell us more about your child…

5. What are the main ways in which your child communicates? (Mark all that apply) *This question is required.

Speaks and is easily understood
Speaks but is difficult to understand
Uses communication devices like pictures or a board
Uses gestures or expressions like pointing, pulling, smiling, frowning, or blinking
Uses sign language
Uses sounds that are not words like laughing, crying, or grunting

6. What, if any, help does your child receive at this time? (Mark all that apply) *This question is required.

Behavioral therapy or services
Counseling for emotional reasons
Daily medication (not including vitamins)
Occupational therapy (OT)
Physical therapy (PT)
Special education services in school
Speech/language therapy
None of the above

7. What conditions does your child have that are expected to last for a year or more? (Mark all that apply)
*This question is required.

Do any of the conditions noted make it harder for your child to do things that other children of the same age can do? *This question is required.

To support your child’s successful participation in this program, in what areas might s/he need extra assistance? *This question is required.

Holding a crayon/pencil, writing, using scissors or other fine motor tasks
Sports or physical activities like running or other gross motor tasks
Managing feelings and behavior
Academic, learning or reading activities
Adapting activities to take into account a visual or hearing impairment
Using assistive device(s) like a wheelchair, crutches, brace or walker
Personal services like help with feeding, toileting or changing clothes
Other - Write In (Required) Please enter an 'other' value for this selection. * This question is required.
No specific help needed

8. Does your child have any additional special medical conditions or food allergies not previously mentioned? *This question is required.

Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

9. Does child have health insurance? (ex., private insurance, KidCare, Medicaid)
If not, we may be able to help you find affordable coverage – call 211 or visit www.thechildrenstrust.org/parents/health-connect/insurance.
*This question is required.

Insurance Information *This question is required.

Name of Insurance Company

Policy Number

Name of Policy Holder

Phone Number of Insurer This question requires a valid number format.

10. Emergency Contact Information *This question is required.

Name of Parent/Guardian

Relationship to Student

Parent/Guardian Work Number This question requires a valid number format.

Parent/Guardian Cell Number This question requires a valid number format.

11. Secondary Emergency Contact *This question is required.

Name

Relation

Address

City

State

Zip Code

Emergency Contact Daytime Phone Number This question requires a valid number format.

Emergency Contact Nighttime Phone Number This question requires a valid number format.

LATE PICK-UP POLICY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM

Late Pick-Up Policy: All children are dismissed at 3:00 p.m. which is when the educational programming ends. If a child is not picked up by 3:30 p.m. all late pick up procedures will be followed (see procedures below). Parents/Guardians who are consistently late may be asked to withdraw their child from the program (at the discretion of the Site Supervisor).

Late pick-up procedures:

Staff will attempt to contact the parent/guardian (Primary Contact) on their cell phone and/or work numbers in the student file and this form.
If parent is not reached, staff will contact other authorized persons listed on the authorized pick-up list.
In instances when attempted contacts have all failed and 1 hour has transpired since the close of the program, the local authorities will be contacted.

12. Method of Child Drop Off (indicate one): *This question is required.

13. Method of Child Pick Up (indicate one): *This question is required.

14. My child needs access to public transportation to take advantage of this camp and I am requesting an MDC Transit pass. *This question is required.

15. Persons Authorized to Pick Up Your Child: (please include full name and relationship to child)

Person 1: *This question is required.

Name
Relationship
Cell Phone
Work Phone

Person 2:

Name
Relationship
Cell Phone
Work Phone

Person 3:

Name
Relationship
Cell Phone
Work Phone

16. I acknowledge that I have read and understand the late pick-up policy.
PARENT/GUARDIAN SIGNATURE

*This question is required.

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17. Date *This question is required. This question requires a valid date format of MM/DD/YYYY.

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STUDENT QUESTIONNAIRE
Directions: Complete your answer for each question utilizing the space provided. Your answer for each question should not exceed 200 words.

18.

List any hobbies and/or extra-curricular activities with which you are involved and describe any leadership positions you have held.

*This question is required.

19.

Entrepreneurs are successful because they create solutions to everyday problems. For example, Microsoft’s Bill Gates became a success after developing user-friendly computers at a time when most people thought that they were too complex. Describe a time when you noticed a problem and solved it.

*This question is required.

20. Please tell us anything else you think it is important for us to know about your child:

21. Has your child participated in a NFTE program in the past? *This question is required.

What program(s) did your child participate in? What year(s)? *This question is required.

22. How did you learn about our summer program? *This question is required.

If you are interested in other services funded by The Children’s Trust, please call 211 or visit www.thechildrenstrust.org. For special needs resources for your child, visit www.advocacynetwork.org or www.thechildrenstrust.org/content/children-disabilities.

23. I give my permission for this information to be submitted to The Children's Trust for program quality and evaluation purposes. The Children’s Trust provides funding for the program and follows strict data privacy protections for the information collected (for example, following the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act/FERPA guidelines).
*This question is required.

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24. Date *This question is required. This question requires a valid date format of MM/DD/YYYY.

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