Brooke Sets Opening Of Franchise Academy

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Brooke Franchise Corp. will open its $3 million training academy and customer service center on April 23 The Brooke Academy, established more than three years ago, provides training for Brooke Franchise’s network of independent agent franchisees, Overland Park-based parent company Brooke Corp. (Nasdaq: BXXX) said in a release Wednesday.

The academy and center are at 8500 College Blvd. in Overland Park. The academy currently offers sessions at Brooke Corp.’s Overland Park headquarters.

More than 300 franchise students attended Brooke Academy’s three-day basic training sessions in 2006. Angela Baska, who has served as full-time coordinator of student activities for more than two years, is expected to continue in that role. Brooke Franchise is searching for a full-time dean of the academy.

“The academy has become a milestone in the professional lives of new franchisees,” Dane Devlin, senior vice president of operations of Brooke Franchise, said in the release. “We have located the Brooke Academy in an office with a group of our local Brooke franchisees so academy students get a taste of life as a Brooke insurance franchise.”

In conjunction with the opening of the facility, Brooke Franchise will introduce a new Brooke Academy curriculum and retained Pat Alexander, a consultant with extensive experience in work-flow analysis and training program development.