College of Education Resources for Faculty and Teacher Candidates

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FLDOE, Program Requirements and Program Approval:

• FLDOE: Florida Department of Education home page.

• Program Review and Approval: FLDOE's Bureau of Educator Recruitment, Development and Retention, program approval home page.

• Initial Approval Standards Guidelines: Program approval standards for Colleges of Education seeking initial program approval for initial teacher preparation programs.

• Continued Approval Standards Guidelines: Program approval standards for Colleges of Education seeking continued program approval for initial teacher preparation programs.

• EPI Initial Approval Standards Guidelines: Program approval standards for institutions seeking initial program approval for Educator Preparation Institutes (EPI).

• EPI Continued Approval Standards Guidelines: Program approval standards for institutions seeking continued program approval for Educator Preparation Institutes (EPI).

• Intent to Submit Form: The Program Approval Unit (FLDOE) requests that each institution that wishes to submit a program folio for review on any of the three deadline dates to complete the attached Intent to Submit Form. For additional information, please see the Intent to Submit memo.

• 1004.04, Florida Statutes : Public accountability and state approval for initial teacher preparation programs.

• 1004.85, Florida Statutes: Postsecondary Educator Preparation Institutes.

• 1012.56, Florida Statutes: Educator certification requirements.

• Rule 6A-5.066: Florida Educator Accomplished Practices, amended and approved in December 2010. COEs will be required to implement and document the new FEAPs by Summer 2012. School Districts will begin to use the new FEAPs in teacher evaluations as of May 2011.

• 2010 ESOL Domains: Florida Teacher Standards for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Endorsement, 2010.

• FL Subject Area Competencies: Competencies and Skills for teacher candidates in respective certification programs.

• Reading Endorsement Competencies: Competencies and Skills for teacher candidates in respective certification programs. The reading competencies are currently scheduled to be revised and approved in February 2011.

• Federal Teacher Preparation Requirments (Title II): Adopted in 2008, this is the amendment and extension of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 1965. See Section 205, ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PROGRAMS THAT PREPARE TEACHERS, pg. 70-74.

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Research and Data Resources:

Local:

• Pinellas County Schools Data: You'll find statistics specifically for Pinellas County Schools as well as data for other districts, for the state as a whole and for the nation.

• Hernando County Schools Data: Access to testing information, data and reports on Hernando County Schools.

• Pasco County Schools Data: The Department of Research and Evaluation Services provides a variety of data and reports to Pasco schools, departments, and public groups. Visit this site often for the latest in test score information, accountability system updates and links to other sites.

Statewide:

• FLDOE Data Warehouse: This site acts as a gateway to various sites, reports, and applications that use PK-20 student and/or staff data. Once at the site, click on the tabs at the top of the page to locate the data you are looking for.

• FLORIDA SCHOOL INDICATORS Report (FSIR) : This site provides numerous indicators of school status and performance on public elementary, middle, and high schools for each of Florida's 67 school districts. Customize reports based on several indicators of school status and performance.

• FLDOE School Accountability Reports: Search school accountability reports for all 67 school districts as far back as 1999. Customize reports by selecting reporting type, reporting level, school districts, school type, and more.

National:

• Southern Regional Education Board: This is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works with 16 member states to improve public pre-K-12 and higher education. Access research, reports and recommendations for action on critical issues at every level of public education. Also see SREB's information pertaining to Florida.

• National Center for Education Statistics (NCES): This is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education. Also see the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) housed within the NCES site.

• Digest of Education Statistics: The Digest includes a selection of data from many sources, both government and private, and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

• U.S. Education Dashboard: The Dashboard is intended to spur and inform conversations about how to improve educational results. It includes national and state data and shows trends in the data. Where possible and appropriate, data are presented at the state and national level.

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For Teacher Candidates:

• Kappa Delta Pi: International Honor Society in Education for undergraduate teacher candidates

• FL Teacher Certification Exam (FTCE): On this site you'll find up-to-date registration and testing information, information about ordering test preparation materials, and services that enable you to register and obtain your unofficial test results online.

• General Knowledge Test Prep: Use this site to study and prepare for the four sections of the General Knowledge Test (this is the first of three sections that make up the FTCE). Access to the HH Publishing site provided by St. Petersburg College. Please see the FTCE Resources Guide below for login information.

• Additional COE Testing Resources: This list of FTCE resources has been provided by the Office of the COE Baccalaureate Specialist.

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For Faculty:

• FACTE: Florida Association for Colleges of Teacher Education

• Race to the Top (RttT): Florida's Race to the Top information. Also see the list of RttT implementation committees and archived information on RttT.

• InTasc Model Core Teaching Standards: The new draft core teaching standards were revised from the 1992 model standards and were developed by the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC) in July 2010. This document is being distributed as a draft. Note that these standards are no longer only for new teachers, but will be for ALL teachers.The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) will release the final published version during the March 2011 conference.

• Common Core Standards: Florida approved the adoption of the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts and Mathematics on July 27, 2010. See also information on the integration of the Common Core Standards with Florida's Sunshine State Standards.

• Success Measures: As Florida's assessment program grows beyond the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test ® (FCAT), this new site will provide access to in-depth information about all of Florida's student assessments. Also see the Pathway Tool, which links the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards and the specific assessments that will be testing that particular standard.

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Other Information:

• Pinellas County Schools: Home page for the Pinellas County Schools.

• Hillsborough County Schools: Home page for Hillsborough County Schools.

• Hernando County Schools: Home page for Hernando County Schools. (Site may take some time to load).

• Pasco County Schools: Home page for Pasco County Schools.

• The Gradebook: St. Petersburg Times Education news and notes from Tampa Bay and Florida.

• The Hechinger Report: Informing the public about education through quality journalism. Hechinger Institute, Teachers College at Columbia University.

• Am. Educational Research Association (AERA): Concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and evaluation and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results.

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