FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
     
    S
      
    TATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
     
    F. PHILIP HANDY,
    Chairman
    T. WILLARD FAIR,
    Vice Chairman
     
    Members
    DONNA G. CALLAWAY
    JULIA L. JOHNSON
    ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ
    PHOEBE RAULERSON
    LINDA K. TAYLOR
     
    John L. Winn
    Commissioner of Education
      
     
      
     
      
     
     
     
     
     
    March 28, 2005
     
     
    MEMORANDUM
     
    TO:
    School District Superintendents
     
      
      
    Dale Hickam Excellent Teaching Program Contacts
     
    FROM:
    Kathy Hebda, Chief
     
      
      
    Bureau of Educator Recruitment, Development and Retention
     
    Educator
    Quality,
    Division of K-12 Public Schools
     
     
      
      
    Judy Etemadi, Ph.D., Educational Policy Consultant
     
      
      
    Florida Education Standards Commission
     
    Educator
    Quality,
    Division of K-12 Public Schools
     
    SUBJECT:
     
    Dale Hickam Excellent Teaching Program/National Board for
      
      
     
      
      
    Professional Teaching Standards Certified Teachers
     
    Imperative #1 of the State Board of Education is to Increase the Supply of Highly Effective
    Teachers. As a strategy to fulfill this imperative, the Bureau of Educator Recruitment,
    Development and Retention and the Florida Education Standards Commission will be examining
    outcomes of the Dale Hickam Excellent Teaching Program. The objectives of this study are to
    identify “Best Practices”
     
    among the mentoring opportunities that are offered by districts to
    National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) and to determine the impact of these
    mentoring activities on increased student achievement.
     
    To assist us in these two objectives, please provide the following documents and data:
     
    ♦
     
    Your district’s and/or school’s guidelines for mentoring, form(s) for recording
    mentoring hours and activities, and any other relevant documentation;
     
     
    BUREAU OF EDUCATOR RECRUITMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND RETENTION
    325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 124 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0435
    DHTP Request
    March 28, 2005
    Page Two
     
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    For the 2003-2004 school year, the names and social security numbers of the
    National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) who provided mentoring services
    and the names and social security numbers of the teachers whom they
    mentored;
     
    ♦
     
    The names of National Board Certified Teachers who provided other mentoring
    activities, such as group level professional development activities or other
    services that were not one-on-one with other teachers.
     
    Please provide this data and these documents by Friday, April 15, 2005.
     
    These documents may be sent by e-mail to Judy.Etemadi@fldoe.org, or by FAX to
    850/245-0657. The postal address for the Education Standards Commission is Room 323,
    Turlington Building, 325 W. Gaines Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399. Please direct any questions
    or concerns to Judy Etemadi, Educational Policy Consultant, Florida Education Standards
    Commission. The telephone number is 850/245-0441. You may also contact Amy Combs,
    Program Specialist, Dale Hickam Excellent Teaching Program, by e-mail at
    Amy.Combs@fldoe.org or by telephone at 850/245-0555.
     
    Thank you for your attention to this matter. We look forward to the continued success of the
    Dale Hickam Excellent Teaching Program in increasing the quantity of Florida’s highly qualified
    K-12 educators.
     
    KH:JE:je
     
    CC: Members, Florida Education Standards Commission
     
     

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