FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
     
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    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
      
     
      
     
      
     
     
     
     
     
     
    July 5, 2005
     
     
    M E M O R A N D U M
     
    TO:
    District Staff Development Professionals
     
    FROM:
    Kathryn S. Hebda, Chief
    Bureau of Educator Recruitment, Development and Retention
     
    SUBJECT: Upcoming Protocol Reviewer Training
     
     
    As we continue our efforts to implement the Professional Development Protocol,
    we are
    seeking additional qualified individuals interested in serving as reviewers to conduct the
    on-site district professional development system reviews.
    Each year approximately 25
    districts will be reviewed. In 2005-06 we are visiting 26 districts and 3 professional development
    schools. Each review lasts approximately 1-4 days. To train reviewers, we will conduct two-day
    training sessions in Tallahassee, Florida, on August 17-18, 2005, and in Orlando, Florida, on
    August 23-24, 2005.
     
    The Department is soliciting experts in professional development to serve as reviewers for the
    onsite reviews to be conducted in school districts. Reviewers for the new Protocol System will be
    drawn from two sources: Department staff (including affiliate offices such as FDLRS), and
    district professional development staff both active and retired. Additional reviewers will be
    drawn from Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) with approved programs for teacher
    education, Educator Preparation Institutes (EPI), and from regional consortia such as the
    Panhandle Area Educational Consortium (PAEC), Crown Consortium, Heartland Educational
    Consortium (HEC), and Northeast Florida Educational Consortium (NEFEC).
    KATHRYN S. HEBDA, CHIEF
    BUREAU OF EDUCATOR RECRUITMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND RETENTION
     
    325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 124 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0435
     
     
     
    July 5, 2005
    Memorandum
    Page 2
     
     
    The Department also is soliciting professional development directors and coordinators located in
    local school districts that will be willing to participate in the reviews. Qualifications for
    reviewers are:
     
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    Department of Education, IHE, regional consortium, or school district staff member
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    5 years or more in administrative positions in Florida education systems
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    2 years or more experience in planning, conducting, and/or administering professional
    development programs
     
    Reviewers must make a commitment to conduct at least two reviews during the year for a total
    commitment of 6-10 days over the course of the year and to participate in a two-day training
    session to prepare for the role of reviewer. Reimbursement for travel and per diem expenses for
    attending the training and serving as a reviewer will be provided through the Department at
    approved rates.
     
    We welcome your participation to improve professional development in our state. The reviewer
    application is available online at http://www.floridaleaders.net/reviewerapp.php. Please have
    reviewer applicants complete and submit the online form
    no later than August 1, 2005
    . Selected
    reviewer applicants will be notified by email of their acceptance shortly after the deadline date.
     
    Please disseminate this notice to others whom you believe meet the reviewer’s criteria and would
    provide valuable contributions to improving the quality of professional development programs in
    Florida. For further information, contact Henry Pollock, Program Director, Educator Retention,
    by email at henry.pollock@fldoe.org. We look forward to our continued work together in
    providing exemplary professional development programs statewide.
     
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