FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

John L. Winn

Commissioner of Education

 

 

  

 

 

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

  

 

F. PHILIP HANDY,

Chairman

 

T. WILLARD FAIR,

Vice Chairman

 

 

Members

 

DONNA G. CALLAWAY

 

R

OBERTO MARTÍNEZ

 

P

HOEBE RAULERSON

 

KATHLEEN SHANAHAN

LINDA K. TAYLOR

 

 

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Contact Person:

Beverly Gregory

850/245-0431

beverly.gregory@fldoe.org

K-12: 2006-48

MEMORANDUM

 

 

 

TO:

District School Superintendents

District Certification Officers

Deans and Directors Colleges of Education

 

FROM:

Cheri Pierson Yecke, Ph.D.

 

DATE:

April 7, 2006

 

SUBJECT: Proposed Revisions to Rule 6A-4.006, General and Professional

Preparation

 

 

Section 1012.56(5) (f), Florida Statutes, includes an option for teachers to satisfy one of the

requirements for a Professional Certificate, mastery of professional preparation and education

competence, by completion of specified college courses in combination with a passing score on

the Professional Education Section of the Florida Teacher Certification Examination and

classroom demonstration of education competence during the initial year of teaching. The

current requirements for this college course analysis option have not been substantially revised

in decades.

 

The attached rule revisions are being proposed so that the course requirements will more

closely align to the priority teacher competencies and requirements in the other professional

preparation options including the traditional college preparation programs as recently revised

and approved by the State Board of Education. In addition to having consistency within the

multiple options for satisfying professional preparation, other principles guiding these revisions

are the need to delete unnecessary language and to streamline requirements for a concise plan

that includes the most critical competencies for teacher success in raising student achievement.

It is believed that these changes will result in better-trained and more effective teachers.

 

 

CHERI PIERSON YECKE, PH.D.

CHANCELLOR, K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS

 

325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 514 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0509 • www.fldoe.org

 

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Memorandum

April 7, 2006

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If you have comments to share relating to the attached draft rule, please send those comments

in writing to beverly.gregory@fldoe.org. The draft rule is to be advertised beginning April 7,

2006, in the

Florida Administrative Weekly

for presentation to the State Board of Education for

approval. Thank you for all you do for Florida’s children.

 

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