FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
     
    S
      
    TATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
     
    T. WILLARD FAIR,
    Chairman
    Members
    DONNA G. CALLAWAY
    DR. AKSHAY DESAI
    ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ
    PHOEBE RAULERSON
    KATHLEEN SHANAHAN
     
    Dr. Eric J. Smith
    Commissioner of Education
      
     
      
     
      
     
     
     
     
     
     
    M E M O R A N D U M
     
    TO:
    School District Superintendents, State College and University Presidents, and
    Presidents of Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida (ICUF)
     
    FROM:
    Dr. Eric J. Smith, Commissioner of Education
     
    DATE:
    January 22, 2008
     
    SUBJECT:
    Examination (FELE)
     
    This memorandum is for the purpose of informing you of the recommended changes to the
    Florida Educational Leadership Examination (FELE) competencies and skills and subsequent
    examination. The Florida Department of Education is beginning the rule revision process and
    plans to present its final recommendations to the State Board of Education (SBE) prior to August
    1, 2008. If approved, the effective date of the new FELE will be January 1, 2009.
     
    An earlier memorandum, dated February 22, 2007, was issued to inform you that activities
    associated with the development and refinement of the FELE competencies and skills were being
    completed by a committee of university professors and school district and Department of
    Education administrators. Those draft competencies and skills were made available for your
    planning purposes at http://www.fldoe.org/asp/fele/felecomp.asp (new URL).
     
      
    The Bureau of Educator Certification, Bureau of Educator Recruitment, Development and
    ovisions to allow the colleges and universities
    more time to prepare their candidates for the new version of the examination. This change in the
    implementation date is intended to allow the colleges of education of public and private
    universities to 1) apply the changes needed for preparing their students to pass the revised FELE
    and 2) coordinate the administration of the new examination with the June 1, 2008 deadline for
    submitting documentation for program approval to verify the program’s transition to new rule
    requirements.
     
     
     
     
     
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    Subsequent to SBE approval of the revised FELE competencies and skills, all examinees seeking
    educational leadership certification will take the revised examination beginning January 2009.
    Examinees who took the previous version of the FELE administered prior to this date and passed
    only one or two subtests, but not all three subtests, should be informed that they will be required
    to take and pass the revised FELE in its entirety. Subtest content from the current FELE does
    not correlate with subtests on the revised version. Please ensure that all appropriate individuals,
    district coordinators, faculty of educational leadership programs, et al., understand the
    recommended changes and the potential implications of these changes for your institutions and
    districts. For information regarding the implementation of the requirement for candidates in
    approved Educational Leadership programs to pass the FELE for program completion, please
    refer to the memorandum at http://info.fldoe.org/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-4630/K12-
    2007-162.pdf titled
    Rule 6A-5.081, Approval of School Leadership Programs
    (dated September
    27, 2007).
     
    Finally, please be aware that the following rules have already completed the rule development
    and adoption process as conveyed in previous public notices.
     
    Rule Number
    Rule Title
    Date of Rule Workshop
    Date of Final Adoption
    6A-4.0081
    Florida School
    Leaders Certification
    April 2, 2007
    May 15, 2007
    6A-4.0082
    Specialization
    Requirements for
    Certification in
    Educational
    Leadership-
    Administrative Class
    April 2, 2007
    May 15, 2007
    6A-4.0083
    School Principal-
    Administrative Class
    April 2, 2007
    May 15, 2007
    6A-4.0084
    (repealed)
    Professional School
    Principal-
    Administrative Class
    April 2, 2007
    May 15, 2007
    6A-5.080
    Florida Principal
    Leadership
    Standards
    January 18, 2005
    May 24, 2005
    6A-5.081
    Approval of School
    Leadership Program
    April 2, 2007
    May 15, 2007
     
    If you have any questions, please contact Phil Canto at (850) 245-0790 or Phil.Canto@fldoe.org.
    I hope this information is helpful to you as a partner in maintaining a workforce of certified and
    effective school administrators in Florida.
     
     
    CC: Deans and Directors of Colleges of Education
    School District Certification Contacts
    School District Professional Development Directors
    Judith Bilsky, Ed.D.
    Genae Crump, Ph.D.
    Lavan Dukes
    Barbara R. Foorman, Ph.D.
    Beverly Gregory
    Frances Haithcock, Ed.D.
    Kathryn S. Hebda
    Evan B. Lefsky, Ph.D.
    Bambi J. Lockman
    Henry Pollock
    Mark B. Rosenberg, Ph.D.
    Pamela Stewart
     

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