5. MEMORANDUM
    6. TO: District School Superintendents
    7. Career and Technical Education Directors
    8. District Curriculum Directors
    9. FROM: Frances Haithcock, Chancellor of Public Schools
    10. Lucy Hadi, Chancellor of Workforce Education
    11. Heather Sherry, Director, Office of Articulation
    12. DATE: May 5, 2008
    13. SUBJECT: New and Improved Elective and Core Course Approval Process: Florida Career and Professional Education Act [S. 1003.491, F.S.]
    14. _____________________________________________________________________________
    15. The intent of the Florida Career and Professional Education Act is to improve middle and high school student performance by providing rigorous and relevant curriculum opportunities, including career-themed courses that articulate to postsecondary-level coursework and lead to industry certification. The legislation [s. 1003.491(4), F.S.] created a Curriculum Review Committee to develop a timely, transparent process for reviewing newly proposed core courses and existing courses requested to be considered as core for purposes of meeting high school graduation requirements. The Curriculum Review Committee has developed a Reviewer Worksheet for content area specialists to utilize when reviewing an elective or core course to be approved by the State Board of Education for entry into the Course Code Directory.
    16. An electronic course submission and review process is currently being phased-in to allow district personnel to submit courses for review by content area specialists. The submission and review process will be expedited to facilitate an automatic response to districts regarding whether or not a course meets the requirements for approval and will provide an explanation for denial as well as an opportunity for appeal. This transparent, electronic process will allow district personnel the opportunity to review expectations for course proposals prior to submission. The electronic process should be fully operational by December 31, 2008.
    17. Elective and Core Course Approval Process
    18. May 6, 2008
    19. Page Two
    20. The Reviewer Worksheet can be found on the Office of Articulation Web site under the Course Code Directory at: http://www.fldoe.org/articulation/CCD/default.asp. This worksheet can be utilized as a reference when creating new, integrated, applied, or combined courses.
    21. For more information or questions regarding the course review process, please contact Keith Sheets, Program Specialist for the Course Code Directory in the Office of Articulation, at 850-245-9361 or Keith.Sheets@fldoe.org.
    22. LH/FH/HS/cy
 
 
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
LINDA K. TAYLOR
 
Dr. Eric J. Smith
Commissioner of Education
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
MEMORANDUM
 
 
TO:
District School Superintendents
Career and Technical Education Directors
District Curriculum Directors
 
FROM:
Frances Haithcock, Chancellor of Public Schools
Lucy Hadi, Chancellor of Workforce Education
Heather Sherry, Director, Office of Articulation
 
DATE:
May 5, 2008
 
SUBJECT: New and Improved Elective and Core Course Approval Process:
Florida Career and Professional Education Act [S. 1003.491, F.S.]
  
_____________________________________________________________________________
The intent of the Florida Career and Professional Education Act is to improve middle and high
school student performance by providing rigorous and relevant curriculum opportunities,
including career-themed courses that articulate to postsecondary-level coursework and lead to
industry certification. The legislation [s. 1003.491(4), F.S.] created a Curriculum Review
Committee to develop a timely, transparent process for reviewing newly proposed core courses
and existing courses requested to be considered as core for purposes of meeting high school
graduation requirements. The Curriculum Review Committee has developed a
Reviewer
Worksheet
for content area specialists to utilize when reviewing an elective or core course to be
approved by the State Board of Education for entry into the Course Code Directory.
 
An electronic course submission and review process is currently being phased-in to allow district
personnel to submit courses for review by content area specialists. The submission and review
process will be expedited to facilitate an automatic response to districts regarding whether or not
a course meets the requirements for approval and will provide an explanation for denial as well
as an opportunity for appeal. This transparent, electronic process will allow district personnel
the opportunity to review expectations for course proposals prior to submission. The electronic
process should be fully operational by December 31, 2008.
 
Elective and Core Course Approval Process
May 6, 2008
Page Two
 
 
The
Reviewer Worksheet
can be found on the Office of Articulation Web site under the Course
Code Directory at: http://www.fldoe.org/articulation/CCD/default.asp. This worksheet can be
utilized as a reference when creating new, integrated, applied, or combined courses.
 
For more information or questions regarding the course review process, please contact Keith
Sheets, Program Specialist for the Course Code Directory in the Office of Articulation, at 850-
245-9361 or Keith.Sheets@fldoe.org.
 
LH/FH/HS/cy
 
 
 

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