Senate Bill sb1214
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Florida Senate - 2007 SB 1214
By Senator Wise
5-1082-07 See HB 451
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to teacher preparation
3 programs; amending s. 1004.04, F.S.; specifying
4 uniform core curricula for persons majoring in
5 education to be adopted by State Board of
6 Education rule; providing applicability;
7 providing an effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
12 1004.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13 1004.04 Public accountability and state approval for
14 teacher preparation programs.--
15 (2) UNIFORM CORE CURRICULA.--
16 (b) The rules establishing to establish uniform core
17 curricula for each state-approved teacher preparation program
18 must include, but are not limited to, the following courses
19 and semester credit hours or credit-hour equivalents:
20 1. General education requirements for education
21 majors:
22 a. Twelve semester hours in English to include
23 writing, literature, and speech.
24 b. Nine semester hours in science to include earth
25 science, life science, and physical science with a minimum of
26 one associated laboratory.
27 c. Nine semester hours in mathematics to include
28 college algebra or above and college geometry.
29 d. Twelve semester hours in social sciences to include
30 American history and general psychology.
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1 e. Six semester hours in humanities to include
2 philosophy and fine arts.
3 2. Professional preparation requirements for education
4 majors:
5 a. Twelve semester hours in reading for elementary
6 education majors.
7 b. Three semester hours in reading for secondary
8 education majors.
9 c. Three semester hours in classroom management,
10 school safety, professional ethics, and educational law.
11 d. Three semester hours in human development and
12 learning.
13 e. Three semester hours in assessment to include
14 understanding of the content measured in state achievement
15 tests.
16 f. At least 10 weeks in full-time field-based
17 experience.
18 g. Competency in the twelve educator-accomplished
19 practices.
20 h. Instruction and competency demonstration in
21 strategies for different learning styles and exceptionalities,
22 for assessment of student learning, for use of technology, and
23 for teaching ESOL students which strategies meet the
24 requirements of the Consent Decree.
25 i. Passing all required Florida Teacher Certification
26 Examinations.
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28 Such rules shall apply to all students who enroll in
29 state-approved teacher preparation programs at the freshman
30 level beginning July 1, 2007 a State Board of Education
31 identified foundation in scientifically researched,
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Florida Senate - 2007 SB 1214
5-1082-07 See HB 451
1 knowledge-based reading literacy and computational skills
2 acquisition; classroom management; school safety; professional
3 ethics; educational law; human development and learning; and
4 understanding of the Sunshine State Standards content measured
5 by state achievement tests, reading and interpretation of
6 data, and use of data to improve student achievement.
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
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