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11 The Committee on Higher Education (Oelrich) recommended the
12 following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
15 Delete everything after the enacting clause
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17 and insert:
18 Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 1001.03, Florida
19 Statutes, is amended to read:
20 1001.03 Specific powers of State Board of Education.--
21 (3) PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES.--The State Board of
22 Education shall classify school services;, designate the
23 certification subject areas;, establish competencies,
24 including the use of technology to enhance student learning,
25 and the certification requirements for all school-based
26 personnel;, and adopt prescribe rules in accordance with which
27 the Department of Education will issue professional,
28 temporary, and part-time certificates shall be issued by the
29 Department of Education to applicants who meet the standards
30 prescribed by such rules for their class of service, as
31 described in chapter 1012. The state board shall adopt rules
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1 that give part-time and full-time nondegreed teachers of
2 career programs, pursuant to s. 1012.39(1)(c), the opportunity
3 to earn a reading credential equivalent to a
4 content-area-specific reading endorsement.
5 Section 2. Subsection (9) of section 1001.215, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 1001.215 Just Read, Florida! Office.--There is created
8 in the Department of Education the Just Read, Florida! Office.
9 The office shall be fully accountable to the Commissioner of
10 Education and shall:
11 (9) Periodically review teacher certification
12 examinations, including alternative certification exams, to
13 ascertain whether the examinations measure the skills needed
14 for research-based reading instruction and instructional
15 strategies for teaching reading in the content areas.
16 Section 3. Paragraph (e) of subsection (5) and
17 subsection (6) of section 1004.04, Florida Statutes, are
18 amended to read:
19 1004.04 Public accountability and state approval for
20 teacher preparation programs.--
21 (5) CONTINUED PROGRAM APPROVAL.--Notwithstanding
22 subsection (4), failure by a public or nonpublic teacher
23 preparation program to meet the criteria for continued program
24 approval shall result in loss of program approval. The
25 Department of Education, in collaboration with the departments
26 and colleges of education, shall develop procedures for
27 continued program approval that document the continuous
28 improvement of program processes and graduates' performance.
29 (e) Continued approval of a teacher preparation
30 program programs is contingent upon compliance with the
31 student admission requirements of subsection (4) and upon the
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1 receipt of at least a satisfactory rating from the public
2 schools and private schools that employ graduates of the
3 program. Each teacher preparation program must shall guarantee
4 the high quality of its graduates during the first 2 years
5 immediately following graduation from the program or following
6 the graduate's initial certification, whichever occurs first.
7 Any educator in a Florida school who fails to demonstrate the
8 competencies essential skills specified in the Florida
9 Educator Accomplished Practices adopted by the State Board of
10 Education subparagraphs 1.-5. shall be provided additional
11 training by the teacher preparation program at no expense to
12 the educator or the employer. Such training must consist of an
13 individualized plan agreed upon by the school district and the
14 postsecondary educational institution that includes specific
15 learning outcomes. The postsecondary educational institution
16 assumes no responsibility for the educator's employment
17 contract with the employer. Employer satisfaction shall be
18 determined by an annually administered survey instrument
19 approved by the Department of Education that, at a minimum,
20 must include employer satisfaction with of the graduates'
21 ability to demonstrate the Educator Accomplished Practices at
22 the professional level. do the following:
23 1. Write and speak in a logical and understandable
24 style with appropriate grammar.
25 2. Recognize signs of students' difficulty with the
26 reading and computational process and apply appropriate
27 measures to improve students' reading and computational
28 performance.
29 3. Use and integrate appropriate technology in
30 teaching and learning processes.
31 4. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of Sunshine
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1 State Standards.
2 5. Maintain an orderly and disciplined classroom
3 conducive to student learning.
4 (6) PRESERVICE FIELD EXPERIENCE.--All postsecondary
5 instructors, school district personnel and instructional
6 personnel, and school sites preparing instructional personnel
7 through preservice field experiences, preservice experience
8 courses, and internships shall meet special requirements.
9 District school boards are authorized to pay student teachers
10 during their internships.
11 (a) All instructors in postsecondary teacher
12 preparation programs who instruct or supervise preservice
13 field experiences, preservice experience courses, or
14 internships shall have at least one of the following:
15 specialized training in clinical supervision; a valid
16 professional teaching certificate issued under pursuant to ss.
17 1012.56 and 1012.585; or at least 3 years of successful
18 teaching experience in prekindergarten through grade 12.
19 (b) All school district personnel and instructional
20 personnel who supervise or direct teacher preparation students
21 during field experience courses or internships must have
22 evidence of "clinical educator" training or training as a
23 mentor pursuant to s. 1012.72 and must successfully
24 demonstrate effective classroom management strategies which
25 that consistently result in improved student performance. The
26 State Board of Education shall approve the training
27 requirements.
28 (c) Preservice field experience programs must provide
29 for student teacher participation in K-12 classroom settings
30 and engagement in supervised instruction of K-12 students at
31 the earliest stage of postsecondary education courses. All
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1 preservice field experience programs must provide specific
2 guidance and demonstration of effective classroom management
3 strategies, strategies for incorporating technology into
4 classroom instruction, strategies for incorporating
5 scientifically researched, knowledge-based reading literacy
6 and computational skills acquisition into classroom
7 instruction, and ways to link instructional plans to the
8 Sunshine State Standards, as appropriate. The length of
9 structured field experiences may be extended to ensure that
10 candidates achieve the competencies needed to meet
11 certification requirements.
12 (d) Postsecondary teacher preparation programs, in
13 consultation cooperation with district school boards and
14 approved private school associations, shall select the school
15 sites for preservice field experience activities based on the
16 instructional leadership skills of the principal as
17 demonstrated by sustained student achievement and learning
18 gains and evidence of support for future and beginning
19 teachers. These sites must represent the full spectrum of
20 school communities, including, but not limited to, schools
21 located in urban settings. In order to be selected, school
22 sites must demonstrate commitment to the education of public
23 school students and to the preparation of future teachers.
24 Section 4. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) of
25 section 1004.85, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
26 1004.85 Postsecondary educator preparation
27 institutes.--
28 (3) Educator preparation institutes approved pursuant
29 to this section may offer alternative certification programs
30 specifically designed for noneducation major baccalaureate
31 degree holders to enable program participants to meet the
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1 educator certification requirements of s. 1012.56. Such
2 programs shall be competency-based educator certification
3 preparation programs that prepare educators through an
4 alternative route. An educator preparation institute choosing
5 to offer an alternative certification program pursuant to the
6 provisions of this section must implement a program previously
7 approved by the Department of Education for this purpose or a
8 program developed by the institute and approved by the
9 department for this purpose. Approved programs shall be
10 available for use by other approved educator preparation
11 institutes.
12 (a) Within 90 days after receipt of a request for
13 approval, the Department of Education shall approve an
14 alternative certification program or issue a statement
15 describing of the deficiencies in the request for approval.
16 The department shall approve an alternative certification
17 program if the educator preparation institute provides
18 sufficient evidence of the following:
19 1. Instruction must be provided in professional
20 knowledge and subject matter content must include that
21 includes educator-accomplished practices and competencies
22 specified in State Board of Education rule and meet meets
23 subject matter content requirements, professional competency
24 testing requirements, and competencies associated with
25 teaching scientifically based reading instruction and
26 strategies that research has shown to be successful in
27 improving reading among low-performing readers.
28 2. The program must provide field experience that is
29 supervised by with supervision from qualified educators.
30 3. The program must provide a certification ombudsman
31 to assist facilitate the process and procedures required for
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1 participants who complete the program with to meet any
2 requirements related to the background screening under
3 pursuant to s. 1012.32 and educator professional or temporary
4 certification under pursuant to s. 1012.56.
5 4. The program must guarantee the high quality of its
6 graduates during the first 2 years immediately following
7 graduation from the program or following the graduate's
8 initial certification, whichever occurs first. Any educator in
9 a state school who fails to demonstrate the competencies
10 specified in the Florida Educator Accomplished Practices
11 adopted by the State Board of Education shall be provided
12 additional training by the program at no expense to the
13 educator or the employer. Such training shall consist of an
14 individualized plan agreed upon by the school district and the
15 educator preparation institution which includes specific
16 learning outcomes. The institution assumes no responsibility
17 for the educator's employment contract with the employer.
18 (b) Each program participant must:
19 1. Obtain Meet certification requirements pursuant to
20 s. 1012.56(1) by obtaining a statement of status of
21 eligibility pursuant to s. 1012.56 which verifies eligibility
22 for a temporary certificate and meet the requirements of s.
23 1012.56(2)(a)-(f).
24 2. Participate in field experience that is appropriate
25 to his or her educational plan.
26 3. Fully demonstrate his or her ability to teach the
27 subject area for which he or she is seeking certification and
28 demonstrate mastery of professional preparation and education
29 competence by obtaining achievement of a passing score on the
30 professional education competency examination required by
31 state board rule prior to completion of the program.
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1 Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 1009.59, Florida
2 Statutes, is amended to read:
3 1009.59 Critical Teacher Shortage Student Loan
4 Forgiveness Program.--
5 (1) The Critical Teacher Shortage Student Loan
6 Forgiveness Program is established to encourage qualified
7 personnel to seek employment in subject areas in which
8 critical teacher shortages exist, as identified annually by
9 the State Board of Education. The primary function of the
10 program is to make repayments toward student loans received by
11 students from federal programs or commercial lending
12 institutions for the support of postsecondary education study.
13 Repayments are intended to be made to qualified applicants who
14 are begin teaching for the first time in designated subject
15 areas, and who apply during their first year of teaching as
16 certified teachers in those these subject areas, and who
17 commit in writing to teach in the designated subject areas for
18 a minimum of 3 years.
19 Section 6. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section
20 1012.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
21 1012.01 Definitions.--Specific definitions shall be as
22 follows, and wherever such defined words or terms are used in
23 the Florida K-20 Education Code, they shall be used as
24 follows:
25 (2) INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL.--"Instructional
26 personnel" means any K-12 staff member whose function includes
27 the provision of direct instructional services to students.
28 Instructional personnel also includes K-12 personnel whose
29 functions provide direct support in the learning process of
30 students. Included in the classification of instructional
31 personnel are the following K-12 personnel:
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1 (d) Other instructional staff.--Other instructional
2 staff are staff members who are part of the instructional
3 staff but are not classified in one of the categories
4 specified in paragraphs (a)-(c). Included in this
5 classification are primary specialists, learning resource
6 specialists, instructional trainers, instructional coaches,
7 adjunct educators certified under pursuant to s. 1012.57, and
8 similar positions.
9 Section 7. Subsections (1) and (6) of section 1012.71,
10 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
11 1012.71 The Florida Teachers Lead Program Stipend.--
12 (1) Funding for the Florida Teachers Lead Program
13 Stipend shall be as determined by the Legislature in the
14 General Appropriations Act. Funds appropriated for the Florida
15 Teachers Lead Program Stipend are provided to purchase
16 classroom materials and supplies used in the instruction of
17 students in prekindergarten kindergarten through grade 12 of
18 the public school system who are funded through the FEFP. From
19 the funds appropriated, the Commissioner of Education shall
20 calculate an amount for each school district by prorating the
21 total of each school district's share of the total K-12
22 unweighted FTE student enrollment in prekindergarten through
23 grade 12 for those funded through the FEFP.
24 (6) For purposes of this section, the term "classroom
25 teacher" includes certified teachers employed on or before
26 September 1 of each year whose full-time job responsibility is
27 the classroom instruction of students in prekindergarten
28 kindergarten through grade 12 who are funded through the FEFP,
29 and full-time media specialists and guidance counselors who
30 serve students in kindergarten through grade 12. Only school
31 district and charter school personnel employed in these
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1 positions are eligible for the classroom materials and supply
2 stipend from funds appropriated to implement the provisions of
3 this section.
4 Section 8. Section 1012.72, Florida Statutes, is
5 amended to read:
6 1012.72 Dale Hickam Excellent Teaching Program.--
7 (1) The Legislature recognizes that teachers play a
8 critical role in preparing students to achieve the high levels
9 of academic performance expected by the Sunshine State
10 Standards. The Legislature further recognizes the importance
11 of identifying and rewarding teaching excellence and of
12 encouraging good teachers to become excellent teachers. The
13 Legislature finds that the National Board of Professional
14 Teaching Standards (NBPTS) has established high and rigorous
15 standards for accomplished teaching and has developed a
16 national voluntary system for assessing and certifying
17 teachers who demonstrate teaching excellence by meeting those
18 standards. It is therefore the Legislature's intent to provide
19 incentives for teachers to seek NBPTS certification and to
20 reward teachers who demonstrate teaching excellence by
21 attaining NBPTS certification and sharing their expertise with
22 other teachers.
23 (2) The Dale Hickam Excellent Teaching Program is
24 created to provide categorical funding for monetary incentives
25 and bonuses for teaching excellence. The Department of
26 Education shall distribute to each school district or to the
27 NBPTS an amount as prescribed annually by the Legislature for
28 the Dale Hickam Excellent Teaching Program. For purposes of
29 this section, the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind
30 shall be considered a school district. Unless otherwise
31 provided in the General Appropriations Act, each distribution
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1 shall be the sum of the amounts earned for the following
2 incentives and bonuses:
3 (a) A fee subsidy to be paid by the Department of
4 Education to the NBPTS on behalf of each individual who is an
5 employee of a district school board or a public school within
6 the school district, who is certified by the district to have
7 demonstrated satisfactory teaching performance pursuant to s.
8 1012.34, who demonstrates sustained student achievement and
9 learning gains, and who satisfies the prerequisites for
10 participating in the NBPTS certification program, and who
11 agrees, in writing, to pay 10 percent of the NBPTS
12 participation fee and to participate in the NBPTS
13 certification program during the school year for which the fee
14 subsidy is provided. The fee subsidy for each eligible
15 participant shall be an amount equal to 90 percent of the fee
16 charged for participating in the NBPTS certification program.
17 The fee subsidy is a one-time award and may not be duplicated
18 for any participant individual.
19 (b) A portfolio-preparation incentive of $150 paid by
20 the Department of Education to each teacher employed by a
21 district school board or a public school within a school
22 district who is participating in the NBPTS certification
23 program. The portfolio-preparation incentive is a one-time
24 award paid during the school year for which the NBPTS fee
25 subsidy is provided.
26 (c) An annual bonus equal to 10 percent of the prior
27 fiscal year's statewide average salary for classroom teachers
28 to be distributed to the school district to be paid to each
29 individual who holds NBPTS certification, demonstrates
30 sustained student achievement and learning gains, and is
31 employed by the district school board or by a public school
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1 within the school district. The district school board shall
2 distribute the annual bonus to each individual who meets the
3 requirements of this paragraph and who is certified annually
4 by the district to have demonstrated satisfactory teaching
5 performance pursuant to s. 1012.34. The annual bonus may be
6 paid as a single payment or divided into not more than three
7 payments.
8 (d) An annual bonus equal to 10 percent of the prior
9 fiscal year's statewide average salary for classroom teachers
10 to be distributed to the school district and used to provide
11 training for mentors and salary schedules that allow for
12 common planning time and lighter teaching loads for new and
13 mentor teachers in order to provide for demonstration and
14 observation of effective teaching strategies and classroom
15 organization skills. Priority for mentor training shall be
16 given to teachers holding national board certification and
17 eligible to receive a bonus under paragraph (c) to be paid to
18 each individual who meets the requirements of paragraph (c)
19 and agrees, in writing, to provide the equivalent of 12
20 workdays of mentoring and related services to public school
21 teachers within the state who do not hold NBPTS certification.
22 Related services must include instruction in helping teachers
23 work more effectively with the families of their students. The
24 district school board shall distribute the annual bonus in a
25 single payment following the completion of all required
26 mentoring and related services for the year. It is not the
27 intent of the Legislature to remove excellent teachers from
28 their assigned classrooms; therefore, credit may not be
29 granted by a school district or public school for mentoring or
30 related services provided during student contact time during
31 the 196 days of required service for the school year.
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1 (e) The employer's share of social security and
2 Medicare taxes and Florida Retirement System contributions for
3 those teachers who qualify for NBPTS certification and receive
4 bonus amounts.
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6 A teacher for whom the state pays the certification fee and
7 who does not complete the certification program or does not
8 teach in a public school of this state for at least 1 year
9 after completing the certification program must repay the
10 amount of the certification fee to the state. However, a
11 teacher who completes the certification program but fails to
12 be awarded NBPTS certification is not required to repay the
13 amount of the certification fee if the teacher meets the
14 1-year teaching requirement. Repayment is also not required of
15 a teacher who does not complete the certification program or
16 fails to fulfill the teaching requirement because of the
17 teacher's death or disability or because of other extenuating
18 circumstances as determined by the State Board of Education.
19 (3)(a) In addition to any other remedy available under
20 the law, any person who is a recipient of a certification fee
21 subsidy paid to the NBPTS and who is an employee of the state
22 or any of its political subdivisions is considered to have
23 consented, as a condition of employment, to the voluntary or
24 involuntary withholding of wages to repay to the state the
25 amount of such a certification fee subsidy awarded under this
26 section.
27 (a) Any such employee who defaults on the repayment of
28 such a certification fee subsidy must, within 60 days after
29 service of a notice of default by the Department of Education
30 to the employee, establish a repayment schedule which must be
31 agreed to by the department and the employee, for repaying the
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1 defaulted sum through payroll deductions. The department may
2 not require the employee to pay more than 10 percent of the
3 employee's pay per pay period under the such a repayment
4 schedule or plan. If the employee fails to establish a
5 repayment schedule within the specified period of time or
6 fails to meet the terms and conditions of the agreed upon or
7 approved repayment schedule as authorized by this subsection,
8 the employee will be considered to have has breached an
9 essential condition of employment and is considered to have
10 consented to the involuntary withholding of wages or salary
11 for the repayment of the certification fee subsidy.
12 (b) A person who is employed by the state, or any of
13 its political subdivisions, may not be dismissed for having
14 defaulted on the repayment of the certification fee subsidy to
15 the state.
16 (4) Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year,
17 interested school districts shall work with the Department of
18 Education, statewide principal training and leadership
19 organizations, and local postsecondary teacher preparation
20 programs to develop quality induction models for beginning
21 teachers and for teachers with less than satisfactory
22 performance assessments as determined under s. 1012.34. The
23 models developed shall serve as proposed models for statewide
24 implementation beginning with the 2008-2009 school year. The
25 quality induction models shall be based on current research
26 and include:
27 (a) Methods to screen, select, and train mentor
28 teachers.
29 (b) A description of professional development
30 opportunities for beginning teachers aligned to student
31 achievement and classroom organization skills.
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1 (c) Strategies to provide common planning time for
2 mentors and assigned beginning teachers.
3 (d) Strategies to provide for adjusted levels of
4 teaching responsibility for beginning teachers.
5 (e) Strategies to establish and provide professional
6 learning communities for beginning teachers.
7 (f) Strategies to include components of effective
8 teacher induction in principal leadership training.
9 (g) Strategies to redirect existing financial and
10 human resources to support and expand quality induction
11 efforts and retain effective teachers.
12 (5)(4) The State Board of Education may adopt rules
13 pursuant to ss. 120.536 and 120.54 as necessary to administer
14 the provisions for payment of the fee subsidies, incentives,
15 and bonuses and for the repayment of defaulted certification
16 fee subsidies under this section.
17 (6)(5) The Dale Hickam Excellent Teaching Program
18 Trust Fund shall be administered by the Department of
19 Education pursuant to s. 1010.72.
20 Section 9. Subsection (3) and paragraph (b) of
21 subsection (4) of section 1012.98, Florida Statutes, are
22 amended to read:
23 1012.98 School Community Professional Development
24 Act.--
25 (3) The activities designed to implement this section
26 must:
27 (a) Support and increase the success of educators by
28 through collaboratively developing developed school
29 improvement plans that focus on:
30 1. Enhanced and differentiated instructional
31 strategies to engage students in a rigorous and relevant
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1 curriculum based on state and local educational standards,
2 goals, and initiatives;
3 2. Increased opportunities to provide meaningful
4 relationships between teachers and all students; and
5 3. Increased opportunities for professional
6 collaboration among and between teachers, guidance counselors,
7 instructional leaders, postsecondary educators engaged in
8 preservice training for new teachers, and the workforce
9 community.
10 (b) Assist the school community in providing
11 stimulating, scientific research-based educational activities
12 that encourage and motivate students to achieve at the highest
13 levels and to participate as active learners and that prepare
14 students for success at subsequent educational levels and in
15 the workforce.
16 (c) Provide a coordinated support program for new and
17 beginning teachers. The program must be designed to meet the
18 varying needs of new and beginning teachers through
19 professional development aligned with student achievement and
20 classroom management skills, curriculum and instructional
21 support, mentoring activities, and the individual needs of the
22 teacher. The program must be integrated with the district's
23 appraisal system, alternative certification program, and other
24 required professional development programs.
25 (d)(c) Provide continuous support for all education
26 professionals as well as temporary intervention for education
27 professionals who need improvement in knowledge, skills, and
28 performance.
29 (4) The Department of Education, school districts,
30 schools, community colleges, and state universities share the
31 responsibilities described in this section. These
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1 responsibilities include the following:
2 (b) Each school district shall develop a professional
3 development system in accordance with as specified in
4 subsection (3). The system shall be developed in consultation
5 with teachers, teacher-educators of community colleges and
6 state universities, business and community representatives,
7 and local education foundations, consortia, and professional
8 organizations. The professional development system must:
9 1. Be approved by the department. All substantial
10 revisions to the system shall be submitted to the department
11 for review and for continued approval.
12 2. Be based on analyses of student achievement data
13 and instructional strategies and methods that support
14 rigorous, relevant, and challenging curricula for all
15 students. Schools and districts,In developing and refining the
16 professional development system, schools and districts shall
17 also review and monitor school discipline data; school
18 environment surveys; assessments of parental satisfaction;
19 performance appraisal data of teachers, managers, and
20 administrative personnel; and other performance indicators
21 that to identify school and student needs that can be met by
22 improved professional performance.
23 3. Provide inservice activities coupled with followup
24 support appropriate to accomplish district-level and
25 school-level improvement goals and standards. The inservice
26 activities for instructional personnel shall focus on analysis
27 of student achievement data, ongoing formal and informal
28 assessments of student achievement, identification and use of
29 enhanced and differentiated instructional strategies that
30 emphasize rigor, relevance, and reading in the content areas,
31 enhancement of subject content expertise, integrated use of
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1 classroom technology that enhances teaching and learning,
2 classroom management, parent involvement, and school safety,
3 and professional ethics.
4 4. Include a master plan for inservice activities,
5 developed in accordance with pursuant to rules of the State
6 Board of Education, for all district employees from all fund
7 sources. The master plan shall be updated annually by
8 September 1, must be based on input from teachers and district
9 and school instructional leaders, and must use the latest
10 available student achievement data and research to enhance
11 rigor and relevance in the classroom. Each district inservice
12 plan must be aligned to and support the school-based inservice
13 plans and school improvement plans required under pursuant to
14 s. 1001.42(16). District plans must be approved by the
15 district school board annually in order to ensure compliance
16 with subsection (1) and to allow for dissemination of
17 research-based best practices to other districts. District
18 school boards must submit verification of their approval to
19 the Commissioner of Education annually by no later than
20 October 1, annually.
21 5. Require each school principal to establish and
22 maintain an individual professional development plan for each
23 instructional employee assigned to the school as a seamless
24 component to the school improvement plans developed pursuant
25 to s. 1001.42(16). The individual professional development
26 plan must:
27 a. Be related to specific performance data for the
28 students to whom the teacher is assigned.
29 b. Define the inservice objectives and specific
30 measurable improvements expected in student performance as a
31 result of the inservice activity.
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1 c. Include an evaluation component that determines the
2 effectiveness of the professional development plan.
3 6. Include inservice activities for school
4 administrative personnel that address updated skills necessary
5 for instructional leadership and effective school management
6 pursuant to s. 1012.986.
7 7. Provide for systematic consultation with regional
8 and state personnel designated to provide technical assistance
9 and evaluation of local professional development programs.
10 8. Provide for the delivery of professional
11 development by distance learning and other technology-based
12 delivery systems that to reach more educators at lower costs.
13 9. Provide for the continuous evaluation of the
14 quality and effectiveness of professional development programs
15 in order to eliminate ineffective programs and strategies and
16 to expand effective ones. Evaluations must consider the effect
17 impact of such activities on the performance of participating
18 educators and their students' achievement and behavior.
19 Section 10. Subsection (1) of section 1012.986,
20 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
21 1012.986 William Cecil Golden Professional Development
22 Program for School Leaders.--
23 (1) There is established the William Cecil Golden
24 Professional Development Program for School Leaders to provide
25 high standards and sustained support for principals as
26 instructional leaders. The program shall consist of a
27 collaborative network of state and national professional
28 leadership organizations working together to respond to
29 instructional leadership needs throughout the state. The
30 network shall support the human-resource development needs of
31 principals, principal leadership teams, and candidates for
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1 principal leadership positions using the framework of
2 leadership standards adopted by the State Board of Education,
3 the Southern Regional Education Board, and the National Staff
4 Development Council. The goals goal of the network leadership
5 program are is to:
6 (a) Provide resources to support and enhance the
7 principal's role as the instructional leader.
8 (b) Maintain a clearinghouse and disseminate
9 data-supported information related to enhanced student
10 achievement, based on educational research and best practices.
11 (c) Build the capacity for increasing to increase the
12 quality of programs for preservice education for aspiring
13 principals and inservice professional development for
14 principals and principal leadership teams.
15 (d) Support best teaching and research-based
16 instructional practices through dissemination and modeling at
17 the preservice and inservice levels for both teachers who are
18 aspiring school leaders and principals.
19 (e) Recognize high-performing principals, including
20 those who excel in instructional leadership, and provide
21 opportunities for these individuals to serve as mentors in
22 this program.
23 Section 11. Section 1012.988, Florida Statutes, is
24 created to read:
25 1012.988 Florida Quality Education Council.--
26 (1) The Florida Quality Education Council is
27 established in the Executive Office of the Governor to
28 promote, recruit, support, and sustain an effective teacher
29 workforce to meet the state's education needs and to compete
30 in a global economy. Initiatives and programs developed by the
31 council shall have the following purposes and objectives:
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1 (a) To promote the extent to which teachers affect the
2 state's ability to compete in a global, knowledge economy.
3 (b) To advance teaching as a valued profession.
4 (c) To implement a long-term data collection and
5 analysis initiative to identify and promote the most effective
6 practices and policies for the preparation and continuous
7 support of highly effective teachers.
8 (d) To foster immediate and long-term modifications to
9 teacher preparation and teacher support programs provided by
10 postsecondary institutions, school districts, and individual
11 schools.
12 (e) To support contemporary research through
13 collaborative partnerships between postsecondary institutions
14 and local school districts.
15 (2) The council shall consist of 12 members appointed
16 as follows:
17 (a) Four members appointed by the Governor, one from
18 each of the following categories:
19 1. A Florida Teacher of the Year who has demonstrated
20 evidence of sustained student achievement.
21 2. An elementary school principal having a
22 demonstrated commitment to beginning teachers, effective
23 classroom instruction, and sustained student achievement and
24 learning gains.
25 3. A secondary school student currently serving as an
26 ad hoc school district board representative and recommended by
27 the school board chair.
28 4. A parent of a student enrolled in public school and
29 recommended by the Florida Parent Teacher Organization.
30 (b) Four members appointed by the President of the
31 Senate, one from each of the following categories:
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1 1. A teacher who has demonstrated evidence of
2 sustained student achievement and who currently teaches in a
3 high poverty or low-performing school.
4 2. A middle school principal who has a demonstrated
5 commitment to beginning teachers, effective classroom
6 instruction, and sustained student achievement and learning
7 gains.
8 3. A school district superintendent who is currently
9 engaged in and committed to a comprehensive quality induction
10 program for new teachers.
11 4. A president of a state postsecondary institution
12 offering multiple teacher preparation pathways who is engaged
13 in research on effective teacher quality, creating new teacher
14 recruitment initiatives, a comprehensive redesign of teacher
15 preparation practices, and partnerships with local schools and
16 instructional leaders.
17 (c) Four members appointed by the Speaker of the House
18 of Representatives, one from each of the following categories:
19 1. A teacher who has up to 3 years of classroom
20 experience recommended by a school district superintendent.
21 2. A high school principal who has a demonstrated
22 commitment to beginning teachers, effective classroom
23 instruction, and sustained student achievement and learning
24 gains.
25 3. A school district representative who is responsible
26 for coordinating teacher recruitment, professional
27 development, and retention efforts.
28 4. A chief operating officer of a state incorporated
29 business who is a member of a statewide economic development
30 organization.
31 (3) The council shall be established no later than
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1 October 1, 2007, and shall meet bimonthly during the 2007-2008
2 fiscal year and as considered necessary thereafter.
3 (a) The council shall elect a chair from the
4 membership. Seven members constitute a quorum. Business may
5 not be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is present.
6 (b) Council members shall be appointed to 4-year terms
7 and may be reappointed for no more than two consecutive terms.
8 (c) Members of the council shall serve without
9 compensation but are entitled to reimbursement for per diem
10 and travel expenses in accordance with s. 112.061.
11 (d) The Executive Office of the Governor shall provide
12 administrative support to the council.
13 (4) The council may apply for and accept funds,
14 grants, gifts, and services from the state and federal
15 government or any other public or private source, and is
16 authorized to use funds derived from these sources to defray
17 clerical and administrative costs as may be necessary to carry
18 out the council's assigned duties.
19 (5) The council shall implement a comprehensive
20 data-collection and analysis initiative to provide policy
21 recommendations and to identify successful and cost-efficient
22 pathways that enhance high-quality and effective classroom
23 instruction. This initiative shall be conducted jointly by the
24 K-20 data warehouse and a state research institution that has
25 demonstrated expertise and national recognition in conducting
26 scientific studies related to K-12 education. The initiative
27 shall focus on gathering data relating to student achievement
28 and learning gains resulting from highly effective teaching.
29 Data collection shall, at a minimum, examine correlations
30 between student achievement, if any, and the following
31 factors:
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1 (a) A teacher's prior involvement in a high school
2 teaching career academy.
3 (b) Standardized test scores of teacher education
4 candidates.
5 (c) A teacher's years of classroom experience.
6 (d) Institution or teacher-preparation pathway
7 attended.
8 (e) Components of postsecondary teacher preparation
9 including:
10 1. The onset and extent of classroom field
11 experiences.
12 2. A description of both content and pedagogical
13 coursework.
14 3. The extent of opportunities for student teachers to
15 observe effective classroom instruction.
16 4. The extent of opportunities for student teachers to
17 demonstrate and model effective classroom instruction.
18 5. The K-12 classroom teaching experience of faculty
19 members.
20 (f) Support and induction programs provided for
21 beginning teachers, including information regarding:
22 1. The length of the induction program.
23 2. The extent of the principal's involvement in the
24 induction process.
25 3. A description of any mentoring provided to new
26 teachers.
27 4. A description of mentor screening, selection, and
28 training.
29 5. Provision for common planning time and involvement
30 in professional learning communities comprised of other
31 teachers.
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1 6. Professional development that is aligned to student
2 achievement.
3 7. Teaching load and assignment of extracurricular
4 responsibilities.
5 (g) State teachers who hold national board
6 certification.
7 (6) In order to implement currently available research
8 and findings of the data-collection and analysis initiative
9 described in subsection (5), the council shall request
10 proposals and select no later than January 1, 2008, research
11 demonstration partnerships from different geographical regions
12 of the state. Selected research demonstration partnerships
13 must, at a minimum, include the following:
14 (a) Commitment, support, and involvement from a state
15 postsecondary institution that is accredited by the Southern
16 Association of Colleges and Schools and that operates
17 state-approved traditional and alternative teacher-preparation
18 programs and a leadership program for school principals as
19 described in s. 1012.986. The postsecondary institution must
20 submit evidence of expertise and national recognition in
21 conducting research related to K-12 teaching and learning,
22 provide opportunities for effective public school teachers to
23 serve as adjunct instructors, and commit to engagement from
24 the entire institution to recruit and prepare classroom
25 teachers.
26 (b) Commitment, support, and involvement from local
27 school district superintendents and school principals. Local
28 schools must commit to serving as teaching and learning
29 laboratories, and provide student teachers continuing
30 opportunities to observe effective classroom instruction.
31 (c) Technologies to deploy to state school districts
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1 and state-approved teacher-preparation programs the research
2 practices and key findings that result from the partnership.
3 (7) The comprehensive data collection and analysis
4 described in subsection (5) and the research demonstration
5 partnership described in subsection (6) shall serve as the
6 basis for the redesign and approval of all teacher-preparation
7 programs in the state.
8 (8) The council shall prepare an annual report
9 concerning its activities, which includes the status and
10 results on all research demonstration projects, to the
11 Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
12 House of Representatives by March 1 of each year.
13 Section 12. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
14 law.
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18 And the title is amended as follows:
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22 to teacher education; amending s. 1001.03,
23 F.S.; deleting a requirement for the State
24 Board of Education to adopt rules providing
25 opportunities for nondegreed teachers to earn
26 reading credentials; amending s. 1001.215,
27 F.S.; deleting a requirement for the Just Read,
28 Florida! Office to review alternative
29 certification examinations; amending s.
30 1004.04, F.S.; revising criteria for evaluating
31 the competency of educators who graduate from a
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1 teacher preparation program; revising
2 provisions relating to preservice requirements
3 for student teachers and school placement of
4 student teacher candidates; amending s.
5 1004.85, F.S.; requiring educator preparation
6 institutes to guarantee quality of graduates;
7 amending s. 1009.59, F.S.; requiring applicants
8 for the Critical Teacher Shortage Student Loan
9 Forgiveness Program to commit to teaching for 3
10 years in a critical subject shortage area;
11 amending s. 1012.01, F.S.; including
12 instructional coaches in the definition of
13 instructional staff; amending s. 1012.71, F.S.;
14 including prekindergarten teachers in the
15 Florida Teachers Lead Program Stipend; amending
16 s. 1012.72, F.S.; providing additional
17 requirements for eligibility for bonuses
18 provided under the Dale Hickam Excellent
19 Teacher Program; redirecting an annual bonus
20 for classroom teachers into mentor training and
21 adjustments to salary schedules which allow
22 increased exposure of new teachers to teaching
23 demonstrations; establishing guidelines for
24 school districts creating induction models for
25 beginning teachers; amending s. 1012.98, F.S.;
26 providing for coordinated support for new
27 teachers through the district professional
28 development program; amending s. 1012.986,
29 F.S.; providing recognition and mentoring
30 opportunities for high performing principals;
31 creating s. 1012.988, F.S.; establishing the
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1 Florida Quality Education Council within the
2 Executive Office of the Governor; providing
3 purposes and objectives of the council;
4 providing for membership and terms of office;
5 authorizing the members of the council to be
6 reimbursed for per diem and travel expenses;
7 requiring the council to direct a
8 data-collection and analysis initiative;
9 providing requirements for the initiative;
10 requiring that the council select demonstration
11 partnerships; providing requirements for such
12 partnerships; requiring that the
13 data-collection initiative and partnerships be
14 used to redesign state teacher-preparation
15 programs; requiring the council to provide an
16 annual report to the Governor and Legislature;
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