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Schroeder, Stephanie; Currin, Elizabeth; McCardle, Todd – Policy Futures in Education, 2020
This article explores the Opt Out Florida (OOF) movement, a predominantly woman-led group seeking to dismantle neoliberal education policy by coaching children to boycott high-stakes standardized tests. Guided by Campbell's assertion that neoliberalism will never disappear without a "gender revolution" and Noddings's belief that those…
Descriptors: Ethics, Caring, Females, Neoliberalism
Anderson, Kimberly; Mira, Mary Elizabeth – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2014
By 2012, all of the states in this study had started implementing new or revised teacher and leader evaluation systems. There are many and varying updates to these systems, and some of them have been made to meet conditions for a state's federal "Race to the Top" (RTT) grant. Other updates have been made to meet conditions for a state's…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Program Implementation, Teacher Evaluation
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Harris, Debbi C. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2007
Currently, we know very little about the mobility decisions of charter public school teachers and how these compare to the decisions made by traditional public school teachers. In addition, it is unclear whether the teachers who leave charter schools tend to be weaker or stronger than their peers. Using statewide administrative data, I begin to…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Teacher Persistence, Public School Teachers, Accountability
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Venn, John J.; And Others – American Annals of the Deaf, 1982
The study involving 199 professionals was designed to develop a list of competencies which could be used by the state of Florida to certify teachers in the field of hearing disabilities. Results indicated the consensus model was valuable in generating an initial list of competencies. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments, Teaching Skills
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Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 2003
This paper presents statistics which show that states in the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) area lead the nation in teachers with National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification. North Carolina, Florida, and South Carolina lead the nation in total number of NBPTS certified teachers. In the 2001-02 school year, 71…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Elementary Secondary Education, State Legislation, Teacher Competencies
Andrews, Theodore E. – 1983
Five states (Georgia, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Florida, and Arizona) are currently either administering or field-testing classroom observation systems for certification or employment decisions regarding beginning teachers. In Georgia, a beginning teacher has three years to demonstrate competence. Observations are completed by an external data…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Job Performance
Wilkerson, Judy R. – 2000
This paper discusses strategies related to the challenge of program accountability for subject matter knowledge and competency among beginning teachers. It focuses on reaching common understandings of three key concepts (accountability, subject matter knowledge, and competence), presenting them from the perspective of the state of Florida. Florida…
Descriptors: Accountability, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Barr-Johnson, Virginia – Art Education, 1979
A check of staff development plans in 67 Florida counties revealed 143 components for arts-related professional growth. While briefly summarizing objectives for working with art media, this article concentrates on the in-service objectives related to more general teaching competencies, such as class management, instructional methods, and program…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Education for Exceptional Students. – 1983
The manual is intended to help Florida school districts provide educational programs for mentally handicapped students. An introduction traces the history of services to this population in Florida. State regulations are then cited along with procedures for determining student eligibility. Subsections address definition, eligibility criteria,…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
Feldman, H. S. – 1986
The Florida Beginning Teacher Program was evaluated in 1985-86 to determine its impact on teacher performance and to study problem areas identified in the 1984-85 evaluation. A sample of 43 beginning teachers and their support team members (a peer teacher, a building-level administrator, and one or more professional educators) completed surveys.…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Education for Exceptional Students. – 1983
The manual is intended to help Florida teachers of homebound or hospitalized children cope with the unusual demands of the position. Difficulties faced by such teachers are noted, including low student motivation, parents' need for support, and a setting not conducive to learning. A brief history of homebound educational services is followed by an…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Homebound, Hospitalized Children
Florida State Legislature, Tallahassee. – 1995
This report presents the results of a review of Florida's teacher certification system, administered by the Department of Education. The review addressed: (1) how Florida should regulate teachers to ensure that they are professionally qualified and possess the credentials, knowledge, and skills to provide a quality education; (2) who should…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Preservice Teacher Education
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Teacher Education, Certification, and Accreditation. – 1980
This bulletin provides information about the Florida Teacher Certification Examination. It describes the development of the examination and presents the specifications for each of the subtests. Competencies and subskills are tested in the areas of reading, writing, mathematics, and professional education. The tentative examination schedule is…
Descriptors: Competence, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Occupational Tests
Drummond, Robert J. – 1991
This study was conducted in order to determine how beginning teachers evaluated preservice teacher education and performance. A survey was conducted of University of North Florida graduates who had been hired by school systems within the state of Florida. The graduates were asked to rate themselves on 27 generic teaching competencies and to write…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education
Ray-Overstreet, Alice; DeVane, Christie – Media & Methods, 1995
Describes the use of Integrated Learning Systems (ILS) in Polk County (Florida) schools with at-risk students. Survey results of students and teachers are reported, including student attitudes; student behavior; teachers' professional skills improvement; expectations; school attendance; self-concept; and improvement in grades. (LRW)
Descriptors: Attendance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation
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