| A Year in South Florida with great admiration for P. Mayle's work about Provence... What would happen if 15,000 people decided to enter an ad hoc Education Corps, working for $32,000 a year (a starting teacher's salary) to fill in fo rthe State of Florida until well-qualified teachers can be found? Education links www.browardschools.com Retirement info http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/benefits/retirementplan/index.htm Apply online http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/teacher/ Certification information http://www.myfloridaeducation.com/sas/ftcehome.htm Salary information http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/teacher/appinternet/SALARYSCHEDULE.pdf From New York Times, February 10, 2003: "This year alone we're going to lose something like 7,000 teachers due to the retirement program, and that doesn't even count those that move away," said Maureen Dinnen, president of the Florida Education Association. "We always have over 50,000 new students, and sometimes it goes over 70,000," Ms. Dinnen said. "If we're always getting new students, you've got to do something about attracting new teachers." "The vouchers are a red herring," said United States Representative Kendrick Meek, Democrat of Miami, who as a state senator last year led the coalition calling for the class-size limits. LETTER FROM Governor Bush's staff Dear Mr. McCrea, Governor Bush shared with us your letter introducing the work of Dennis Yuzenas. We in the Office of Educational Technology certainly applaud Mr. Yuzenas's work! We see this as the direction of instructional materials in the near future. We are seeing more and more innovative methods for integrating technology and curriculum through the use of the Internet and e-books. The decision to go digital and the determination of how that can best be accomplished is an issue of local control. Each district must determine what is best for its students. Several school districts within the State are moving in the direction of a "paperless classroom." Miami-Dade, for example, has made great strides as a district to do so by requiring textbook publishers to provide content digitally. Thank you for making us aware of the innovative and creative work of Mr. Yuzenas, and for your interest in education in Florida. Sincerely, Sandy Pelham Director, Standards and Resources Bureau of Educational Technology Florida Department of Education 850-921-0079 Word each day Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/dunkirk.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/dunkirk.ram SAT tutoring (GOAL: affordable to all who request tutoring) SAT page |
| JACKSONVILLE · Florida needs to hire 20,000 more teachers before August because of the class size amendment, a growing number of students and teacher retirements and transfers, the state Board of Education heard Tuesday. The number could be affected by how the Legislature deals with the class size amendment, but education officials think 5,000 to 7,000 new teachers will be needed to meet its requirement of reducing the number of students by two in each classroom in the next school year. On top of that, about 15,000 teachers will be needed just to handle Florida's growing population and the number of teachers retiring or resigning, said Bill Edmonds, a spokesman for the Board of Education. "Those are the challenges ahead of us. They are coming very quickly. Next August will be here before we know it," said Jim Horne, the state's education commissioner. The board decided to hold a workshop within the month on the recruiting of a corps of new teachers. "It is a critical issue," Horne said. Horne said the state's universities are producing about 4,000 teachers each year, and only about 3,500 of those stay in the state. "Clearly, there are not enough in the pipeline," Horne said. Another way would be to recruit more teachers from out of state, board chairman Phil Handy said. "If we can't find it one way, we have to find it another way," Handy said. Horne said it used to be easy to recruit teachers from other states, but now there is fierce competition for quality teachers. "There is an interstate war trying to recruit people back and forth," Horne said. "It is going to become increasingly difficult to just go over state lines and recruit teachers." One of the ways Florida is trying to deal with the shortage is with a program called alternative certification. Under the program, people with a bachelor's degree can go through a certification process to allow them to teach that subject, Horne said. Despite the efforts, Horne said he thinks some of the larger school districts such as in Miami-Dade and Broward counties will have difficulty bringing in enough new teachers. "They face a huge and daunting task to be able to staff their schools next August," Horne said. During the meeting, T. Willard Fair of Miami, the board's vice chairman, said he thought the class size amendment was a bad law that needed to be repealed. Horne said he couldn't comment on whether the amendment should be repealed. "I believe it is all about teaching and teachers. I hope we don't lose sight of this and get into costly compliance and not get anything for it," he said. There will be pressure, Horne said, to lower standards for new teachers to have enough people to fill classrooms next fall. "I don't think we have any interest in lowering quality when the research is really clear that the quality of teaching in the classroom makes the biggest difference in academic achievement." The board approved a monitoring plan for students who are kept in third grade because they fail to meet reading standards. It also approved guidelines for reviewing charter school appeals. 19 Feb. 2003 Copyright © 2003, South Florida Sun-Sentinel |
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| A Year In Florida GO TO FLORIDA HISTORY IF you are looking for work (or if you know someone who is looking for work), consider the following situation (March 2003): The economy is not growing very fast...there's uncertainty..., Businesses are slow to hire people right now. Government is cutting back or freezing new hires because they lack revenue. SO --- become a teacher for one year. START BY CALLING THIS NUMBER: You need to call the number on the web site (850-488-8198) to get the form mailed to you. You can take a test in April (there is a late fee right now) or July. You can become certified to teach math… or whatever you want… Just about everybody can become a good teacher … even if only for one year, until the economy improves. The government of Florida needs 20,000 new teachers, 1500 in Broward County. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida Teacher Certification Examination (FTCE) Request for FTCE Application Form FTCE applications can be obtained at Florida School district offices, college and university schools of education in Florida, or by writing: FTCE, Florida Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 414, Tallahassee, FL 32399, or by calling (850) 488-8198. ================================================ GENERAL INFORMATION Certification testing requirements are described in Section 231.17(2), F.S. Most educators must pass the Florida Teacher Certification Examination (FTCE) as one of the requirements for their first five-year Florida Professional Certificate. Upon evaluation of the application for a teaching certificate, qualified educators may be issued a Temporary Certificate while testing and performance requirements are being completed for the five-year Professional Certificate. Type of degree/non-degree status and the date of application for certification determine which tests must be passed. Non-degreed vocational applicants need to meet certification requirements as determined by their local school district. For more comprehensive information about certification issues, you may call your local Florida school district certification specialist (usually in the personnel office) or the Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Teacher Certification, at (850) 488-2317 or in-state 1-800-445-6739 The information available in the FTCE Web page is highlighted below. Each highlighted phrase is a link to another document or information resource. To Enter into any FTCE Programs, click below on either the colored graphic or underlined words to make your choice. · To Obtain FTCE Application Form > http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/ftce/ftceappl.htm · Description of FTCE Tests · Examination Dates and Locations > http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/ftce/ftcesche.htm · Testing Requirements · Registration for FTCE · Late Registration > http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/ftce/ftcesupp.htm May 31 = Supplement · Fees for FTCE · Non-degreed Vocational Candidates · Admission Ticket · FTCE Study Guides |
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