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Florida’s Race to the Top Overview. Funds Support Florida Policy. Moving to Digital Instructional Materials Increased High School Graduation Requirements – now including an online course Online Assessment Teacher Evaluation Virtual Education National Standards and Assessments.
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Funds Support Florida Policy • Moving to Digital Instructional Materials • Increased High School Graduation Requirements – now including an online course • Online Assessment • Teacher Evaluation • Virtual Education • National Standards and Assessments
Teacher Support Projects Teacher Tools • Teacher Standards Tool • Formative Assessments (used to guide instruction) • Lesson Study Toolkits • Teacher Instructional Materials Report • Student Tutorial • Interim Assessments • STEM Program for Gifted and Talented
RTTT Funds to Local Education Agencies (LEAs) • 65 Participating LEAs with full program approval • 62 School districts • 3 University Laboratory Schools (FAU, FAMU and U of F) 6
District Support Projects • District-Developed Assessments for Hard-to-Measure Content Areas • Job-embedded Teacher Preparation Programs • Recruiting Promising Teachers for Low-Achieving Schools • Community Compact • Leadership Pipeline for Turnaround Principals and Assistant Principals • Building Local Education Agency-level Capacity for Turnaround in Rural LEAs • LIIS Defined Minimum Requirements
District Work • Lesson Study as Professional Development Tool • Implementation of a Rigorous STEM Career Academy • Increasing Student Access to Accelerated Courses • Increasing Technological Infrastructure • Implementing a Local Instructional Improvement System • Implementing Teacher and Principal Evaluation System Based on Performance • Ensuring Equitable Distribution of Effective Teachers and Principals • Providing Effective Support to Teachers and Principals • Turning Around Low-Performing Schools
Northwest Regional Data Center (NWRDC) • As part of the State Data Center Consolidation various data centers at DOE are moving to NWRDC. This move should be completed by the end of this year. • RTTT projects that include technology systems will be hosted at NWRDC.
Entering 9th Grade 2010 2011 2012 2013 To Graduate Algebra (EOC as part of grade) and Geometry + Biology and Geometry (EOCs as part of grade), online course and Algebra EOC + Biology EOC, Geometry EOC and Algebra II + Chemistry or Physics and an equally rigorous science course High School Graduation Requirements
Content For ALL Students • MA.912.A.3.8: Graph a line given any of the following information: a table of values, the x- and y-intercepts, two points, the slope and a point, the equation of the line in slope-intercept form, standard form, or point-slope form. • MA.912.G.1.3: Identify and use the relationships between special pairs ofanglesformed by parallellinesand transversals. • SC.912.L.14.36: Describe the factors affectingblood flow through thecardiovascular system.
Content For ALL Students • MA.912.A.3.14: Solve systems of linearequationsand inequalities in two andthreevariablesusing graphical, substitution, and elimination methods. y = 2x +10 y = -2x - 6 • SS.7.C.1.9: Define the rule of law and recognize its influence on the development of the American legal, political, and governmental systems.
Florida’s Common Core State Standards Implementation Timeline F- full implementation of CCSS for all content areas L - full implementation of content area literacy standards including: (1) text complexity, quality and range in all grades (K-12), and (2) CCSS Literacy Standards in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (6-12) B - blended instruction of CCSS with Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS); last year of NGSSS assessed on FCAT 2.0
Race to the Top Goals • Double the percentage of incoming high school freshmen who ultimately graduate from high school, go on to college, and achieve at least a year’s worth of college credit; • Reduce the achievement gap by half in 2015; and • Increase the percentage of students scoring at or above proficient on NAEP by 2015, to or beyond the performance levels of the highest-performing states.