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WELCOME. Florida Department of Education Educator Certification On-line Resources Sites school officials might need for navigating Florida certification 2009 DOE Virtual Information Database Workshop Presented by David C. LaJeunesse, Director of Operations & Technology. Session Objectives.

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  1. WELCOME Florida Department of Education Educator CertificationOn-line Resources Sites school officials might need for navigating Florida certification 2009 DOE Virtual Information Database Workshop Presented by David C. LaJeunesse, Director of Operations & Technology

  2. Session Objectives • Introduce participants to the BEC and its on-line information resources • Familiarize participants with Educator Certification in Florida • Familiarize participants with information provided via available resources • Instruct participants how to access each resource • Advise participants who is authorized for access to each resource • Inform participants of reporting based on certification data

  3. Certification Purpose and Mission • Purpose: To protect the educational interests of students, parents, and the public at large by assuring that teachers in this state are professionally qualified. • Mission: To provide timely, accurate and efficient certification services to increase the supply of highly qualified, certified educators, improving achievement for all students.

  4. Florida Certification Authority • Florida Statutory Authority • Chapter 1012 Florida Statutes • State Board of Education Rule • Chapter 6A-4, Florida Administrative Code • No Child Left Behind • Highly Qualified Teachers

  5. Certification Statistics • Applications received • BEC – average nearly 76,000 annually • Online – 72% and growing • District – additional 41,000+ annually • Processing timeliness • Over 90% processed in 30 days or less • Average ~16-19 days

  6. Certification Home Page • Certification Home Page (www.fldoe.org/edcert) • Certificate Types and Requirements • Certification Subjects • Steps to Certification • Frequently Asked Questions • Contacts • Certification Pathways in Florida • Request Certification Materials

  7. Public Certificate Lookup • Certificate Lookup (www.fldoe.org/edcert/public.asp) • Current Florida Certificate Holders • 292,499 as of May 24, 2009 • Certification Statistics (i.e. by type, by subject) • Available from all “edcert” Web site pages • Available from “Licensee Search” (www.myflorida.com/licensee) • Select “Teacher or other Educator

  8. Certification Application & Status • Integrated Online Application and Status Lookup (https://certify.fldoe.org) • Single secure logon for on-line certification actions • Submit On-line Application for Certification • Complete except for official transcripts • Immediate upload of submitted application • View/update current mailing address for certification (RE: §1012.561, F.S.) • View current application status and certificates issued • View recent documents received by certification • View accounting of fee payments for certification • Make credit card payment of outstanding balance

  9. Certification Partnership System • Partnership Access & Services System (BEC-PASS) (https://bec.doe.state.fl.us/tcs) • Review applicant certification information • Update educator address (RE: §1012.561, F.S.) • Review certificates issued by/on behalf of district • Submit electronic Forms • Process Renewals of Florida Professional Certificates • Process Additions to Florida certificates • Recruit eligible educators by geographic location Requires authorization for access

  10. Educator Quality • Educator Standards publications (www.fldoe.org/dpe/publications.asp) • Code of Ethics and Principles of Professional Conduct • 21st Century Teacher Competencies • Empowering Parents, Protecting Students (www.myfloridateacher.com) • Background Screening Requirements • View Education Practices Commission hearing notices • Discipline against Educator Licenses lookup • Parent Resource Center • Teacher/School Administrator Resources

  11. Employment Screening Tools • Must perform checks on instructional personnel and school administrators • BEC-PASS • School Districts, University lab schools, and FSDB • Charter schools via affiliated school district or University lab school • www.floridaschoolchoice.org • Private schools with scholarship students • Charter schools with authorized access

  12. Employment History Screening Tool • Authorized user inputs search criteria • ID# (SSN) and/or DOE Number • Name and Date of Birth • Results display possible matches from Certification database • User selects candidate from results • Individual candidate results displayed in single-page, printable format

  13. Educator Quality • Educator Fingerprinting Application (www.FLprints.com) • Payment site for processing fingerprints with participating school districts • Supported by Cogent Systems – statewide vendor for fingerprint processing • Department of Revenue Child Support Enforcement (http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/childsupport/enforcement.html) • Valid Certification file uploaded weekly

  14. Certification Testing • Florida Certification Examinations • FTCE (www.fldoe.org/asp/ftce) • FELE (www.fldoe.org/asp/fele) • Florida Examinations Administrator (www.fl.nesinc.com) • Electronic Score Report upload to BEC • Within 30 days of test administration

  15. Certification Pathways • Teacher Recruitment and Preparation (www.teachinflorida.com) • Approved Teacher Preparation Programs (www.fldoe.org/profdev/teachprep/teachprep.asp) • Florida’s Alternative Certification Program (www.altcertflorida.com) • Educator Preparation Institutes (www.teachinflorida.com/Preparation/EducatorPreparationInstitutes/tabid/187/Default.aspx)

  16. Certification Pathways • Dale Hickam Excellent Teaching Program (www.fldoe.org/etp) • National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (www.nbpts.org) • National Board Certified Teacher Directory (www.nbpts.org/resources/nbct_directory) • American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (www.abcte.org)

  17. FLDOE Related Resources • DOE Staff Information Systems • Florida Educator’s Certificate data (www.fldoe.org/eias/dataweb/) • Subject Codes (formerly Appendix A) • File containing codes at NWRDC • Description: Subject Code Name File • Dataset Name: DPS.DISTRICT.K9.F61707.Yxxxx

  18. FLDOE Related Resources • DOE Publications & Reports (www.fldoe.org/eias/eiaspubs/default.asp) • Valid Certification file updated weekly • Teacher Data including Teacher Shortage Areas (www.fldoe.org/evaluation/teachdata.asp) • FLDOE Office of Student Financial Assistance – Student Scholarship & Grant Programs (www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org/SSFAD/home/ProgramsOffered.htm) • Valid Certification and degree information file updated weekly

  19. FLDOE Related Resources • Course Code Directory and Instructional Personnel Assignments (www.fldoe.org/articulation/CCD/) • Flat files of the Directory are at NWRDC • DPS.DISTRICT.K9.F62806.Yxxxx • DPS.DISTRICT.K9.CCD.Yxxxx • Subject Codes Translation file (www.fldoe.org/articulation/CCD/files/xls/SubjectCodesTranslation20080324.xls) • MAJOR Codes 2008 • Shows current certification subject and instructional level codes (www.fldoe.org/articulation/CCD/files/xls/MAJORCodes2008.xls)

  20. National Affiliation • National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) (www.nasdtec.org) • Jurisdiction Contacts (public access) • Directory (member access) • Clearinghouse (member access) (www.nasdtec.org/clearinghouse/index.tpl) • Knowledgebase/NASDTEC Manual (member access) (www.nasdtec.info)

  21. State Affiliation • Florida Association of School Personnel Administrators (FASPA) (www.faspa.net) • Certification News and Information • Semi-annual Certification Partnership updates

  22. Electronic Transcripts • Florida Automated System for Transferring Educational Records (FASTER) (www.fldoe.org/faster) • Participating Florida colleges/universities submit transcripts electronically to BEC • Standardization of Postsecondary Education Electronic Data Exchange (SPEEDE) (http://registrar.utexas.edu/speede/) • Participating colleges/universities submit transcripts electronically to BEC

  23. Certification Contacts • General Public inquiries • Edcert@fldoe.org • (800) 445-6739 or (850) 245-5049 • Certification Partners • EdCertPartnerline@fldoe.org • Certification Technical Assistance • Applicants: FLCertify@fldoe.org • Partners: BECTechHelp@fldoe.org

  24. Presenter Contact Info • David C. LaJeunesse • Director of Operations & Technology Bureau of Educator Certification Florida Department of Education 325 W. Gaines Street, Room 244B Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400 • David.LaJeunesse@fldoe.org • (850) 245-0615

  25. Follow Up Question and Answer Session Submit Questions to dbweias@fldoe.org Or call (850) 245-0400

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