Standards & Instructional Support

The mission of the Bureau of Standards and Instructional Support is to provide quality services and resources in collaboration with our partners in education.

Our vision is that student success is our standard!

Important News

The Bureau of Standards and Instructional Support in the Florida Department of Education is again promoting Course Description Awareness starting on October 1st, 2019. This event is devoted to spreading awareness and celebrating the content of Florida’s K-12 courses.  Course descriptions provide information on the standards to be taught in each Florida course. Please visit the Course Description Awareness page for more information.

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STEM

• Mathematics
• Science
• Toolkits
• STEM Programs

Social Studies, Arts,
Literacy & Gifted

• Fine Arts
• Gifted Education Programs
• Literacy for Learning in the Content Areas
• Social Studies
• Toolkits

Innovation & Implementation

• Program Grants
• Instructional Technology
• Computer Science Education

Instructional Materials
& Library Media

• Instructional Materials
• Instructional Materials Specifications
• Library Media Services
• Information Literacy
• Library Media Reading Guidelines
• Library Program Evaluation Tool

Healthy Schools

• Building a Healthy District
• Comprehensive Health Education
• Green Schools
• HIV/STD Prevention, Teen Pregnancy Prevention & Sexual Health Education
• Human Trafficking
• Physical Education
• Toolkits

Title IV, Part A

• Title IV, Part A Grant
• Title IV, Part A External Resources

Standards

CPALMS is the State of Florida’s official source for standards. All standards for every subject area and grade level can be found here.

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Course Descriptions

Course descriptions provide all of the standards to be taught in the specific course.

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Florida Students

FloridaStudents.org is a collection of resources including tutorials created by Florida teachers and other resources located from all over the web to support student learning.

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CPALMS Resources

CPALMS is an online toolbox of information, vetted resources and interactive tools that helps educators effectively implement teaching standards.

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