Bureau of Standards & Instructional Support News

Tobacco Prevention Training Supports the State Substance Use and Abuse Health Education Rule

Tobacco Prevention Professional Development courses are sponsored by the Florida Department of Education and the Florida Department of Health. Participants are required to teach tobacco prevention lessons and build the capacity for ongoing instruction in substance use prevention. Teachers may choose to take a 60-hour comprehensive course, a 30-hour course, a 10-hour EVP (Electronic Vapor Products) course, or a 3-hour SUA (Substance Use and Abuse) course that focuses on vaping. The 10-hour EVP and 20-hour courses are also available for school nurses. Since youth vaping is an epidemic and research shows tobacco prevention education is effective, educators may take the 10 - hour EVP course and the 60-hour comprehensive course, or the 30-hour course. Registration is available at http://tobaccopreventiontraining.org.

For further information, please contact Jakiera Gosa at jakiera.gosa@palmbeachschools.org or TobaccoPrevention@palmbeachschools.org.

Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST)

The Nation's Highest Honors for Teachers of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM, including Computer Science)

The 2023-2024 cycle honors science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and/or computer science teachers working in kindergarten-6. Nominations begin in August of each year. Up to six state finalists are announced on the PAEMST webpage in March.

Each cycle, up to 108 STEM teachers are announced as national recipients of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, two from each state and the U.S. Territories.

Florida’s most recent finalists include:

2024 Elementary Science:

• Sara Berge Lowry Elementary Hillsborough County Public Schools
• Lainie Clowers-Gwynne Dream Lake Elementary Orange County Public Schools
• Kaye Ebelt The Greene School Palm Beach

2024 Elementary Math:

• Nicolette Barone Oak Park Elementary Hillsborough County Public Schools
• Stephanie Roehm Plumosa School of the Arts Palm Beach County School District
• Cynthia Tennell Rawlings Elementary Alachua County Public Schools

2023 Secondary Science:

• Amy Herman Minneola Charter School Lake County Schools
• Alicia Pressel Creekside High School St. John’s County School District

2023 Secondary Math:

• Jacqueline Sheffield Fort Walton Beach High School Okaloosa County School District

2022 Elementary Science:

• Madge Nanney Darnell-Cookman School of the Medical Arts Duval County Public Schools

2022 Elementary Math:

• Montana Lowe Everglades Elementary School Palm Beach County School District

2021 Secondary Science:

• Euan Hunter Vanguard High School Marion County Public Schools
• Michael Mury All Saints Academy Hillsborough County Public Schools
• Yung Romano Strawberry Crest High School Hillsborough County Public Schools

2021 Secondary Math:

• Benjamin “Corey” Ellis Seminole High School Seminole County Public Schools
• Laszlo Nagy Cypress Bay High School Broward County Public Schools

For further information, please contact Alicia Foy at Alicia.Foy@fldoe.org.

Art in the Capitol Competition

Each year, middle school students, from sixth grade to eighth grade, enter their artwork in their respective school district’s Art in the Capitol Competition, judged by a panel of art teachers; winning pieces are delivered and displayed at the capitol in a coordinated effort with their sponsoring legislator.

https://www.floridacapitol.myflorida.com/the_capitol/art

Instructional Materials

The 2024-2025 English Language Arts K-12, Personal Financial Literacy and Money Management 9-12, Mathematics Intervention Materials K-4 and English Language Arts Intervention Materials K-3 state adoption review of instructional materials is underway. The Bureau of Standards and Instructional Support is seeking qualified expert reviewers for these materials. Please keep an eye out for the Call For State Expert Reviewers on the Instructional Materials webpage, https://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/instructional-materials, for qualifications and how to be an expert reviewer for the state. Please visit the Instructional Materials website for more information to be posted after summer of 2024.

Fostering Civic Literacy in Florida

Please visit Florida’s Civic Literacy webpage.

Required Instruction

The Florida Required Instruction Portal is now open to districts for planning and reporting.

Section 1003.42, Florida Statutes
Rule: 6A-1.094124 Required Instruction Reporting
Florida Required Instruction Portal

Professional Learning Events

The 2024 B.E.S.T. Mathematics, Computer Science, Personal Financial Literacy and Civics Professional Learning Events will expand upon previous professional learning events for mathematics and civics while providing a track for computer science and personal financial literacy educators. During the learning events, Florida mathematics, computer science, personal financial literacy and civics educators will come together for explicit, systematic training on the content and implementation of:

• The B.E.S.T. Mathematics Standards for grades K-12 and for school leadership;
• Florida’s state academic standards for computer science for grades K-12 and for school leadership;
• Florida’s state academic standards for personal financial literacy grades 9-12 and for school leadership; and
• Florida’s state academic standards for civics and government grades K-12 and for school leadership.

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For mathematics, the event is organized into five tracks: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 and leadership. For computer science, the event is organized into one track: K-12. For personal financial literacy, the event is organized into one track: 9-12 (social studies courses). For civics and government, the event is organized into three tracks: K-5, 6-8 and 9-12.

For event registration, districts, charters and higher education institutions will be allotted a number of guaranteed registrations per district, content and track. Please see the attached district allotment for more details. District superintendents will receive instructions on how to log into their registration portals.

Charter school leaders and higher education institute contacts will be emailed a link for their registration portals.

• Registrations by districts will begin April 1, 2024 and will close on April 12, 2024. All registrations made by the districts during the district registration window must be submitted by April 12. Substitutions will not be accepted after that date. If a district-made registration is cancelled by the district or the participant, the replacement will be filled from the wait list in the order received.
• Registrations by charter schools and higher education institutions will begin April 15, 2024 and will close on April 26, 2024.
• General registration for the event will begin on May 1, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, on a first-come, first-serve basis and will stay open until the week before each event. If any content areas or tracks are full, registrants will be placed on a wait list. Replacements for cancelled registrations will be filled from the wait list in the order received and may happen the week before the event.

Visit the Registration website or contact Courtney Starling at Courtney.Starling@fldoe.org or 850-245-9066 for more details. We look forward to your participation in this exciting professional learning opportunity as we continue to support the learning and teaching of Florida’s state academic standards.

The Bureau of Standards and Instruction support webpage can be accessed at https://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/.

13^th Annual Healthy Schools Summer Academy

Healthy Schools Summer Academy will be held June 4-5, 2024, at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, Florida. The 13^th annual Healthy Schools Summer Academy will focus on standards-based health education, physical education, driver education, civic and character education and life skills education for the development of healthy, confident and resilient learners. District administrators, mental health coordinators, school nurses, curriculum specialists, school counselors and all subject-area teachers, especially health education and physical education teachers, are encouraged to attend. For more information and to register for this interactive professional learning opportunity, please visit Healthy Schools Summer Academy.

For reference the hyperlink is https://www.healthyschoolssummeracademy.org/2024/menu.php

Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Mathematics, Computer Science, Personal Financial Literacy and Civics Professional Learning Event Series Registration

The B.E.S.T. Mathematics, Computer Science, Personal Financial Literacy and Civics ProfessionalLearning Events will expand upon previous professional learning events for mathematics and civics while providing a track for computer science and personal financial literacy educators. During the learning events, Florida mathematics, computer science, personal financial literacy and civics educators will come together for explicit, systematic training on the content and implementation of:

• The B.E.S.T. Mathematics Standards for grades K-12 and for school leadership;
• Florida’s state academic standards for computer science for grades K-12 and for school leadership;
• Florida’s state academic standards for personal financial literacy grades 9-12 and for school leadership; and
• Florida’s state academic standards for civics and government grades K-12 and for school leadership.

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For mathematics, the event is organized into five tracks: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 and leadership. For computer science, the event is organized into one track: K-12. For personal financial literacy, the event is organized into one track: 9-12 (social studies courses). For civics and government, the event is organized into three tracks: K-5, 6-8 and 9-12. For event registration, districts, charters and higher education institutions will be allotted a number of guaranteed registrations per district, content and track. Please see the attached district allotment for more details. District superintendents will receive instructions on how to log into their registration portals. Charter school leaders and higher education institute contacts will be emailed a link for their registration portals.

• Registrations by districts will begin April 1, 2024 and will close on April 12, 2024. All registrations made by the districts during the district registration window must be submitted by April 12. Substitutions will not be accepted after that date. If a district-made registration is cancelled by the district or the participant, the replacement will be filled from the wait list in the order received.
• Registrations by charter schools and higher education institutions will begin April 15, 2024 and will close on April 26, 2024.
• General registration for the event will begin on May 1, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, on a first-come, first-serve basis and will stay open until the week before each event. If any content areas or tracks are full, registrants will be placed on a wait list. Replacements for cancelled registrations will be filled from the wait list in the order received and may happen the week before the event.

Visit the Registration website or contact Courtney Starling at Courtney.Starling@fldoe.org or 850-245-9066 for more details. We look forward to your participation in this exciting professional learning opportunity as we continue to support the learning and teaching of Florida’s state academic standards.