Florida Department of Education

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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Public Certificate Lookup

• Certificate Lookup (www.fldoe.org/edcert/public.as
  p)
• 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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/enforce
  ment.html)
• Valid Certification file uploaded weekly

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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

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Certification Pathways

• Teacher Recruitment and Preparation
• (www.teachinflorida.com)
• Approved Teacher Preparation Programs
  (www.fldoe.org/profdev/teachprep/teachprep.asp)
• Floridas Alternative Certification Program
  (www.altcertflorida.com)
• Educator Preparation Institutes
  (www.teachinflorida.com/Preparation/EducatorPrepar
  ationInstitutes/tabid/187/Default.aspx)

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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)

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FLDOE Related Resources

• DOE Staff Information Systems
• Florida Educators 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

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FLDOE Related Resources

• DOE Publications Reports (www.fldoe.org/eias/eia
  spubs/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/Pro
  gramsOffered.htm)
• Valid Certification and degree information file
  updated weekly

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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/arti
  culation/CCD/files/xls/SubjectCodesTranslation2008
  0324.xls)
• MAJOR Codes 2008
• Shows current certification subject and
  instructional level codes (www.fldoe.org/articulat
  ion/CCD/files/xls/MAJORCodes2008.xls)

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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/cle
  aringhouse/index.tpl)
• Knowledgebase/NASDTEC Manual (member access)
  (www.nasdtec.info)

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State Affiliation

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

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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

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Certification Contacts

• General Public inquiries
• Edcert_at_fldoe.org
• [phone] or [phone]
• Certification Partners
• EdCertPartnerline_at_fldoe.org
• Certification Technical Assistance
• Applicants FLCertify_at_fldoe.org
• Partners BECTechHelp_at_fldoe.org

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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_at_fldoe.org
• [phone]

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Follow Up Question and Answer Session

• Submit Questions to
• dbweias_at_fldoe.org
• Or call
• [phone]