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Gives direct contact with legislative decision-makers in Florida. Provides an email form that will be sent directly to your elected official (or a fax or phone message). |
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Homepage “How to become certified in Florida,” look up application status or request materials |
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Questions and Answers on HB 821 |
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This listing contains links to the websites of each state’s State Information, Attorney General, Governor, and State Legislature. |
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Florida Teacher Certification Exam homepage, application and bulletin request forms, test preparation guide information, other specifics regarding testing |
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Effectiveness of educational interventions (programs, products, practices, and policies). |
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Academic Earth offers video lectures from elite universities, and it allows viewers to grade the professors. Academic Earth also offers a “Playlists” feature based around themes such as “Laws of Nature,” “Wars Throughout History,” or “You Are What You Eat.” |
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Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development—ASCD Action Center |
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From Education News to Professional Development to Global Partnerships, this website has an enormous amount of resources available for teachers. Of particular interest and use for classrooms is the Clearinghouse tab. On that tab, a group of educators has put together a group of resources according to subject area. Terrific ideas for implementing technology and new ideas in the classroom. |
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Curriki helps connect educators, parents, and students in the development of curriculum and other educational materials. With its open-source curriculum format, Curriki allows anyone to post their teaching ideas for others to view, download, use, reformat, and reshare. |
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*Florida Department of Education*’s website with information for administrators and teachers. Private school survey and state scholarship information can be found here as well. Free Webinars available through ASCD – You do not have to be a member to view these, and once you sign up, you will get emails about upcoming webinars as well. Once the webinar is viewed, it is then available to you to use after the actual webinar date. |
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FREE, or Federal Resources for Educational Excellence, is a U.S. Department of Education website that compiles free teacher resources available from dozens of federal agencies. Educators can sign up for the FREE RSS feed, which notifies users when new resources are added. Otherwise, they can browse by topic, from music history to life sciences. |
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School profiles for public private and charter schools |
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On this site, there are a HUGE number of videos available by subject. There are speakers, classrooms to observe, interviews etc. Other resources are available on the main Partnership for 21st Century Skills website as well. |
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Online professional development, TV programming and multimedia web content, lesson plan ideas, and ways to connect with other educators are all things featured on the PBS Teachers page. The website also features news and webinars for teachers to view. |
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Click on the Free Resources tab and there are a number of presentations and links to help in many different areas. A number of Professional Development opportunities are available through this site as well, along with pertinent research in various areas as well. |
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Teachers’ Domain offers free digital media from public TV broadcasters for educational use. Users can search for materials via individual state standards, Common Core State Standards, or national standards from different organizations. Website users can create online profiles in order to share the resources they have learned for a particular lesson with others. |
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For over a decade, TeAchnology has been providing free and easy-to-use resources for teachers, including “Teacher Timesavers” to help educators better organize. The site also features 42,000-plus lesson plans, 9,000 free printable worksheets, rubrics, teaching tips, web quests, and other free teacher resources. |
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The Library of Congress’ “For Teachers” page highlights ready-to-use classroom materials that are aligned with state standards and take advantage of the Library’s primary sources. It includes access to primary source sets around topics such as U.S. presidents; short facts or activities for class starters, such as “Today in History” and everyday science mysteries; themed lesson plans for dozens of topics; and even professional development curriculum. |
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The National Science Digital Library is the nation’s online library for education and research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It provides free math lessons and activities aligned with the Math Common Core Standards, as well as STEM blogs and other free teacher resources and lesson plan ideas. Targeted for K-12 teachers, higher-education professionals, and librarians, NSDL also provides science literary maps and iTunes multimedia files. |
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Thinkfinity is a free digital learning platform from the Verizon Foundation that offers comprehensive teaching and learning resources created by content partners such as the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the International Reading Association, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, the National Geographic Society, and more. Its content includes interactive student games, lesson plans focused on various themes, education blogs and online discussions, and much more. |
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| Florida Requirements for Private Schools | |
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2009 Handbook of State Regulations for Private Schools in the USA |
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Form: “How to Register to Participate in One of the State Scholarship Programs” |
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Summary of Florida Requirements from Department of Education USA |
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