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The Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) is the state education agency of Florida. It governs public education and manages funding and testing for local educational agencies (school boards). It is headquartered in the Turlington Building (named for former education commissioner Ralph Turlington) in Tallahassee. [1]
The Florida Department of Education has defined a highly qualified teacher to be one who has (1) fulfilled the state's certification and licensing requirements, (2) obtained at least a bachelor's degree, and (3) demonstrated subject matter expertise. [3]
The Florida Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, said there are 6,920 advertised vacancies for teachers statewide, compared to 6,006 at the same time last year.
The Florida Educator Accomplished Practices, or FEAPs, are core standards provided by the Florida Department of Education for teacher development, detailing the knowledge and skills teachers are expected to have. They provide the framework for Florida's teaching prep programs, certification requirements, and teacher assessment systems.
The Florida Department of Education does not issue special certificates or permits for substitute teachers. All substitute teachers must have at least a high school diploma (or equivalent).
But Florida's starting salary for teachers currently ranks 16th in the country, and the average teacher pay ranks 50th, according to the National Education Association. DeSantis has previously ...
In 2021 the Florida Board of Education prohibited teaching about critical race theory or the 1619 Project in public schools. [1]In April 2023, the Board of Education extended the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, often called the "Don't Say Gay" Act, from covering kindergarten to third grade students into covering the entire range of kindergarten to twelfth grade.
The head of the Florida Department of Education said the state will fight the federal government's new interpretation of the civil-rights law known as Title IX because of its expansion of ...