FCAT Science

Florida is fac­ing a crit­i­cal short­age of math and sci­ence teach­ers at the mid­dle and high school level. Florida plans on using Race to The Top funds to spur the edu­ca­tion of more of these  crit­i­cal instruc­tors, accord­ing to the Florida Depart­ment of Edu­ca­tion. I’m hop­ing that the Florida Depart­ment of Edu­ca­tion seeks out qual­ity edu­ca­tional expe­ri­ences and long-term pro­fes­sional staff devel­op­ment for the math and sci­ence teach­ers that will be head­ing into Florida’s mid­dle and high school sci­ence class­rooms. Also, of impor­tance is the need for teach­ers trained in STEM edu­ca­tion prac­tices. To read Leslie Postal’s arti­cle in Novem­ber 28th, 2011 Orlando Sen­tinel see the fol­low­ing link.