Why? In February 2020, The Florida State Board of Education adopted the Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T) Standards and approved the most aggressive 3-year timeline in Florida’s history for transitioning from the state’s current academic standards to the B.E.S.T. Standards. This rapid transition has required substantial changes to curriculum and assessment, placing a burden on all levels of the […]
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Florida PreK–3 Literacy
Why? To increase literacy development among Florida’s diverse student population, the Florida PreK–3 Literacy project supports state, regional, district, and school literacy-focused leadership capacities and literacy instructional services utilizing implementation science. This collaborative project will support the Florida Department of Education in building educator knowledge and teaming capacity to implement evidence-based literacy practices. What? R7CC will provide support to expand […]
Building and Supporting Effective School Leaders
Why? Florida is implementing new state learning standards and plans to submit new leadership standards to the state board for approval. The state and stakeholders seek to strengthen principal preparation program approval standards to align with new principal preparation program quality measures and leadership standards. There is a need and opportunity to coordinate the development and implementation of these initiatives […]
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