Florida Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation

佛罗里达州卓越教师教育合作计划(FCETP)正在建立一个全州跨学科和机构合作的模式，以改善未来K-12教师的准备工作。该合作项目以佛罗里达农工大学为中心，包括代表该州许多研究型大学、四年制学院和社区学院的20多个机构。这些机构包括佛罗里达州立大学、佛罗里达大学、南佛罗里达大学、北佛罗里达大学。西佛罗里达大学、佛罗里达中部大学、佛罗里达国际大学、白求恩-库克曼学院、塔拉哈西社区学院、迈阿密-戴德社区学院和杰克逊维尔的佛罗里达社区学院。此外，支持培养数学和科学教师的地区学区和教育组织支持该项目的主要组成部分。这一倡议的重点是积极招聘学生从事教学工作，并改进职前和在职教育。方案的目标是：显著增加入学并获得理科学士学位或数学教师教育方案的优秀高中毕业生的人数；o建立一个由参与机构的SMET教员组成的有效社区，并努力增加这些教员与参与教员和学生之间的交流频率和有效性；o实施并为职前教师开发核心的数学和科学课程，这些课程以探究为基础，并在合作学习环境中教授；并创建一种教师培训模式，将FCETP学生的暑期辅导和早期持续的课堂体验结合在一起。FCETP项目正在由一名外部评估员在FCETP工作人员的协助下进行评估。

The Florida Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Education Program (FCETP) is building a state-wide model of interdisciplinary and institutional cooperation for improving the preparation of future K-12 teachers. The collaborative is centered at Florida A&M University and includes over twenty institutions representing many of the state's research universities, four-year colleges, and community colleges. These institutions include Florida State University, the University of Florida, University of South Florida, University of North Florida. the University of West Florida, the University of Central Florida, Florida International University, Bethune-Cookman College, Tallahassee Community College, Miami-Dade Community College, and Florida Community College at Jacksonville. In addition, area school districts and educational organizations which support the preparation of mathematics and science teachers support the major components of this project. This inititative focuses on aggessive recruitment of students to teaching careers, and improvements in pre-service and in-service education. Program goals are: o increase significantly the number of high-achieving high school graduates who enroll in and receive baccalaureate degrees from science, or mathematics teacher education program; o establish an effective community of SMET faculty from participating institutions, and work towards increasing the frequency and effectiveness of communication among these faculty and participating teachers and students; o implement of develop a core of mathematics and science courses for pre-service teachers that are inquiry-based and taught in cooperative learning environments; and o create a model of teacher training that also incorporates summer mentoring of FCETP students and early sustained classroom experiences. The FCETP Project is being evaluated by an external evaluator with assistance from FCETP staff.