July 2023

Florida educators discuss the field experiences that were a major part of the 2023 Summer Integrated Civics Professional Development program.

Florida State University faculty and staff have begun their work in Egypt on the Teacher Excellence Initiative. The five-year, $49.5 million United States Agency for International Development project is supported by an international collaboration between FSU's Learning Systems Institute and College of Education, including faculty from the School of Teacher Education. The Teacher Excellence Initiative project is implemented by the Education Development Center consortium.

​​​​​​​Jim Reynolds has an expansive role at Florida State’s Learning Systems Institute (LSI) as a Science Content Specialist and Curriculum Coordinator for the CPALMS team. His work is essential for furthering education as CPALMS is the official source for course descriptions and standards in Florida and provides benchmarks for general education classes. CPALMS offers 12,000+ high-quality educational resources developed by K-12 educators and FSU faculty. There are more than 1,300 original tutorials for students to use anytime and anywhere.

Florida educators discuss utilizing the CPALMS platform.

Florida educators described CPALMS professional development programs as ᴀᴡᴇ-ɪɴꜱᴘɪʀɪɴɢ , ɪᴍᴍᴇʀꜱɪᴠᴇ, ᴇɴɢᴀɢɪɴɢ, ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛɪᴠᴇ and ᴄᴏʟʟᴀʙᴏʀᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ