Florida State graduate and Learning System Institute research faculty, Dr. Amanda Tazaz, is an oceanographer on a mission to increase the diversity in the field of geoscience.

Starting in the summer of 2024 and continuing into the summer of 2025, Principal Investigator Amanda Tazaz, Ph.D., will lead a partnership of geoscience agencies in the state and several departments at FSU and Florida A&M University to develop four geoscience summer camp programs that will be implemented with pre-college students attending summer camp at the Boys and Girls Club of the Big Bend.

CPALMS Career and Technical Educartion Professional Development Testimonials

Florida educators discuss how our professional development programs inspired and helped them grow professionally.

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

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

LSI's CPALMS team is leading two significant events in Tallahassee for Florida teachers with more than 280 educators in the capital city for Integrated Civics Professional Development workshops. The Integrated Civics PD will take place over two weeks in June.

More than 120 educators were in Tallahassee last week at our Integrated Civics Professional Development. They shared their thoughts on the experience.

Since joining the Learning Systems Institute in 2015, Carrie Meyers has dedicated her career to advancing and innovating education to support teachers. After a 20-year career in the classroom, Meyers knew she wanted to continue her work as an educator when she joined LSI.