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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.

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.

Hear from Florida teachers who are utilizing CPALMS and what they think of the innovative platform.

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.

The CPALMS platform, developed by staff at the Learning Systems Institute at Florida State University, has been named one of 16 finalists in the Tools Competition for learning engineering tools. The Tools Competition is a multi-million dollar global prize challenge for education technology solutions tackling the most pressing issues in education and advancing learning science. The competition awards more than $4 million for innovative learning tools in four areas addressing pressing challenges in education.

The Learning Systems Institute (LSI) at Florida State University has received a two-year grant from the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County. The Successful Start: Cognitively Guided Instruction project will aim to enhance the effectiveness of early elementary mathematics in Hillsborough County by providing mathematics teacher professional development to 300 voluntary pre-kindergarten (VPK) through third grade teachers in collaboration with Hillsborough County Public Schools.