2023

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.

Florida educators discuss utilizing the CPALMS platform.

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.

Grace Rabelas, DepEd Region V Education Program Supervisor

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.

According to UNICEF, African countries are facing the world’s worst teacher shortage. The continent needs 17 million additional teachers to achieve universal primary and secondary education by 2030.