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COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

REQUIRED FOR

TEACHER CERTIFICATION

IN FLORIDA

TWENTY-FOURTH EDITION

Updated October 16, 2017

Florida Department of Education



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Competencies and Skills Required for Teacher Certification in Florida

Twenty-Third Edition

Introduction

Effective July 1, 1988, the Florida Legislature expanded the Florida Teacher Certification

Examination (FTCE) to include tests of subject matter knowledge in the certification areas (Section

1012.56, Florida Statutes).

On March 28, 1989, the State Board of Education amended Rule 6A-4.0021, Florida Administrative

Code (F.A.C.), to include revised competencies and skills for the professional skills part of the

FTCE and new competencies and skills for the subject area examinations in the following

certification areas:

Biology 6¨C12

Physical Education K¨C8

Physical Education 6¨C12

Computer Science K¨C12

Physically Impaired K¨C12

Earth-Space Science 6¨C12

Political Science 6¨C12

Emotionally Handicapped K¨C12

Reading K¨C12

Geography 6¨C12

School Psychologist PK¨C12

Guidance and Counseling PK¨C12

Specific Learning Disabilities K¨C12

History 6¨C12

Speech-Language Impaired K¨C12

Journalism 6¨C12

Varying Exceptionalities K¨C12

Mentally Handicapped K¨C12

This was printed as Competencies and Skills Required for Teacher Certification in Florida.

On March 13, 1990, the State Board of Education amended the rule to include competencies and

skills in the following additional certification areas:

Mathematics 6¨C12

Art K¨C12

Middle Grades English 5¨C9

Chemistry 6¨C12

Middle Grades General Science 5¨C9

Drama 6¨C12

Middle Grades Mathematics 5¨C9

Economics 6¨C12

Middle Grades Social Science 5¨C9

Educational Media Specialist PK¨C12

Music K¨C12

Elementary Education 1¨C6

Physics 6¨C12

English 6¨C12

Primary Education K¨C3

French K¨C12

Social Science 6¨C12

German K¨C12

Spanish K¨C12

Health K¨C12

Speech 6¨C12

Hearing Impaired K¨C12

Latin K¨C12

This was printed as Competencies and Skills Required for Teacher Certification in Florida, Second

Edition.

Introduction

page i of vii

On March 26, 1991, the State Board of Education amended the rule to include competencies and

skills in the following additional certification areas:

Business Education 6¨C12

Preschool Education N¨CPK

Home Economics 6¨C12

Psychology 6¨C12

Humanities K¨C12

Sociology 6¨C12

Occupational Specialist

Visually Impaired K¨C12

This was printed as Competencies and Skills Required for Teacher Certification in Florida, Third

Edition.

On October 26, 1993, the State Board of Education amended the rule to include competencies and

skills in the following additional certification areas:

English to Speakers of Other Languages K¨C12

Prekindergarten/Primary PK¨C3

Preschool Education (Birth¨CAge 4) (a revision of the previous Preschool Education N¨CPK)

This was printed as Competencies and Skills Required for Teacher Certification in Florida, Fourth

Edition.

On March 16, 1995, the State Board of Education amended the rule to include competencies and

skills in the following certification areas:

Agriculture 6¨C12

Industrial Arts-Technology Education 6¨C12

Marketing 6¨C12

This was printed as Competencies and Skills Required for Teacher Certification in Florida, Fifth

Edition.

On August 12, 1999, the State Board of Education amended the rule to include revisions to the

competencies and skills in the following areas:

Mentally Handicapped K¨C12

Professional Education

Middle Grades English 5¨C9

Biology 6¨C12

Middle Grades Math 5¨C9

Computer Science K¨C12

Music K¨C12

Educational Media Specialist PK¨C12

Reading K¨C12

Emotionally Handicapped K¨C12

Spanish K¨C12

English 6¨C12

Specific Learning Disabilities K¨C12

Guidance and Counseling PK¨C12

Varying Exceptionalities K¨C12

Mathematics 6¨C12

This was printed as Competencies and Skills Required for Teacher Certification in Florida, Sixth

Edition.

Introduction

page ii of vii

On January 29, 2002, the State Board of Education amended the rule to include revisions to the

competencies and skills in the following areas:

Business Education 6¨C12

Home Economics 6¨C12

English to Speakers of Other Languages

Middle Grades General Science 5¨C9

K¨C12

Middle Grades Social Science 5¨C9

French K¨C12

Physical Education K¨C8

Health K¨C12

Physical Education 6¨C12

Hearing Impaired K¨C12

Social Science 6¨C12

History 6¨C12

Through the same rule amendment, the State Board of Education adopted competencies and skills in

the following new examination areas:

Exceptional Student Education K¨C12

General Knowledge

Kindergarten¨CGrade 6 (containing subtests in the following areas: Language Arts;

Mathematics; Music, Visual Arts, Physical Education, and Health; Science and Technology;

and Social Science)

This was printed as Competencies and Skills Required for Teacher Certification in Florida, Seventh

Edition.

On February 18, 2003, the State Board of Education amended the rule to include revisions to the

competencies and skills in Professional Education. Through the same rule amendment, the Florida

Board of Education adopted competencies and skills in the following new examination areas:

Middle Grades Integrated Curriculum 5¨C9

Physical Education K¨C12

Additionally, the subject area Home Economics has been renamed Family and Consumer Science.

The competencies and skills pertaining to Home Economics remained the same under Family and

Consumer Science. This was printed as Competencies and Skills Required for Teacher Certification

in Florida, Eighth Edition.

On November 18, 2003, the State Board of Education amended the rule to include revisions to the

competencies and skills in the following areas:

Music K¨C12

Computer Science K¨C12

Drama 6¨C12

Reading K¨C12

English 6¨C12

Prekindergarten/Primary PK¨C3

Social Science 6¨C12

Mathematics 6¨C12

This was printed as Competencies and Skills Required for Teacher Certification in Florida, Ninth

Edition.

Examinations in the following subject areas were no longer administered after June 30, 2004:

Elementary Education 1¨C6

Primary Education K¨C3

Emotionally Handicapped K¨C12

Specific Learning Disabilities K¨C12

Varying Exceptionalities K¨C12

Mentally Handicapped K¨C12

Physically Impaired K¨C12

Introduction

page iii of vii

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