Brevard Public Schools Alternative Certification Program BPS ACP

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by  Peggy Yelverton

Brevard Public Schools

Alternative Certification Program

BPS ACP

Dr. Brian Binggeli
Superintendent
Brevard Public Schools
Leroy Berry
Deputy Superintendent
Brevard Public Schools
Dr. Patricia Shelton
Director
Office of Certification and Instructional Professional Development
Created by Editing/Formatting
Peggy Yelverton, Resource Teacher Jacqueline Wyatt, Human Resources
Brevard County Induction Program Brevard Public Schools
Revised May 2010
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Viera, Florida 32940
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Table of Contents
Requirements for BPS ACP .......................................................................................................................... 5
ACP Support Team Members ....................................................................................................................... 7
ACP Requirement Contract .......................................................................................................................... 9
ACP Documentation of Completion ........................................................................................................... 10
ACP Agreement to Pay and Refund Policy ............................................................................................... 11
Alternative Certification Routes Demographic Information Form .......................................................... 12
ACP Initial Preparation Description ........................................................................................................... 13
ACP Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 14
Three Day New Teacher Academy Agenda Sample ................................................................................. 15
Orientation Agenda ..................................................................................................................................... 18
Support Team Description .......................................................................................................................... 19
Your Mentoring Team ................................................................................................................................. 21
Support Team Meetings Log ...................................................................................................................... 22
Observation/Coaching................................................................................................................................. 23
My Ten ACP ‘People Support’ Staff Members .......................................................................................... 24
Clinical Education and Mentoring Council In-service Training Schedule .............................................. 25
Mentoring Feedback Forms
Mentoring Feedback Form - Assessment 01 ...................................................................................... 26
Mentoring Feedback Form - Assessment 02 ...................................................................................... 27
Mentoring Feedback Form - Assessment 04 ...................................................................................... 28
Mentoring Feedback Form - Assessment 05 ...................................................................................... 29
Mentoring Feedback Form - Assessment 07 ...................................................................................... 30
Mentoring Feedback Form - Assessment 08 ...................................................................................... 31
Mentoring Feedback Form - Assessment 09 ...................................................................................... 32
Mentoring Feedback Form - Assessment 10 ...................................................................................... 33
Mentoring Feedback Form - Assessment 12 ...................................................................................... 34
Mentoring Tips ............................................................................................................................................. 35
Supporting Roles of Collaborative Partners ............................................................................................. 41
Partnership with the Educator Preparation Institute ................................................................................ 42
Professional Development Components ................................................................................................... 43
Descriptions of Content Area ..................................................................................................................... 45
All Trainings ................................................................................................................................................. 47
Align Training to FEAPs ............................................................................................................................. 51
ACP In-service Training Schedule ............................................................................................................. 54
Reading In-service Flyer ............................................................................................................................. 58
ESOL In-service Flyer ................................................................................................................................. 59
Test Preparation Flyer ................................................................................................................................ 60
Assessment System ................................................................................................................................... 61
ACP Completed Accomplished Practice Check-Off List .......................................................................... 63
Assessment Tasks ...................................................................................................................................... 64
Accomplished Practices Activities Check-Off List ................................................................................... 65
Methods for Demonstration of Accomplished Practices for Educators ................................................. 68
WISE MANUAL Checklist for Successful Completion ............................................................................. 83
Activities Checklist for Successful Completion Training ........................................................................ 84
ACP Program Evaluation ............................................................................................................................ 85
Aligning the Assessment asks to the FEAPs ........................................................................................... 86
Rubrics and Tasks
1.1 Alternative Assessment ............................................................................................................. 88
1.2 Remediation Student Case Study ............................................................................................. 93
2.1 Written Communication from the Teacher .............................................................................. 97
2.2 Communication ........................................................................................................................ 100
3.1 Continuous Improvement - Professional Development Plan ................................................ 103
3.2 Continuous Improvement - School Improvement .................................................................. 107
4.1 Lessons to Teach Critical and Creative Thinking .................................................................. 109
4.2 Portfolio of Student Work ........................................................................................................ 113
5.1 Individual Planning for Intervention ........................................................................................ 116
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Tasks continued
5.2 Observation for Equity ............................................................................................................. 119
6.1 Analysis of Situational Scenarios ........................................................................................... 124
6.2 Multiple Jeopardies and Infraction Penalties ......................................................................... 139
7.1 Assessing Developmental Characteristics ............................................................................. 145
7.2 Human Development ................................................................................................................ 147
8.1 Interdisciplinary Unit ................................................................................................................ 151
8.2 Integrating Literacy Skills into Instruction ............................................................................. 154
9.1 Classroom Management System ............................................................................................. 158
9.2 Case Study on Classroom Management and Motivation ...................................................... 162
10.1 Curriculum Plan for Grading Period and Individual Unit Plan .............................................. 168
10.2 Comprehensive Resource File ................................................................................................ 172
11.1 Parent/Teacher/Student Conference ....................................................................................... 175
11.2 Kids in Crisis ............................................................................................................................. 181
12.1 Computer-Enhanced Instructional Delivery ........................................................................... 184
12.2 Resource Materials from the Web ........................................................................................... 186
12.3 Technology Use Theorist Presentation .................................................................................. 208
Professional Development Program Plan ............................................................................................... 210
Educator Accomplished Practices Self-Assessment ............................................................................. 211
Waiver Form ............................................................................................................................................... 216
Contract Statement ................................................................................................................................... 217
Educator Accomplished Practices Waiver of Component Packet ........................................................ 218
ACP Program Evaluation .......................................................................................................................... 222
ACP Portfolio Requirements .................................................................................................................... 223
Requirements for the BPS ACP Portfolio ................................................................................................ 226
PITCH for Teachers.................................................................................................................................... 229
ACP Summary Survey .............................................................................................................................. 230
ACP Final Reflection - My Plan for the Future......................................................................................... 231
ACP Mentoring Experience - Reflection ................................................................................................. 232
ACP Exit Survey......................................................................................................................................... 233
Criteria for Theorist Presentation ............................................................................................................ 234
Technology/Assessment .......................................................................................................................... 235
Thinking Maps ........................................................................................................................................... 236
CRISS ......................................................................................................................................................... 237
Making Good Decisions ............................................................................................................................ 238
Different Assessments ............................................................................................................................. 239
New Teacher Academy ............................................................................................................................. 240
Summer Institute ....................................................................................................................................... 241
Ruby Payne ................................................................................................................................................ 243
Communicating with Parents and Students - Students ......................................................................... 244
Communicating with Parents and Students - Portfolio Requirements ................................................. 246
Cooperative Learning ............................................................................................................................... 247
New Teacher Orientation .......................................................................................................................... 248
ACP Orientation ......................................................................................................................................... 249
Love & Logic .............................................................................................................................................. 250
Classroom Management ........................................................................................................................... 251
Procedures for Obtaining your Professional Certificate ....................................................................... 252
Routes Toward a Professional Certificate ............................................................................................... 253
The Twelve Florida Education Accomplished Practices with Corresponding Assessment Tasks .... 255
Education Theorists Selection ................................................................................................................. 260
Educator Accomplished Practices - Preprofessional Competencies for Teachers ............................ 262
FORMS
Lesson Plan Data ................................................................................................................................ 277
Single Lesson Plan.............................................................................................................................. 278
Lesson Plan ........................................................................................................................................ 279
Parent Communication Log ............................................................................................................... 280
Note Pages ................................................................................................................................................. 281
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Requirements for BPS ACP

The teacher in the BPS ACP will:
1. Be employed with Brevard Public Schools as a full time teacher.
2. Apply and receive a temporary Florida Teaching Certificate.
3. Be given a Brevard District Mentor Teacher who will mentor and be available to help
answer questions, concerns and offer suggestions and strategies to help become an ef-
fective teacher.
• This district mentor will observe for demonstrations of evidence for the
effective use of knowledge and implementation of nine out of twelve of the
Accomplished Practices. Assessment; Communication; Critical Thinking;
Diversity; Human Development and Learning; Knowledge of Subject Mat-
ter; Learning Environments; Planning; and Technology.
• The district mentor may play different roles while mentoring the BPS ACP
teacher. If the BPS ACP teacher receives any “N’s or U’s” on the evalua-
tion, they will need assistance in a preventative manner and will be placed
on a Professional Development Assistance Plan (PDAP). The BPS ACP
teacher has flexibility with the District Mentor teacher as the BPS ACP
mentor, however will be given a mentor for the PDAP by the school admin-
istrator.
4. Successfully complete all required trainings for the BPS ACP within the validity period
of the teacher’s temporary certificate.
5. Successfully complete one 60 hour reading course FOR PD Competency 2 and one 60
hours of an ESOL course (Empowerment for Teachers, Cross-Cultural Outreach, or
Methods, Curriculum and Materials). The ESOL course may also be used for your dis-
trict commitment.

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6. Two years of overall effective evaluations on their annual Instructional Personnel Per-
formance Appraisal System (IPPAS) evaluation completed by their school administra-
tor. If their annual IPPAS receives any “N’s or U’s” on any of the Instructional Strands,
they will receive a Professional Development Assistance Plan by their administrator and
will also be required to complete a BPS ACP Professional Development Program Plan to
help improve their teaching techniques.
7. Attend the Brevard Public Schools 3 Day New Teacher Academy held two weeks prior to
the start of school. The third day of this academy will be an Alternative Certification In-
formational meeting where a decision is made about which alternative program you
choose to complete.
8. Complete a portfolio including all the requirements for the program. A rubric will be
used for successful completion. 25 successfully completed tasks and rubrics are to be
included in portfolio.
9. Personal information will be included in the portfolio including: Philosophy of Educa-
tion, Personal/Professional Goals, (2) Performance Appraisals, In-service transcripts of
the trainings you have attended with evidence of successful implementation of the skills
and strategies, background narrative, and copies of successfully passing the 3 tests re-
quired for certification and reflections of your BPS ACP experiences.
10. Successful completion of the Summer Institute, which will consist of each participant
preparing a report on an educational theorist or theory to include a PowerPoint, sum-
mary and oral presentation, along with the successful completion of the week long train-
ing.
11. Successfully passing the 3 tests: General Knowledge (GK) within the first school year,
Subject Area test and Professional Education Test.
12. Successful completion of the ACP BPS Portfolio with evidence of successful implementa-
tion of the strategies and skills learned throughout the trainings.
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ACP SUPPORT TEAM MEMBERS
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All ACP teachers will have a school support team that consists of a mentor and an administrator.

ACP SCHOOL MENTOR SELECTION REQUIREMENTS
• Three years of successful teaching.
• Completion of Clinical Educator course.
• Recommendation from principal.

ACP CONTENT MENTOR SELECTION REQUIREMENTS
• National Board Certification.
• Teach the same grade level/content area that the ACP candidate teaches.
• Completion of Clinical Educator Training.

TRAINING
• 3-Day Clinical Educator Training.
• 4 Mentoring Council Meetings.
• Support.

SUPPORT TEAM MEETINGS
• Will consist of the school administrator, school mentor, district mentor, and ACP participant.
Meetings will be held when necessary, or when any member needs to schedule a meeting.
Meetings are not limited to a schedule, but may be completed through emails, phone calls,
mentoring sessions or trainings.

• Two (2) observations using either the Clinical Educator Training Data Collection Tools or the
Florida Performance Measurements System.

• The District mentor will have monthly scheduled Mentoring Sessions available for BPS ACP
teachers to attend. Two (2) will be required.

• After each training, mentoring sessions will be available for follow-up and rubric check offs.

• Visitations will be required to check off documentation of 9 of the Accomplished Practices.

Program Completion
• Successful Brevard Public Schools Alternative Certification Program (BPS ACP) completion
will be based on all of the following:

• Complete all the requirements on the Temporary Certificate or the BPS ACP program
requirements for obtaining a Professional Certificate.
• Written verification from the ACP Support Team of successful comprehensive competency
demonstration through nine of the twelve Accomplished Practices.
• Written verification of successful completion of teaching experience through the use of
the evaluation by the school site administrator on the Instructional Personnel
Performance Appraisal System. If there are any Needs Improvement, extra training will
be provided.
• Rubrics of successful completion of professional development trainings.
• Successful passing of the 3 tests: General Knowledge, Subject Area and Professional
Education Tests.
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Program Completion - continued
• Completion of the Brevard Public Schools Induction Program. (Evidence of the 12
Accomplished Practices and Documentation of Completion.)
• Submission of complete portfolio.
• Successful IPPAS (Instructional Personnel Performance Appraisal System).

CERTIFICATION
In order to obtain a State of Florida Professional Certificate, the participant must:
• Meet requirements for a three-year temporary certificate in an area in which the Department of
Education offers certification.
• Successfully complete the Brevard Public Schools ACP.
• Pass the General Knowledge Test.
• Pass the Florida Professional Educator Examination.
• Pass the Florida Subject Area Examination.
• Meet other requirements of law.

PROGRAM EVALUATION
Evaluation of the Brevard Public Schools ACP will be based on the following:
• Completion and evaluation of participant portfolio.
• Follow up with Support Team.
• Student performance data per the Brevard Public Schools Instructional Personnel Assessment
System (IPPAS).
• Participant surveys.
• Participant reflections.
• Administrator surveys.
• Evaluation of employment status of participants over a three-year period.

An annual report will be prepared based on the above data and submitted annually to the superintendent
and school board.
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Requirement Contract Communicating

As a non-education major teaching in the Brevard Public Schools (BPS), you may seek
certification by either completing college coursework or by completing the Brevard Public
Schools Alternative Certification Program (BPS ACP). The BPS ACP is designed to offer non-
education majors, who hold at least a bachelor’s degree in a subject for which a professional
certificate may be issued, the opportunity to be trained as an educator through training
offered by BPS. After completion of the BPS ACP the teacher may seek a professional
certificate through the state of Florida.

The BPS ACP is a five-part program that includes:
(cid:131) Demonstration of the Preprofessional Accomplished Practices for the Educators of
the Twenty-First Century by the District Peer Mentor Teacher and their
administrators.
(cid:131) The teaching experience under the supervision of a trained ACP support team
(school mentor, district peer, administrator),
(cid:131) Passing of all 3 tests (General Knowledge, Subject Area, Professional Education
Tests).
(cid:131) Professional development components designed to provide participants with
quality professional development including modeling, practice and follow up
(Trainings, reading FOR PD, ESOL).
(cid:131) Completion of a portfolio of tasks, artifacts and evidence of strategies and skills
learned from the training.
o Demographic information
o Philosophy of Education
o Personal and professional goals
o 2 years of effective Performance Appraisal evaluations by the
participant’s building administrator
o Background narrative
o 12 Accomplished Practices evidence of successful
completion/understanding
o Reflection of the BPS ACP program, how to enhance or what to change
o Training Calendar for the year you started
o Individual Inservice record printed from the ERO system
o Evidence of each training, with:
(cid:131) Samples of activities in lessons
(cid:131) Student samples
o Portfolio reviewed

This program was explained to me and I realize that in order for me to complete all my
requirements to receive my Professional Certificate, I must successfully complete the above
requirements.

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Signature Date
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Documentation of Completion

Teacher: School:
Emp ID#: Assignment:
Beginning Date: Completion Date:
Certificate Area(s):
Support Team:
Administrator: School Mentor:
District Peer Mentor: Portfolio Reviewer:
Tests: General Knowledge Subject Area Professional Education

Documentation of Accomplished Practices Completed/Portfolio
1. Assessment 7. Human Development
2. Communication 8. Subject Matter
3. Continuous Improvement 9. Learning Environment
4. Critical Thinking 10. Planning
5. Diversity 11. Role of the Teacher
6. Ethics 12. Technology

has completed the requirements for the BPS ACP.
ACP Signature Portfolio check
Reviewer Signature

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