Approve Agreement for Technical Services for Reading Endorsement Competency Courses, Fall 2009 (Information and Technology Division)

The Reading Endorsement Program will conduct face-to-face and online training, August 29, 2009, through December 3, 2009, for approximately 780 teachers. The Reading Endorsement is an “add-on” to other certifications. Teachers who teach identified reading courses are required to add the Reading Endorsement to their certificates. The Reading Endorsement must be added in order to remain in compliance with federally mandated requirements of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The Reading Endorsement consists of 300 in-service points which teachers complete through five (60 in-service hours each) Florida Department of Education approved Reading Endorsement Competency courses. Agreements for Technical Services have been prepared for the attached list of Reading Endorsement Competency course trainers. Reading Endorsement trainers are certified to train Reading Endorsement Competency courses through rigorous instruction and practice while completing the train-the-trainer courses. In order to provide teachers with courses needed to become “highly qualified” under the NCLB mandate, permission is requested to add and delete trainers as needed, not to exceed the budgeted amount of $83,000.