Florida Organization of Instructional Leaders (FOIL)

Presentations by Department Staff/Partners

November 1-2, 2023

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• Opening General Session (PDF)
• Closing General Session – Assessment (PDF)
• Closing General Session – Accountability (PDF)
• Literacy Policy and Initiatives to Improve Literacy Achievement (PDF)
• An Introduction to the Science of Reading (PDF)
• Pathways to the Education Profession (PDF)
• House Bill 7039: Providing Math Interventions for Students Identified with a Substantial Math Deficiency (PDF)
• Florida’s Instructional Materials: Adoption Process and Annual Certifications/Plans (PDF)
• Best Practices for Optimizing, Managing, and Monitoring Use of Federal Project Funds (PDF)
• Identifying and Supporting Homeless Students (PDF)
• School Improvement Updates (PDF)
• Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services (BEESS) Updates (PDF)
• Resiliency Initiatives: Student and Educator Updates (PDF)
• Instructional Supports for English Language Learners (PDF)

May 17-18, 2023

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• May 17 Opening General Session with FDOE Updates (PDF)
• May 18 Closing General Session on Assessment (PDF)
• May 18 Closing General Session on Accountability (PDF)
• May 18 Closing General Session on Florida Scholars Academy (Department of Juvenile Justice) (PDF)
• Scoring of B.E.S.T. Writing in 2023-2024 and Beyond (PDF)
• Building Resiliency (PDF)
• Delinquency Prevention Through Truancy Intervention (PDF)
• Effective Implementation of High-Quality Mathematics Instruction (PDF)
• Literacy Policy and Initiatives to Support Florida Educators in Improving Student Achievement (PDF)
• Implementing Florida’s Civics Literacy Excellence Initiative (PDF)
• Using the Florida VAM Visualization Tool to Enhance Teaching and Learning for All (PDF)

May 23-24, 2022

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• May 23 Opening General Session with FDOE Updates (PDF)
• May 24 Closing General Session on Assessment (PDF)
• May 24 Closing General Session on Accountability (PDF)
• Literacy in Florida: What You Need to Know (PDF)
• Florida Civics Literacy Excellence Initiative Resources (PDF)
• Serving Students in Dropout Prevention Programs and Alternative Schools (PDF)
• All Things Career and Technical Education (PDF)
• Professional Learning Updates (PDF)
• Health Education Resources (PDF)
• School Safety and Mental Health Legislation and Reporting (PDF)
• Exceptional Student Education Updates (PDF)

November 9-10, 2021

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• November 9 Opening General Session with FDOE Updates (PDF)
• November 10 General Session on Statewide Assessment Updates (PDF)
• November 10 General Session on Accountability Updates (PDF)
• Breakout Session: Reducing Chronic Absences through School, Family and Community Collaborations and Improving Graduation Rates (PDF)
• Breakout Session: Middle School Career Planning Practices and Tools (PDF)
• Breakout Session: B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics: Journey to Implementation (PDF)
• Breakout Session: Career and Technical Education: New Priorities in Recent Legislation (PDF)
• Breakout Session: Transition to Kindergarten: Early Learning Coalition and District Collaboration Success Stories (PDF)
• Breakout Session: Literacy Policy and Practice to Improve Student Outcomes (PDF)
• Breakout Session: Exceptional Student Education Updates (PDF)
• Breakout Session: Implementing Florida's Civic Literacy Excellence Initiative (PDF)
• Breakout Session: School Improvement Process and Updates (PDF)
• Breakout Session: Journey Through the B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts (PDF)

May 12-13, 2021

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• May 12 General Session: FDOE Updates (PDF)
• May 12 General Session: Turning Agony into Action – A father’s journey to make schools safe after the Parkland shooting (PDF)
• May 13 General Session: FDOE Assessment Updates (PDF)
• May 13 General Session: FDOE Accountability and School Improvement Updates (PDF)
• Breakout Session: Early Learning Update and What’s Next? (PDF)
• Breakout Session: Exceptional Student Education Updates (PDF)
• Breakout Session: Florida’s Literacy Landscape and Mission to Improve Literacy Outcomes for All (PDF)
• Breakout Session: Implementation of the B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics (PDF)
• Breakout Session: Journey Through the B.E.S.T. (English Language Arts) (PDF)
• Breakout Session: Middle School Student Progression (PDF)
• Breakout Session: Required Instruction: Section 1003.42(2)(h), Florida Statutes, The History of African Americans – What does that look like? (PDF)
• Breakout Session: Understanding Suicide Risk and Threat Assessments (PDF)
• Breakout Session: Turning Agony into Action – A father’s journey to make schools safe after the Parkland shooting

November 3-4, 2020

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• Opening Session with FDOE Updates (PDF)
• CTE Updates and Looking Forward (PDF)
• Statewide K-12 Assessment and FTCE/FELE Updates (PDF)
• Statewide Accountability Updates (PDF)
• Office of Early Learning Updates (PDF)
  • Office of Early Learning Support for Florida’s Youngest Learners Amid the Pandemic (PDF)
  • STAR VPK Progress Monitoring Pilot Program (PDF)
• Act with Urgency for Literacy (PDF)
• Implementing Changes in Florida’s Literacy: The New K-12 Comprehensive Evidence-based Reading Plan (CERP) Requirements and the New B.E.S.T. ELA Standards (PDF)
• Bureau of Standards and Instructional Support Updates (PDF)
• Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services Updates (PDF)
• School Improvement Updates (PDF)

November 13-14, 2019

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General Sessions

• Department Updates (PDF)
• Assessment (PDF)
• Accountability (PDF)

Breakout Sessions

• Required Instruction Reporting Rule (PDF)
• Exploring the Impact of ESSA (PDF)
• School Improvement Overview (PDF)
• Reporting to Professional Practices Services (PDF)
• Equity 101: Refresher on Civil Right Responsibilities (PDF)
• Health Education Rules Implementation, Reporting and District Highlights (PDF)
• Talking Talent: Strategies to Ensure a Quality Teacher for Every Florida Student (PDF)
• Implementing the 2019-2020 K-12 Reading Plans and Overview of Proposed Rule Changes (PDF)
• Office of Early Learning (PDF)

May 15-16, 2019

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General Sessions

• Department Updates (PDF)
• Assessment and Accountability (PDF)

Breakout Sessions

• CAPE Industry Certification (PDF)
• Shift Your Mindset: Re-Envisioning the Review of Professional Learning (PDF)
• Exploring ESSA and the School Improvement Plan (PDF)
• Healthy Minds and Student Learning (PDF)

November 7-8, 2018

Opening General Session

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• Department of Education Updates (PDF)

Breakout Sessions

• Breakout Session #1: School-Based Mental Health Services: Using MTSS in a System of Care (PDF)
• Breakout Session #2: Plotting the Math Path (PDF)
• Breakout Session #3: Support Provided to Schools and Districts under Approved ESSA State Plan (PDF)
• Breakout Session #4: Federal Reporting (PDF)
• Breakout Session #5: Teacher Recruitment (PDF)
• Breakout Session #7: Understanding ESSA Levels of Evidence (PDF)

Closing General Session

• Reading Updates (PDF)
• Office of Safe Schools Updates (PDF)
• Assessment Updates (PDF)

May 16-17, 2018

Opening General Session

• Using Content Area Reading to Develop Reading Comprehension Proficiency in Grades K-5 (PDF)
• Department of Education Updates (PDF)

Break-out Sessions

• Educator Quality (PDF)
• Pragmatic Conversations Session 1 (PDF)
• Pragmatic Conversations Session 2 (PDF)
• Improving Literacy Instruction Through the Implementation of Policy Changes (PDF)
• Science IDEAS Model School: Strategic Approach to District Implementation (PDF)
• Science IDEAS as an Integrated Instructional Model for K-5 Impacts Comprehension: Learn Why! (PDF)
• Supporting Safe and Successful Schools: Tier 1 Prevention and Education
  • Title IV, Part A Overview (PDF)
  • Best Practices for Role of the School Nurses (PDF)
  • Strengthening Mental/Emotional Health through the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Approach (PDF)
  • Florida’s Positive Behavior Interventions and Support Initiative (PDF)
• Supporting Safe and Successful Schools: Tier 2 Identification and Intervention
  • Comprehensive Services for At-Risk and Students in Juvenile Justice Programs (PDF)
  • Florida Children and Youth Cabinet (PDF)
  • Florida Problem Solving/Response to Intervention Program Early Warning Systems Support (PDF)
  • School and Community-Based Counseling Services (PDF)

Closing General Session

• K-12 Student Assessment Updates (PDF)
• Accountability Updates (PDF)
• School Improvement Updates (PDF)

November 14-15, 2017

Opening General Session

• Strategic Plan and DOE Updates (PDF)
  • Strategic Plan and DOE Updates (RTF)
• School Improvement Overview (PDF)
  • School Improvement Overview (RTF)

Break-out Sessions

• Computer Science in the Classroom (PDF)
• Educator Quality (PDF)
• Improving Outcomes for Students with Disabilities (PDF)
• Just Read, Florida! (PDF)
• Problem-Based Learning in Science (PDF)
• Reading Between the Lines: Hidden Messages in Student Discipline Data (PDF)
• Reducing Chronic Absences and Improving Dropout Prevention Rates (PDF)
• Resource Alignment for Federal Educational Programs (PDF)
• Schools of Hope (PDF)
  • Schools of Hope (RTF)
• Unified School Improvement Grant (PDF)
  • Unified School Improvement Grant (RTF)

Closing General Session

• Summer Melt – Transition from High School to College (PDF)
• K-12 Student Assessment Updates (PDF)
• Accountability Update (PDF)

May 17-18, 2017

• Strategic Plan: Closing the Achievement Gap (PDF)
• Improving Student Attendance (PDF)
• 2017 Legislative Update (PDF)
• HB 7069 Conference Report (PDF)

Concurrent Session: Student Progression Data and Problem Solving

• Student Progression Data and Problem Solving Presentation (PDF)
• Acceleration Mechanisms (PDF)
• Attendance Absent Over 21 Days (PDF)
• Attendance by Districts 2014-15 (PDF)
• College and Career Ready Course Completers (PDF)
• FOIL Resources (PDF)
• Just Read, Florida! Data Spreadsheet (PDF)
• Eight-Step Small Group Planning and Problem Solving Worksheet (PDF)

Concurrent Session: Educator Quality

• Educator Quality Update (PDF)

Concurrent Session: State Accountability and Assessment/ESSA

• Statewide Assessments Update (PDF)
• Accountability Update (PDF)

May 10, 2016

• Supporting a Digital Classroom (PDF)
• Accountability Update (PDF)
• School Grades Learning Gains Calculation for 2015-16 (PDF)
• ESSA Assessment and Accountability Excerpt (PDF)
• Using Value-Added Data to Inform Instruction (PDF)
• Just Read, Florida! Updates (PDF)
• Standards, Instruction and Student Progression (PDF)

December 1-2, 2015

• English Language Learners Update (PDF)
• Students with Disabilities Update (PDF)
• Legislative Update/Utilizing the Value Added Model (PDF)
• Assessment and Accountability (PDF)
• Florida’s Value Added Model (PDF)

May 6-7, 2015

• Information on House Bill 7069 (PDF)
  • Information on House Bill 7069 (RTF)
  • Frequently Asked Questions 6/3/15 (PDF)
• School Improvement Updates (PDF)
  • School Improvement Updates (RTF)
• Florida Digital Learning Summary (PDF)
  • Florida Digital Learning Summary (RTF)
• Our Shared Agenda: Empowering Effective Teaching (PDF)
  • Our Shared Agenda: Empowering Effective Teaching (RTF)

November 12-13, 2014

• Division of Public Schools Update PDF)
• Accountability Update (PDF)
• Educator Evaluation Update (PDF)
• Digital Tools Update (PDF)
• Florida Standards Assessments Update (PDF)