Florida Organization of Instructional Leaders (FOIL)
Presentations by Department Staff/Partners
May 16-17, 2024
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- Opening General Session – Department of Education (PDF)
- Opening General Session – Department of Juvenile Justice (PDF)
- Closing General Session – Statewide Assessments Update (PDF)
- Closing General Session – Accountability (PDF)
- Division of Early Learning Updates (PDF)
- Florida Department of Juvenile Justice and Education Partnership (PDF)
- School Safety Legislation Update; House Bill 1473 (PDF)
- Understanding the Development of Skilled Reading (PDF)
- Exploring Authentic, Decodable and Leveled Texts (PDF)
- School Improvement Initiatives: Supports for Students with Disabilities that Lead to Increased Academic Achievement (PDF)
- Maximizing Federal Grants to Increase Student Achievement (PDF)
- Stronger Connections Grant: Focus on Achievement and Attendance for SWDs and ELLs (PDF)
- Supporting Military Children and Families: Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission 101
- From Classroom to Career: The Power of Mentorship in Teacher Preparation (PDF)
- Implementing Internet Safety Instruction within Health Education and Computer Science (PDF)
- Florida’s Instructional Materials: A New Timeline (PDF)
- Mathematics Interventions: Best Practices, Needs Assessment and Instructional Materials (PDF)
- African American History Education: Planning with a Purpose (PDF)
- Holocaust Education: Resources and Lesson Planning (PDF)
- K-12 Civics Education: Engaging Future Leaders (PDF)
- Resiliency Florida: The Power to Persevere (PDF)
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)
- 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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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
- Supporting Safe and Successful Schools: Tier 2 Identification and Intervention
Closing General Session
- K-12 Student Assessment Updates (PDF)
- Accountability Updates (PDF)
- School Improvement Updates (PDF)
November 14-15, 2017
Opening General Session
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)
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)
- School Improvement Updates (PDF)
- Florida Digital Learning Summary (PDF)
- Our Shared Agenda: Empowering Effective Teaching (PDF)