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MEETINGS

Instructors are expected to be present at all faculty meetings unless previously excused by an
administrator. Departmental meetings will be scheduled as needed, and attendance is mandatory.
Department meeting minutes are to be submitted to the administration as soon as is feasible
thereafter. Please refer to the CONFERENCES section.

META

The Florida State Department of Education and the League of United Latin American Citizens
(LULAC) signed a consent decree in 1990, which establishes requirements for the delivery of
services to LEP students and provisions related to in-service requirements for instructional personnel.
The main focus of the decree is ―equal access to educational opportunities in all public schools for
children classified as Limited English Proficient (LEP). The consent decree sets statewide standards
for the proper identification, placement, and provision of programming for, assessment and
monitoring of performance of linguistic minority students. This includes the submission of a three-
year plan for serving these students as a condition of state funding, and the recruitment and training
of appropriately qualified staff in bilingual and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
classes.

NEW INSTRUCTORS

In addition to the requirements listed on the Statement of Status of Eligibility issued by the
Department of Education, all new instructors with temporary teaching certificates must demonstrate
professional education competence in order to obtain a Professional Educator’s Teaching Certificate.
SCPA/SASL documents each new instructor’s competence using our own instructional tool and
FPMS. Please refer to EVALUATIONS.
All teachers new to Somerset will be required to take part in the New Teacher Orientation as part of
their induction.

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