The State of Florida, and specifically Broward County, are in need of teachers. Broward County is seeking dedicated individuals to teach students at all grade levels and in all subject areas, particularly in the following critical shortage areas:

• English (6–12)
• Exceptional Student Education (K–12)
• Gifted (K–12)
• Science (6–12)
• Mathematics (6–12)
• Reading (6–12)
• Speech & Language Impaired (K–12)
• Visually Impaired (K–12)

When hired as a teacher in Broward County, here are some of the benefits you are offered:

• Fully paid employee benefits Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance. For more information on these benefits visit http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/benefits.
• Alternative Certification options for candidates not trained in education.
• Full contributions made to the Florida Retirement System.
• Tax-sheltered annuity programs.
• Ten sick leave days per year.
• Experienced teacher mentors.
• Ten month standard school year and modified calendar/year-round schools.
• Opportunities for professional development and advancement.
• State of the art technology throughout the district.
• Eligibility to participate in the Digital Education Teaching Academy (DETA) in which you can earn three hours of graduate credit.

You do not need to be a resident of Broward County to teach in Broward County.

Follow the step-by-step process at http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/teacher/FindPosition.html.

For salary information please visit http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/teacher/TeachSalSch.html.

Due to a shortage of teachers across our nation, there has been an educational movement throughout the United States to make available alternative routes to teacher certification. Most of the various alternative certification programs encourage two groups of nontraditional prospective teacher candidates to become teachers:

• Mid-career professionals with career experience; and
• Recent college graduates who did not graduate with a degree in education.

For more information on alternative certification, visit the National Center for Alternative Certification.

Yes. The Superb Teacher Attracting and Recruiting (STAR) Program and Project PROMISE are designed for for prospective teachers to teach in the secondary critical shortage areas of mathematics, science, special education, or English/language arts. Successful candidates in the STAR program will be eligible to receive free tuition for college courses at FAU leading toward professional teaching certification. Find out more about the STAR program and Project PROMISE.

Yes. This is the purpose of the STAR Program and Project PROMISE:

• The Teaching and Leadership Center at FAU, offers an intensive alternative teacher preparation pre-service program for prospective elementary and secondary non-education trained candidates in mathematics, science, Special Education, social studies, or English/language arts.
• These programs provide initial professional development preparation activities to ensure program participants are well trained to enter the classroom.
• Successful candidates in the program will be eligible to receive free tuition for courses leading toward their professional teaching certificate.
• Funded through the U.S. Department of Education's Transition to Teaching Grant initiative.
• STAR participants will be selected twice per year for the June cohort and for the January cohort.

Non-citizens must submit documentation verifying legal admission to the United States with no restrictions on employment. Applicants who are not U.S. citizens may apply for the Statement of Status of Eligibility. However, appropriate immigration status must be established through the Immigration and Naturalization Service prior to employment. Neither the Bureau of Educator Certification nor Broward County Public Schools provide assistance with visas since this is strictly an employment issue.
 
Foreign degrees must be evaluated to determine the equivalent U.S. degree. Certain agencies are recognized by the Florida Department of Education to provide a course-by-course foreign degree evaluation.

It depends. If you have an acceptable major in the subject area you wish to teach, you do not need an examination before teaching. However, if you do not have a bechelor's degree or higher in a specific subject area recognized by the State of Florida, you would need to take and pass a subject area test. Please visit http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/subjlist.asp for a list of certification subjects approved by the State of Florida. Also, visit Florida Teacher Certification Examinations for more information on these exams.

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