E11: Teacher Certification Podcast | FTCE | What's on the Professional Education Exam

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Welcome to episode 11 of FTCE seminar, the Florida Teacher Certification Exam podcast, where we talk about testing tips, study strategies, and how to pass the FTCE. I'm your host Mercedes Musto, and today's episode, we'll be talking about the professional education test and what you need to know to pass. Let's get started. All right, pop quiz. Try to answer the following questions. Ready? Question 1, what are the eight components of the professional education test? Question 2, how many questions are on the test? Question 3, how long do I have to answer those questions? And question 4, what score do I need to achieve to pass? If you knew the answer to any of these questions and give yourself a selfie high-five because you are off to a great start. If you only knew the answer to a few questions, that's okay too. It would be a good idea to keep on listening though. Question number one, what are the eight components of the professional education test? There's so much to cover on this test, but you got this, you got this. Okay, let's see. You'll need to know about instructional design, planning, and delivery, student-centered learning environments.

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You must have a comprehensive understanding of your subject area matter. You need to know about assessment strategies, stuff about continuous professional improvement. This one's important, knowledge of professional conduct, that's like ethics and educational laws. You will also need to know research-based practices for English language learners. That's important. And lastly, effective literacy strategies. Like I said, there is a lot to know for this test. For more information, check out the testing blueprint. It's got a pie chart with the percentages and a list of the concepts you'll be tested on. But you can get all of this at ftceseminar.com or the main testing website. Question two, how many questions are on the test? And question three, how long do I have to answer those questions?

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Here's the test design. For the professional education test, you have two hours and 30 minutes to answer approximately 80 multiple choice questions and you need a minimum of 71% to pass. That's correct, 71%. Question four, what score do I need to achieve to pass? The answer to this one is 200. 200, right? Okay, what does that mean?

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You need a scaled score of 200 to achieve a pass. Anything below that is not a pass. For more information about raw and scaled scores, what they mean and how they're calculated, get to that main testing website. But you see, everything I'm sharing with you today is from the main FTC website. If you have questions, hit me up in the comments or you can visit the main site at fl.nesinc.com. Now you heard me say you need a maximum percentage of correct answers to achieve a minimum passing score. Let me translate. You need to answer correctly at least 71% of approximately 80 professional education test questions to achieve a 200 and PASS pass. Meaning aim for pass not perfection. There's some wiggle room for human error and what listening to this podcast will do is help you review what you've learned and studied. You got to stay sharp. If you're not sure how to study or what to study, visit ftcseminar.com to get started. The important thing is to start studying and start studying today. Knowing what to expect when you take the professional education test helps and it's a start. Well, what are you waiting for? Subscribe to our YouTube channel or listen to us on Spotify, Audible, Apple, or wherever you play your favorite podcasts and start studying today.

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This is your host Mercedes Musto. Join me again on FTCE Seminar, a Florida teacher certification exam podcast so you can pass the FTCE. I'd like to thank Kate and Samantha and the Pickens Multimedia Studio at the University of West Florida for making this podcast possible.

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