FTCE Exceptional Student Education K-12 case studies
FTCE Exceptional Student Education K-12 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Exceptional Student Education K–12, test code 061, is one of the subject-area examinations in the Florida Teacher Certification Examinations (FTCE) program listed on the FTCE/FELE website (fl.nesinc.com). It is intended for candidates who are pursuing Florida educator certification to teach students with exceptionalities across kindergarten through grade twelve, and it is one of the requirements candidates typically complete alongside the general professional education requirement and any other subject-area tests their certification path calls for. The FTCE Exceptional Student Education K-12 case studies are 5 cases and about 4,449 words.
1The Written Request the Team Wants to Wait On
Malik is a fourth grader who reads 42 words correct per minute on grade-level passages while classmates average 98; his math computation sits at the 55th percentile. He has attended three schools in two years and has missed 22 days this year.
827 words, about 4 min2Three Years of Schooling and a Score of 68
A bilingual assessment team evaluates Lucía, an 11-year-old who moved from a rural Guatemalan town 14 months ago. She speaks Q'anjob'al at home, learned to read in Spanish at school, and has roughly three total years of formal schooling, including a 14-month gap before immigrating.
837 words, about 4 min3'I Give Them the Same Test - That's Fair'
Okafor co-teaches inclusive seventh-grade science with Mr. Lin: 29 students, 7 with IEPs (three with specific learning disability in reading, one with autism, one with emotional/behavioral disability, two with speech-language impairment).
936 words, about 5 min4The Calm Room and the 10:10 Spike
Devon is a 9-year-old third grader with autism who uses about 30 spoken words and a picture communication app. He has four to six incidents a week: he sweeps materials off his desk, then throws objects, then drops to the floor.
913 words, about 5 min5Nine Days Until the Annual Review
Mai is 16, in tenth grade, with an intellectual disability and a speech impairment. Her IEP's transition section reads in full: "Mai will participate in community-based instruction and will develop vocational skills." She works six hours a week at a pet store with a job coach and says she wants to "work with animals." Her parents, who speak Vietnamese at home and work evening shifts, have missed the last two IEP meetings; the last meeting was held at 2:00 p.m.
936 words, about 5 min