About PDP

The Florida Department of Education has created a community-based system of Regional Personnel Development Partnerships (PDP) designed to address the need for qualified personnel, including special education, related services personnel and leadership personnel within the state's 67 school districts. The Regional PDPs are local professional development partnerships established in collaboration with the Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services. The FSU Regional Partnership implements its comprehensive local strategic planning by identifying its local goals, objectives, and action steps to address the professional development needs within the region. Its goal is to recruit and retain special education and related services personnel within the 14 county Partnership.

The initiatives of the FSU Regional Partnership

• Part-time SLP Distance Learning Master's Degree Program
• Interdepartmental Certificate Program in Developmental Disabilities

The purpose of the Personnel Development Partnership is to increase the State’s capacity to recruit, prepare and retain highly qualified personnel in Florida that provide instructional and related services to children with disabilities.

This product was developed by the name of project, through the funding agent, a special project funded by the State of Florida, Department of Education, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services, through federal assistance under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B and/or Part D.