Flamingo Literacy Micro-Credentials
On-demand. Evidence-based. Personalized.
Created in partnership with the Florida Department of Education and the Division of Early Learning, the UF Lastinger Center for Learning’s Flamingo Literacy Micro-Credentials are available at no cost to Florida instructional personnel in an effort to create accessible and on-demand reading professional development. They give instructional personnel an opportunity to work at their own pace while implementing new instructional strategies in real-time and receiving individualized feedback and one-on-one support from an assessor.
Enrollment Information
Micro-Credential enrollment is open now! To learn specifics about each micro-credential, please visit their individual pages. Please complete the Program Interest Form to receive communication about other Lastinger Center offerings for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Impacting every level of the education system
This professional development equips birth to twelfth-grade instructional personnel to:
- Identify literacy difficulties and determine appropriate interventions
- Apply evidence-based practices
- Effectively use progress monitoring and intervention materials
Through this comprehensive coaching and professional development system, the profession will be supported and elevated, allowing instructional personnel to make even greater impacts on student literacy outcomes.
How does it work?
The Flamingo Literacy Micro-Credentials are a hybrid model of online modules, instructor-supported online courses and job-embedded practicum:
Emergent
Birth through Prekindergarten
- Birth through PreK instructional personnel
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Builds emergent literacy knowledge and skills with high-quality content
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Supports language and literacy requirements for the CDA professional portfolio
- Satisfies the 40-hour reading requirement for renewal for certified Florida educators, if completed after 10/21/24
Expected completion time of Parts 1, 2, and 3-up to 15 weeks.
Elementary
Prekindergarten through Fifth Grade
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PreK and kindergarten through fifth grade (public schools, including charters) instructional personnel
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Allows instructional personnel to teach intensive reading intervention*
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Satisfies Competency 1 of the Reading Endorsement
- Satisfies the 40-hour reading requirement for renewal
Expected Completion Time of Parts 1, 2, and 3-up to 15 weeks.
Secondary
Sixth through Twelfth Grade
- Sixth- through twelfth-grade instructional personnel
- Allows instructional personnel to teach intensive reading intervention
- Satisfies Competency 1 of the Reading Endorsement
- Satisfies the 40-hour reading requirement for renewal
Expected Completion Time of Parts 1, 2, and 3-up to 15 weeks
Delivery and Duration
Each micro-credential is delivered in a hybrid model of asynchronous, on-demand modules, and instructor-supported online courses and practicum.
When does enrollment begin?
Enrollment begins in September 2024. See enrollment periods and term dates by clicking on each Micro-Credential website below.
About Flamingo Learning
The Flamingo Literacy Micro-Credentials are part of the UF Lastinger Center for Learning’s Flamingo Learning system. This comprehensive suite of professional development products offers courses, coaching, communities of practice, and instructional leadership development for early learning, K-12 and literacy professionals.
If you want to receive direct communication about our programs, including updates or enrollment notifications, please fill out our Program Interest Form!