Uniform Core Curricula (UCC 2027)

Required Uniform Core Courses (Rule 6A-5.0661(3))

Each state-approved teacher preparation program must require the following foundational courses.

Select this program's USF course for each required course below.

#	Required Course	Key Topics (as required by rule)
1	Introduction to Education	Cognitive load theory, working memory, long-term memory, retrieval practice, attention and selective attention, motivation and persistence, background knowledge, production effect.
2	Impact Teaching and Classroom Management	High-impact teaching strategies, including direct instruction, classroom learning environment, sustaining high expectations, active engagement in thinking, and multiple exposures to content; demonstrate competency based on the FEAPs.
3	Foundations of Civil Discourse, American Exceptionalism, and Western Civilization	Civil discourse, American founding principles, Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, Federalist Papers, Western civilization, Ancient Greece and Rome, Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, democratic revolutions, totalitarianism, common good, and the teacher's role in democratic self-government.

Uniform Core Curricula (UCC) — Curriculum Requirements

The following elements are required for Florida teacher preparation programs pursuant to Rule 6A-5.0661, F.A.C.

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UCC Curriculum Compliance Requirements (Rule 6A-5.0661(2)(e)–(h))

Violate s. 1000.05, F.S.
Distort significant historical events, including denial or minimization of the Holocaust or teaching Critical Race Theory as described by the rule.
Promote identity politics.
Endorse theories that systemic racism, sexism, oppression, and privilege are inherent in U.S. institutions or that those institutions were created to maintain social, political, and economic inequities.