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The Florida Teacher Certification Examinations (FTCE) is composed of three tests: Professional Education, General Knowledge, and Subject Area Exams. Depending upon your background, you may need to take one, two, or three of the tests.
 
 


General Knowledge Test (GK)

The GK test consists of four subtests:

  • Essay - 50 minutes
  • English Language Skills (ELS) - 40 minutes
  • Reading - 40 minutes
  • Mathematics - 100 minutes

Test PEd: Professional Education
ThePEd test is usually given in the afternoon and requires most of the afternoon,with arrival at 1:00 P.M. Theactual testing time is 2-1/2 hours. It is a test of pedagogy and professionalpractices. Examinees often combine taking an FTCE subject area examination inthe morning and the PEd test in the afternoon on the same test date. In somecases, when combined with certain tests such as French K-12, the PEd test isgiven in the morning and the language test in the afternoon. Check youradmission ticket carefully.

 
Test SAE: Subject Area Exam
These are exams for degreed academic and somevocational subject areas. These exams measure content area knowledge, usuallyin a multiple-choice format. English 6-12, Middle Grades English 5-9, FrenchK-12, German K-12, and Spanish K-12 also require an essay. Spanish K-12 andFrench K-12 are administered in a language lab, and German K-12 has aninterview. Speech 6-12 has a videotaped portion. Candidates applying for aProfessional Certificate and those adding a subject area to a ProfessionalCertificate must pass a subject area exam in the field(s) in which they seekcertification.


Taking the entire test, including time for the administration of the test requires arrival at
8:00 A.M. and departure at about 1:15 P.M. Subtests may be registered for and taken separately, if desired. No other test may be taken that day. EXCEPTION: An examinee who registers to take ONLY the Essay subtest in the morning may combine that subtest with the Ped Test in the afternoon.

 
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