FROM: The Education Practices Commission TO: DOAH Clerk of Court RE: REDACTION OF CERTAIN LANGUAGE The Education Practices Commission reviewed and redacted certain verbiage within the document(s) included prior to transferring the case to DOAH so that individual student(s) information cannot be identified in accordance with Section 1002.221(1), Fla. Stat. (2018). STATE OF FLORIDA EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION PAM STEWART, as Commissioner of Education, Petitioner, vs. CASE NO. 167-3829 JORDAN ACOSTA, Respondent. / ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT Petitioner, Pam Stewart, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative Complaint against JORDAN ACOSTA. The Petitioner seeks the appropriate disciplinary sanction of the Respondent’s educator’s certificate pursuant to sections 1012.315, 1012.795, and 1012.796, Florida Statutes, and pursuant to Rule 6A-10.081, Florida Administrative Code, Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida, said sanctions specifically set forth in sections 1012.795(1) and 1012.796(7), Florida Statutes. The Petitioner alleges: JURISDICTION 1. The Respondent holds Florida Educator’s Certificate 1261476, covering the areas of Elementary Education and English for Speaker of Other Languages (ESOL), which is valid through June 30, 2019. 2. At all times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as a GB Grade Teacher at Claude Pepper Elementary School in the Miami-Dade County School District. MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS oe On or about April 5, 2017, Respondent signed a Test Administrator Prohibited Activities Agreement, whereby he agreed that when administering state wide assessments, such as the Florida Standards Assessment, he would refrain from: a) Reading test items or student responses as he monitored the room; or b) Using his cell phone. JORDAN ACOSTA Administrative Complaint Page 2 of 3 4. On or about April 5, 2017, Respondent signed a Test Administration and Security Agreement, whereby he agreed that when administering state wide assessments, such as the Florida Standards Assessment, he would refrain from: a) Reading or viewing the passages or test items; b) Copying the passages or test items; or c) Copying or reading student responses. 5. Despite having signed the Test Administrator Prohibited Activities Agreement and the Test Administration and Security Agreement, on or about April 18, 2017, while administering the Florida Standards Assessment Mathematics Test to his [iJerade students, Respondent: a) Read or viewed the passages or test items; b) Read student responses and noted whether the students were “showing their work”; and c) Tooka picture of one of the test questions with his cell phone. The Petitioner charges: STATUTE VIOLATIONS COUNT 1: The Respondent is in violation of section 1012.795(1)(j), Florida Statutes, in that Respondent has violated the Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession prescribed by State Board of Education rules. RULE VIOLATIONS COUNT 2: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Rule 6A- 10.081(2){a)1, Florida Administrative Code, in that Respondent has failed to make reasonable effort to protect the student from conditions harmful to learning and/or to the student’s mental health and/or physical health and/or safety. COUNT 3: The allegations of misconduct set forth herein are in violation of Rule 6A- 10.081(2)(c)1, Florida Administrative Code, in that Respondent has failed to maintain honesty in all professional dealings. (SIGNATURE ON FOLLOWING PAGE) JORDAN ACOSTA Administrative Complaint Page 3 of 3 WHEREFORE, based on the reasons set forth herein and in accordance with the Explanation of Rights and Election of Rights forms attached to and made a part of this Administrative Complaint, Petitioner respectfully recommends that the Education Practices Commission impose an appropriate sanction against the Respondent’s educator’s certificate pursuant to the authority provided in sections 1012.795(1) and 1012.796(7), Florida Statutes. The sanctions imposed by the Education Practices Commission may include, but are not limited to, any one or a combination of the following: issuing the Respondent a written reprimand; placing the Respondent on probation for any period of time; restricting the Respondent’s authorized scope of practice; assessing the Respondent an administrative fine; directing the Respondent to enroll in the Recovery Network Program; suspending the Respondent’s educator’s certificate for a period of time not to exceed five years; revoking the Respondent’s educator’s certificate for a period of time up to 10 years or permanently; determining the Respondent to be ineligible for certification; or barring the Respondent from reapplying for an educator’s certificate for a period of time up to 10 years or permanently. EXECUTED on this (G™ day ot_(YVarch , 2018. PAM STEWART, as Commissioner of Education State of Florida

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