SB 736 EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL, STUDENT SUCCESS ACT
TEACHER CONTRACTS, PAY FOR PERFORMANCE
We are providing a guide to the essence of SB 736. The language in the segments below are the actual words from the Bill. The language in upper case letters is our initial analysis that labels the language in the Bill.
TEACHER PERFORMANCE
STUDENT PEFORMANCE
STUDENT LEARNING GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT
TEACHER EVALUATION PROCEDURES
ADMINISTRATOR EVALUATION
MEASURES (NOT YET IN PLACE)
EXPLICIT RESTRICTIONS
SALARY ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURES
TEACHER PERFORMANCE
requiring that a district school board’s decision to retain personnel
be primarily based on the employee’s performance (l. 59-61)
STUDENT PEFORMANCE
At least 50 percent of a performance evaluation must be based upon data and indicators of student learning growth assessed annually by statewide
assessments or, for subjects and grade levels not measured by
statewide assessments (l. 205-209)
STUDENT LEARNING GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT
the student learning growth portion of the evaluation must include growth data for students assigned to the teacher over the course of at least 3 years (l. 217-219).
TEACHER EVALUATION PROCEDURES
Evaluation criteria used when annually observing classroom teachers, as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a), excluding substitute teachers, must include
indicators based upon each of the Florida Educator Accomplished
Practices adopted by the State Board of Education (l. 243-247).
ADMINISTRATOR EVALUATION
For school administrators, evaluation criteria must include indicators based upon each of the leadership standards adopted by the State Board of Education
under s. 1012.986, including performance measures related to the
effectiveness of classroom teachers in the school, the
administrator’s appropriate use of evaluation criteria and
procedures, recruitment and retention of effective and highly
effective classroom teachers, improvement in the percentage of
instructional personnel evaluated at the highly effective or
effective level (l. 252-261).
MEASURES (NOT YET IN PLACE)
By June 1, 2011, the Commissioner of Education shall
approve a formula to measure individual student learning growth
on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) administered
under s. 1008.22(3)(c)1. The formula must take into
consideration each student’s prior academic performance. The
formula must not set different expectations for student learning
growth based upon a student’s gender, race, ethnicity, or
socioeconomic status. In the development of the formula, the
commissioner shall consider other factors such as a student’s
attendance record, disability status, or status as an English
language learner (l. 407-417).
For a course that is not measured by a statewide
assessment, a school district may request, through the
evaluation system approval process, to use a student achievement
measure rather than a student learning growth measure if
achievement is demonstrated to be a more appropriate measure of
classroom teacher performance.
Measurement of the learning gains of students in all
subjects and grade levels other than subjects and grade levels
required for the state student achievement testing program is
the responsibility of the school districts (l. 440-503).
1. Statewide assessments.
2. Other standardized assessments, including nationally
recognized standardized assessments.
3. Industry certification examinations.
4. District-developed or district-selected end-of-course
assessments (l. 512-517).
EXPLICIT RESTRICTIONS
A district school board may not use
advanced degrees in setting a salary schedule for instructional
personnel or school administrators hired on or after July 1, 2011, unless the advanced degree is held in the individual’s
area of certification and is only a salary supplement (l. 557-571).
SALARY ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURES
(I) The annual salary adjustment under the performance
salary schedule for an employee rated as highly effective must
be greater than the highest annual salary adjustment available
to an employee of the same classification through any other
salary schedule adopted by the district (l. 629-633)
(II) The annual salary adjustment under the performance
salary schedule for an employee rated as effective must be equal
to at least 50 percent and no more than 75 percent of the annual
adjustment provided for a highly effective employee of the same
classification (l. 634-638).
PROS:
Based on a model for teacher effectiveness.
WHO IS BEHIND THE BILL?
CONS:
The conceptualization of this model.
Consider:
Teachers
Teacher Unions
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