Quality instruction inventives program

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September 13, 1984
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All DCPS Work Locations Leonard Britton Superintendent of Schools Pat L. Tornillo Executive Vice President, United Teachers of Dade

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QUALITY INSTRUCTION INCENTIVES PROGRAM
(MERITORIOUS SCHOOLS)

The 1984 Florida Legislature enacted legislation authorizing the establishment of a local option district Quality Instruction Incentives Program. Some of∑the fundamental requirements in the law are as follow: o The program must be negotiated and ratified by both the teachers' bargaining unit and the local school board. o All participating schools, regardless of socio-economic differences and grade levels, must have an equal chance to be recognized as meri torious schools. o Procedures for selection of meritorious schools must non- biased. be fair and

o School and individual participation in the program must be voluntary. o A standard or standards, in addition to achievement of gains in the upper quartile on a standardized test in verbal and quantitive student achievement, must be included in the plan.
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Participating schools must compare actual gains against a statistically predicted gain for their students. Non-instructional personnel and school-site administrators may partic ipate in the meritorious school program.

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On Saturday, September 8, 1984 the Dade County Public Schools (DC PS) and the United Teacher.s of Dade (UTD) reached tentative agreement at the collective bargaining table on an amendment to the current DCPS/UTD labor contract establishing a Meritorious Schools Program. Ratification of this agreement by the School Board has been scheduled for September 19, , 98 and for the UTD bargaining unit on September 18-20, 1984. Upon ratification, the plan must be submitted to the Florida Department of Education for approval. This must occur no later than October 1, 1984.

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QUALITY INSTRUCTION INCENTIVES PROGRAM (MERITORIOUS SCHOOLS)
1984

The negot iated contraCt amendment authorizes up to a part icipat ing schools to become el igible for share awards. w ill be d istr ibuted pursuant to the follow ing criter ia:

total of 60 Such awards

Qu al ity (Q) Schools: o Ach ieving the upper quartile 'of part ic ipat ing d istrict schools at com
parable grade level groups' ( i.e., elementary, m iddle/junior high, s enior h igh) as measured by student gain in verbal and q uant itat ive achievement on the 1985 ad minis tr ation of the S tanford Achievement

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Test; and,

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at least an 80% participation of eligible students or maintaining the 1983-84 rate, whichever is gr eate r , on a standardized physical fitness test during the 1984-85 school ye ar .

Exce"ent (E) Schools: Selection shall be based on attainment, year, of the following district goal: by the end of t he 1 984-85 school

o Elementary School level -, 983-84 for the plan year.
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Improvement in s tud ent attendance over

Middle/Junior High School level -- Improvement in student attendance over 1983-84; or improvement in subject area tests, when appropriate tests in multiple and diverse academic subject areas are available and baseline district data are established.

o Senior High School level -- Improvement in student attendance and dropout ra te over 1983-84; or improvement in s ubj e ct area tests,

when appropriate tests in multiple and diverse academic subject areas are avail able and baseline district data a re es tab lis hed .

Educational Excellence (E2) Schools:

o Selection shall be based on attainment of a school student achievement
standard select ed by each faculty, which shall consist of school-site c ert if i cated personnel. For the purpose of this section, each faculty shall identify one standard related to student achievement (see Ap pend i x I for examples).

Shares in Q, E, and E2 schools shal l be awarded to all part ic ipat ing fu" t ime, certificated employees. Full-time, certif icated, it inerant employees who are ass igned to a Q, E, or E2 schools less than full-time and eligible, ce rt if i cated , part-time employees ass igned to such schools shall be eligible for prorata shares.

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A share award for participating certificated personnel shall be no less than $500 in Q sch oo ls , $750 in E schools, and $1,500 in E2 schools. However, shares may increase subject to additional state allocations to the district. Such awa rds wi II be made by October 1, 1985.
three ad hoc committees will be established:
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fn order to facilitate implementation of the Meritorious Schools Program,
Quality Ins tructio n Incentives Prog ram (QU II P) Committee - Will serve to insure the orderly and equitable implementation of this program and shall receive and adjudicate any appeals related to its implementation.
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Technical Review Panel Will r e v i e w all of the data, methodology, and statistical information in order to make technical recommendations to the QUIIP Committee.

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Educational Excellence Awards Committee - Shall have the responsibility for reviewing all data, consistent with applicable state statutes, and making the selection of Q, E, and E2 schools. No member of this committee shall be an employee of DC PS or UTD.

This program has the potential to become a model for the State of Florida and, perhaps, the Nation. It is important for all DCPS employees to knov\' that the School Boar.d, the Superintendent of Schools, and UTD are totally committed to the success of this jointly-developed program and strongly encourage full and active participation by all eligible employees.

Pat L. T o r n i llo , Jr': UTD Executive Vice President

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APPENDIX I

POSSIBLE SCHOOL STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STANDARDS

The following are for illustrative purposes Each participa ting school faculty may identify any standard related ""'t'Ostudent achievement that is determined to be relevant and lor needed by the particular school.

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Increase enrollment in up p er level
language courses.

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mathematics, and foreiQn

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Incre ase enrollment in honors and advanced pl acement classes. 1T'",prove studerits' writing

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skills through a

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school-v. ide

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Irrprove students' computer literacy. Increase- the- nunber of female a n d m in ority students in c la s ses where they have trad i' iqria l Iy been unde r-represented. Ir.,pr-o\e sudents' scores
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the Sae- Student Asses!i,e;,t Tes.

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Irr:prove passage fate on the State Studer.t Assessr.,ent Test. Irprove students' matherr;aic perforrr,cnce.
Irr,p" ove st uder-,ts' read i 1")9

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perfor mance.

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Increase the number of studer,ts in the Academic Scho:ars Progra::-.

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Ir,Ue2S the nur:-ber of vocatioi,a! prograrr. cOIT',pleters.
Irrprove the job placement rate for vocational prograrr, completers.

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Improve stude'lts' nation, and wor Id.

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Increase s t udents ' cur rent events.
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understanding and a .... areness of government a nd

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O t her Languages c o rr , p e tenc y .

nurr,ber of

s1udents exiting English for Speakers. of (ESOL) p r o g r ams Yo ith independent lar"lgua;:e

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