SUPERINTENDENT ALBERTO CARVALHO ANNOUNCES
PERFORMANCE PAY PLAN FOR TEACHERS

TEACHERS WILL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO EARN UP TO $100,000 OR MORE

MIAMI – Miami-Dade Superintendent of Schools Alberto M. Carvalho today announced a performance pay plan for teachers, which gives Miami-Dade educators the potential to earn as much as $100,000 or more.
 
“In the midst of our national economic crisis, as school districts across the country are laying off teachers, Miami-Dade County will be the first school district in the state to reward teachers for their performance,” said Carvalho.

The state does not require performance pay plans by school districts until 2014.  Teachers can be rewarded at a school-wide level, by subject, and as an individual teacher.

Funding for the performance pay plan, up to $14 million this year, will come from a Race to the Top grant from the United States Department of Education.

Carvalho chaired the Governor’s Working Group that developed a memorandum of understanding and a successful application that resulted in Florida receiving more than $700 million in Race to the Top funds, which equated to $350 million for school districts across the state.
 
Carvalho signed the performance pay agreement with United Teachers of Dade President Karen Aronowitz, who has worked closely with him in supporting the district’s efforts towards Race to the Top.  
 
This bold new work is supported by the Miami-Dade County School Board, which has strongly maintained their commitment to local classrooms.  Superintendent Carvalho has vowed that, despite a $108 million budget hole next year, the district will not make cuts to art, music, world languages or physical education.

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