FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, September 30, 2011

CONTACT: John Schuster
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
305-995-1126

Superintendent of Schools Alberto M. Carvalho, School Board Vice Chair Dr. Lawrence Feldman, district administrators, honored teachers, business members and interested citizens

Performance Pay Recognition Ceremony

Monday, October 3, 2011 at 3:00 pm

Miami Beach Senior High Schoot
2231 Prairie Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Miami-Dade Superintendent of Schools Alberto M. Carvalho will distribute funds to teachers under a performance pay plan announced earlier this year, which gives Miami-Dade educators the potential to earn as much as $100,000 or more. Funding for the performance pay plan, up to $14 million this year, comes 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 S700 million in Race to the Top funds, which equated to $350 million for school districts across the state. This bold new work is supported by the Miami·Dade County Schoot Board, which has strongly maintained their commitment to local classrooms.