M-DCPS RECOGNIZES PERFORMANCE OF TOP PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS

Miami-Dade County Public Schools recognized outstanding principals and assistant principals at a performance pay ceremony held Nov. 2 in the School Board Administration Building auditorium in downtown Miami.

Superintendent of Schools Alberto M. Carvalho commended the top administrators for their accomplishments in increasing student achievement and for their hours of dedicated service.

“These individuals are the ones that have had to take pay cut after pay cut. They work many extra hours without complaints,” Carvalho said.  “It is time that we reward them for their dedication to support student achievement.”

Miami-Dade was already the first school district in the state to reward teachers for their performance under Race to the Top (RTTT). The state does not require performance pay plans by school districts until 2014. However M-DCPS was able to achieve this goal thanks to the support of the union and the School Board members who have strongly maintained their commitment to local classrooms.  This time, the school system was able to offer some financial support to those administrators who lead and inspire teachers to accomplish the goal of educating students.

Funding for the performance pay plan, up to $14 million this year, came from a RTTT grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Carvalho chaired the
Governor’s Working Group that developed a memorandum of understanding and a successful application which resulted in Florida’s receiving more than $700 million in RTTT funds, equaling to $350 million for school districts across the state.

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