Common use of Performance Based Pay Clause in Contracts

Performance Based Pay. 1. In compliance with Florida Statutes, the parties have agreed to implement a performance based pay program for instructional personnel. This program shall allow instructional personnel who demonstrate outstanding performance as defined by statute to earn a monetary supplement in addition to their individual, negotiated salary. 2. In order to be eligible for this supplement, employees must have earned satisfactory performance ratings for their most recent three years, as well as the current year. In addition to employment in the District, the parties shall recognize employment experience from outside the District for which it has granted employee experience credit. It shall be the employee’s responsibility to provide documentation verifying satisfactory performance ratings not earned within the District. 3. Employees desiring to participate in this process shall be assigned to one of two tracks. Assignment shall be based on the employee’s work assignment and/or eligibility to participate in the National Board Certification process. Employees eligible and assigned to a position where it is feasible to participate in the National Board process shall be required to do so. The IPAS Committee shall make final determination of track assignment. 4. Upon attainment of National Board Certification successful candidates shall receive the negotiated supplement (see Appendix F) for as long as they hold their certification and continue to earn satisfactory annual assessment ratings. Employees forfeiting said supplement due to unsatisfactory annual assessment shall regain eligibility upon receiving a satisfactory rating. Payment of the supplement shall resume at the beginning of the following year providing the employee meets eligibility requirements. 5. Employees currently holding National Board Certification shall receive the supplement, prorated equally over each pay period. Employees earning certification for the first time during the 2002-2003 school year and thereafter shall receive said supplement prorated equally over each remaining pay period as well as a single payment retroactive to the start of the employees’ work calendar covering all prior pay periods. 6. Employees not eligible to participate in the National Board Certification Process (currently including but not limited to school social workers, psychologists, occupational and physical therapists, speech language pathologists, adult education teachers, guidance and family counselors, and health teachers) shall be eligible to participate in an alternative program, the Broward County Recognition Program (BCRP). Said program, similar in format to the National Board Certification process, includes portfolio documentation with artifacts, videotaping of job performance, as well as written work samples. Successful candidates participating in BCRP shall receive the negotiated supplement (see Appendix F) for three consecutive years and may be renewed in subsequent years so long as they continue to earn satisfactory annual assessment ratings. Employees forfeiting said supplement due to unsatisfactory annual assessment shall become eligible for and receive payment upon satisfactorily fulfilling the terms of the professional development plan resulting from the unsatisfactory rating and receiving a satisfactory rating. Participation in the BCRP process requires and application fee of $60. 7. A panel comprised of National Board Certified teachers and/or other appropriately trained peers shall evaluate candidate’s submissions. Assessments shall be based on a scored scale. Employees serving on the panel shall be paid at their hourly rate for all such work beyond their regular workday. 8. At the conclusion of the first year of the program, the parties agree that the IPAS Committee shall evaluate the panel’s effectiveness and report its findings to the CAC. The CAC shall review the findings and decide if the composition of the panel should be changed or remain the same. The parties agree to negotiate the minimum supplement for the Broward County Recognition Program at the conclusion of the first year. The parties shall consider the success rate of the local applicants compared to that of applicants for the NBPTS certification in Broward County as a factor for any such agreement. 9. A subcommittee of the IPAS Committee is currently establishing the BCRP procedures. The IPAS Committee is authorized to establish necessary procedures and to recommend contract modifications to the CAC. The CAC is authorized to modify the Collective Bargaining Agreement to include appropriate procedures. 10. If the statute requiring a supplement for outstanding teachers is no longer in effect, the parties agree to make the program contained in this section a subject of negotiations.