Vote to pass a bill that amends public school evaluation procedures.

-Requires the district school superintendent to annually report evaluation results of instructional personnel and school administrator evaluation systems based on the following criteria (Sec. 2):
          -Student performance;
          -Instructional practice;
          -Instructional leadership; and
          -Professional and job responsibilities.

-Establishes the following four levels of performance, and requires the Commissioner of Education to consult with experts in developing the criteria for the performance levels (Sec. 2):
          -Highly effective;
          -Effective;
          -Needs improvement or developing; or
          -Unsatisfactory.

-Requires that evaluations be conducted for each employee once a year, with the exception of first year teachers, who will be evaluated twice in their first year (Sec. 2).

-Requires that 50 percent of performance evaluation be based on student learning growth (Sec. 2).

-Requires that beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, each school district will measure student learning growth using the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or FCAT, that beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, the district will administer for each course offered a student assessment that measures mastery of content including (Secs. 2, 3):
          -Statewide assessments;
          -Other standardized assessments, including nationally recognized standardized   assessments;
          -Industry certification examinations; and
          -District-developed or district-selected end-of-course assessments.

-Specifies that by July 1, 2014, the board shall adopt a performance based salary schedule in which teachers classified as “highly effective” get a salary increase (Sec. 4).

Vote to pass a bill that amends public school evaluation procedures.

-Requires the district school superintendent to annually report evaluation results of instructional personnel and school administrator evaluation systems based on the following criteria (Sec. 2):
          -Student performance;
          -Instructional practice;
          -Instructional leadership; and
          -Professional and job responsibilities.

-Establishes the following four levels of performance, and requires the Commissioner of Education to consult with experts in developing the criteria for the performance levels (Sec. 2):
          -Highly effective;
          -Effective;
          -Needs improvement or developing; or
          -Unsatisfactory.

-Requires that evaluations be conducted for each employee once a year, with the exception of first year teachers, who will be evaluated twice in their first year (Sec. 2).

-Requires that 50 percent of performance evaluation be based on student learning growth (Sec. 2).

-Requires that beginning in the 2011-2012 school year, each school district will measure student learning growth using the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or FCAT, that beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, the district will administer for each course offered a student assessment that measures mastery of content including (Secs. 2, 3):
          -Statewide assessments;
          -Other standardized assessments, including nationally recognized standardized   assessments;
          -Industry certification examinations; and
          -District-developed or district-selected end-of-course assessments.

-Specifies that by July 1, 2014, the board shall adopt a performance based salary schedule in which teachers classified as “highly effective” get a salary increase (Sec. 4).