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Merit Award Program - NEW!
As of March 2007, the Merit Award Program is Florida’s state performance pay program. Passed by the legislature and signed by the Governor, this legislation (Senate 1226: Relating to Merit Award Program) specifies how districts can participate in the state’s performance pay program in 2006-2007 (PDF, 108KB) and 2007 and beyond (PDF, 59KB).
Special Teachers Are Rewarded (STAR)
UPDATE: 10/17/06 The State Board of Education Approved the First STAR Plan
Memoranda and Technical Assistance Documents
- Overview of 2006-07 Legislative Appropriation (PDF, 145KB)
- Memorandum: 2006-07 Special Teachers Are Rewarded (STAR) Appropriation (PDF, 50KB)
- Memorandum: Special Teachers Are Rewarded Technical Assistance Paper (TAP) II (PDF)
- Special Teachers Are Rewarded Presentation (Includes Using Value Tables to Determine Teacher Effectiveness in Florida) (PDF, 379KB)
- Options for Value Tables Based on Course-Based Data
- Special Teachers Are Rewarded (STAR) District Allocations (PDF, 73KB)
- 2006 Special Teachers Are Rewarded (STAR) Program Proviso (PDF, 23KB)
- 11/16/06 Using FCAT Reading as a Pre-Test for Non-FCAT Subjects in a Value Table (PDF, 104KB)
- 11/22/06 Commissioner’s letter to Superintendents (PDF, 40KB)
- 11/29/06 Memorandum on End-of-Course Tests for STAR (PDF)
Approved Plans and Contacts
For additional information on any of the approved plans, please call (850) 245-0509.
Brevard County
Plan will be available on this site soon. We are converting the files. Thank you.
Calhoun County
- Calhoun Approval Letter (PDF, 66KB)
- Calhoun Appraisal I (PDF, 29KB)
- Calhoun Appraisal (PDF, 162KB)
- Calhoun Star Plan (PDF, 66KB)
Citrus County
- Annual Appraisal Form (PDF, 284KB)
- Assessment Page 1 (PDF, 484KB)
- Assessment Page 2 (PDF, 292KB)
- Assessment Page 3 (PDF, 268KB)
- Assessment Page 4 (PDF, 142KB)
- Citrus Letter (PDF, 251KB)
- Instructor Summative Assessment Form (PDF, 219KB)
- STAR Memorandum of Understanding (PDF, 270KB)
- STAR Plan (PDF, 119KB)
- Teacher Assessment Form (PDF, 276KB)
- Teacher Contract Appendix A (PDF, 26KB)
Hillsborough County
“What a magnificent opportunity — for students, for teachers, for families, for Florida — to say 'We reward teachers who move students forward, we celebrate success!' This represents the next step in rethinking teaching and learning, and it is a step well-taken.”
Gene Hickok
Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education