Florida Senate - 2011                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 736
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             03/08/2011 12:55 PM       .                                
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       Senator Lynn moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 216 - 223
    4  and insert:
    5         a. For classroom teachers, excluding substitute teachers,
    6  the student growth portion of the evaluation must include
    7  growth, as defined in subsection (8) and in section (D)(2)(i) of
    8  the Race to the Top Memorandum of Understanding, for students
    9  assigned to a teacher over the course of at least 3 years. If
   10  less than 3 years of data are available, the school district
   11  must include the years for which data are available.
   12         (I) Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, the school
   13  district may phase in the evaluation system but shall use, at a
   14  minimum, student growth, as defined in subsection (8) and in
   15  section (D)(2)(i) of the Race to the Top Memorandum of
   16  Understanding, for at least 35 percent of the evaluation and
   17  student growth or achievement as determined by the school
   18  district for 15 percent of the evaluation.
   19         (II) Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, the teacher
   20  evaluation system shall use, at a minimum, student growth, as
   21  defined in subsection (8) and in section (D)(2)(i) of the Race
   22  to the Top Memorandum of Understanding, for at least 40 percent
   23  of the evaluation and student growth or achievement as
   24  determined by the school district for 10 percent of the
   25  evaluation for students assigned to the teacher over the course
   26  of at least 3 years. If less than 3 years of data are available,
   27  the school district must include the years for which data are
   28  available.
   29         (III) School districts may include at least one additional
   30  metric to combine the student performance and principal
   31  observation components to develop a multi-metric evaluation
   32  system. Additional metrics shall include, but need not be
   33  limited to, observations by master teachers or instructional
   34  coaches, student input, peer input, and parental input for
   35  students assigned to the teacher over the course of at least 3
   36  years.