Collinsville, Oklahoma
February 13, 2010
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Rep. Sears: Teacher Performance Bill /
Young & Old Quilters /
Final Baseball Signup /
4th Grade Basketball Top Finish


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Last Call For Youth Baseball
The last day to sign your kids up for the Spring baseball season is February 20th from 12pm - 4pm at the Bank of the Lakes Community Room at 11th & Broadway. There will be a coaches meeting following at 4:30pm. Any questions contact Jeff Rule 694-9537. Don't forget to check out the website at www.collinsvilleyouthbaseball.com

Thanks for your support. -- Beth Davis -- Treasurer

1st Place 4th Grade Finish
4th grade girls started playoffs on Monday, they finished 1st place on Thursday night! Congratulations on a great season. Thank you to the parents and girls for such a smooth season.
Back: coach Toby Buoy
Midde: Regan Brewer, Cora Lovan, Carrington Buoy, Taylor McGranahan
Front Row: Aubrey McClendon, Brooklyn Groves, Maddie Couch, Ashley Flanagan
Patchwork Quilters February Meet
The Collinsville Patchworkers met Feb. 9, 2010 at the Library, welcoming Shirley Boyd's great nephew William Gougler. Janice Coke won the fat quarter drawing and chose "kid-friendly brights" for the drawing at the March 9 meeting. Members enjoyed cake, as they celebrated the recent birthdays of Elsie Dooley and her daughter Hazel Gast. A "Shop Hop" is scheduled for March 6, with members and guests traveling to Dewey, Copan, and Independence, KS to tour quilt shops and enjoy lunch.

submitted by Linda Pfeffer
Tonya Rosamond with her NIN baby quilt
Newcomer William Gougler with the first quilt he's ever made
Elsie Dooley, age 90 and William Gougler, age 10 - showing that quilt making has no age limits!

Performance Pay Pilot Program
Passes House Committee

Oklahoma House of Representatives (Media Division)
Feb. 11, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: State Rep. Earl Sears

OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislation proposing a performance pay pilot program in six school districts across the state passed committee unanimously with bipartisan support this week.

House Bill 2836, by Rep. Earl Sears (R-Bartlesville), creates a teacher performance-based pay pilot program. Under the legislation, the State Department of Education will create a grant award for a teacher performance pay pilot program and adopt guidelines for districts to follow in developing the program.

Each district will be allowed to craft its own plan based on the input of teachers, parents, administrators and community leaders. No district would be required to participate in the program, but instead will develop a plan and apply to the state Board of Education for grant funds and plan approval.

The legislation requires that each plan include:

Measures of student academic growth and achievement and performance goals and benchmarks for student improvement
Measures of professional growth
An evaluation tool to measure progress

Outside of those requirements, the district is free to craft a local plan that fits in with its community’s education goals and needs.

If the bill becomes law, the State Department of Education will evaluate each plan by March 31, 2011, and by April 5, 2011, award up to six grants to school districts, contingent upon availability of funds. Each district receiving a grant will have three years to implement the plan.

The grants, which will be a minimum of $1,000 per teacher, will be awarded based on district enrollment. Two grants will go to districts of less than 1,000 average daily membership and two will go to districts with more than 1,000 and less than 8,000 average daily membership. The remaining two grants will go to districts with more than 8,000 average daily membership.

The legislation calls on the State Department of Education, or a contractor, to conduct an evaluation of the pilot program and submit a preliminary report by December 1, 2013, and a final report by December 1, 2014.

The hope is this legislation would allow school districts to tap into some federal Race to the Top funds if those are secured later this year.

The bill passed the House Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee with a vote of 12-0 and will next proceed to the full budget committee for consideration.