School-Wide Bonus Plan

Schools will be invited to participate in the program, 55 percent of the UFT-represented staff at a school and the principal must vote to accept the offer in order to qualify for bonuses.

The schools participating in the program will be eligible to receive bonuses based on DOE Progress Report measures of student performance and progress. The criteria for awarding funds to schools will be determined by the DOE in consultation with the UFT and announced to schools at the start of the program. Criteria will be aligned with the two key Progress Report factors, student performance and progress. Entire schools – not just individual classrooms – must excel to be eligible for bonuses.

Each participating school will have a four member “compensation committee,” which will decide how to distribute the funds. Each school will receive enough money to give each full-time UFT educator $3,000. While compensation committees could distribute the funds evenly to all UFT members, they could also differentiate those bonuses based on individual contributions. The compensation committee at each school will include the principal, a designee of the principal, and two UFT members chosen by the UFT members of the school. The committees’ work will reinforce the teamwork concept that is built into this program. Members of the committee must reach agreement on how to distribute the funds before any funds are sent to the school.

PS 41, PS 68, PS 112, MS 142, and MS 144, have been invited to participate in the 2008-2009 plan.

Documents

UFT School-Wide Bonus Plan Agreement, click here

2008-2009 Invitation, click here

Frequently Asked Questions on SWBP, click here