For TEA Use Only

For TEA Use Only Adjustments and/or annotations made on this have been confirmed with by telephone/FAX on by of TEA.	TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY Standard Application System (SAS) School Year 2005 – 2006 and 2006-2007	101-912 County District No. 136 Campus No. Amendment No.
Governor’s Educator Excellence Award Grant Program
Schedule #4A–Program Description: Creation of Incentive Program
Component Description
Partnership/Involvement of Teacher and Other Campus Staff
On March 3, 2006 and March 10, 2006 two open meetings occurred to discuss details and requirements for all members participating in this grant, people in attendance are listed below. At that time, it was decided who would participate in the grant and the requirements all people involved would have to fulfill. It was also decided that personnel directly involved academically with students would be rewarded with stipends; in addition it was decided teachers could be rewarded in up to four areas: improved student performance, collaboration with others, provided tutorials to students and maintain at least a “proficient” in all indicators of the PDAS. All decisions were based on TEA guidelines. On Feb. 10 and March 24 the entire staff including the SDMC met to discuss the grant.
Campus Committee Creating and Managing Grant Activities
Grant activities will be managed at the campus level by the principal. The current principal, N. Mercado, who has 24 years of experience. The staff that will assist with creation and monitoring are: P. Dugar – CCIT C. Gonzales – Asst. Principal Z. Spencer – Title I Coordinator R. Araujo - Teacher L. Ascencio – Teacher S. Livas - Teacher C. Doll – Teacher E. Castro – Reading Coach D. O’Leary – Teacher G. Mendez – Teacher M. Quinonez – Teacher E. Ortiz – Even Start Grant Coordinator
Internal Communications, Coordination, and Reporting February 10, 2006 – Faculty Meeting February 27, 2006 – Mar. 3 School Bulletin March 3, 2006 – SDMC/Planning Meeting March 8, 2006 – Grant Department Meeting March 10, 2006 – SDMC/Planning Meeting March 24, 2006 – Faculty Meeting March 30, 2006 – Grant Department Meeting April 7, 2006 – SDMC/Planning Meeting April 10, 2006 – Grant Department Meeting April 2006 - Cunningham Web Site Board Meeting

For TEA Use Only Adjustments and/or annotations made on this have been confirmed with by telephone/FAX on by of TEA.	TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY Standard Application System (SAS) School Year 2005 – 2006 and 2006-2007	101-912 County District No. 136 Campus No. Amendment No.
Governor’s Educator Excellence Award Grant Program
Schedule #4A–Program Description: Creation of Incentive Program
Component Description
Resource Management
Personnel will not be funded with this grant, all monitoring will be done by the principal and the committee.
Supplement-Not-Supplant
This grant will not supplant the Houston Independent School District Incentive plan. This will be an additional incentive, which Cunningham employees will be able to receive if requirements are fulfilled.
Program Continuation
The continuation of the program is dependent upon successful student achievement which will ensure that the school maintains required academic rating.