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DATE: Tuesday, January 18, 2011
TO: School Board Members
FROM: MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Hillsborough County Public Schools Recognized as an Outstanding Example of Successful District - Union Collaboration (Information and Technology Division)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Hillsborough County Public Schools has recently been cited as an outstanding example of a district in which the district and union have worked collaboratively to achieve success.  A study conducted at Rutgers University, Creating Union-Management Partnerships to Improve Public School Systems by Saul A. Rubinstein and John E. McCarthy, included Hillsborough County as one of six school districts highlighted. 

Among the key points identified by the authors were:

  • "Shared planning, decision making and governance are important  elements in Hillsborough's system."
  • "Hillsborough's commitment to professional development has created confidence over the years in the labor market within the schools, so the district is able to fill positions with talented employees who are familiar with the culture, have strong working relationships, and already have a track record of managing effectively in a system that values and actively supports inclusion and collaboration."
  • "The union now becomes involved in decision making even if the issue is not explicitly stated in the contract, because the board policy and the district culture is one of inclusion and shared governance."

 

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
All Strategic Objectives
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  No)
EVALUATION
SUBMITTED BY: 
    David J. Steele, Ph.D.

  Chief Information and Technology Officer and Project Director, Empowering Effective Teachers Grant
(813) 272-4600
    A 9.03
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20110118_451 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 9.03