Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • August 27, 2014 FLOW Area Trustees approve superintendent merit criteria by Frank J. McMahon The Ramapo Indian Hills Board of Education has approved several qualitative and quantitative criteria that could result in merit salary bonuses of 15 percent of base salary for achievement by Superintendent Beverly MacKay. The criteria are based on the annual goals for the board of education and school district that were approved at the June 30, 2014 meeting of the school board. Under qualitative criteria, the superintendent will begin building a culture of entrepreneurial education through partnerships with colleges, universities, and businesses leading to opportunities for students, both in regular education and special education, to have “real world” career and college readiness experiences during their senior year. Through networking and outreach, the superintendent will work with building administra- tors to cultivate productive senior year college or career internships. Meeting those criteria could result in a merit bonus of 2.5 percent of base salary. As the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District continues to build a “greener” environment, the superintendent will develop paperless workflow man- agement with all building administrators and supervi- sors. All meeting notices and agenda meeting minutes and notes will be delivered electronically. Addition- ally, the superintendent will conduct monthly webinar or alternative electronic meetings to reduce travel time between buildings and reduce the administrator/super- visor “out of building” time. Meeting those criteria could result in a merit bonus of 2.5 percent of base salary. Under quantitative criteria, the superintendent will increase parent and community communication, col- laboration, and celebration of learning through new collaborative activities including three “Saturday with the Superintendent” meetings, bi-monthly attendance at FLOW municipal governance meetings, and bi-monthly attendance at sending middle school PTO meetings. Meeting that criterion could result in a merit bonus of 3.33 percent of base salary. The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School Dis- trict launched a 1:1 laptop initiative in January 2014. With regard to that program, the superintendent will analyze the data collected through the Technology Integration Matrix Survey taken by teachers in September 2014 as a needs assessment in developing the appropriate profes- sional development in classroom technology integration leading to 80 percent of teachers showing a 10 percent increase in score on the Technology Integration Matrix by June 2015. Meeting that criterion could result in a merit bonus of 3.33 percent of base salary. During the 2014-15 school year, high school students will be taking the PARCC assessment tests. The super- intendent will analyze the current practice of reading, applying, and synthesizing informational text as delin- eated through Common Core state standards across non- tested PARCC disciplines to set a baseline in September 2014. The superintendent will also lead the work with the building administrators and subject supervisors to increase the practice of reading, applying, and synthe- sizing informational text included in the reading strand of Common Core by 10 percent by June 2015. Meeting those criteria could result in a merit bonus of 3.33 percent of base salary. At a school board meeting on July 14, Ernest Palestis, the interim superintendent who served the school dis- trict from August 2013 to July 22, 2014 received merit pay bonuses of $11,419 for meeting two quantitative and two qualitative goals during his term.