The bulk of the money will go for supplies, equipment, and other classroom needs. Part of the fund will be set aside to reward schools that show the greatest performance improvement over the previous year. Florida Pinellas County. Teachers, school support staff, and administrators have transformed their district using Total Quality Management. The partners, which represent 113,000 students and 140 school sites, developed a collaborative bargaining process that includes all employees-union and nonunion.
Parents also participate in the process.
A bargaining leadership team is made up of the leaders of the employee groups. After undergoing joint training by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the school district and the Boise Education Association have become strong believers in the importance of bargaining skills. A core cadre of teachers, administrators, principals, and specialists took responsibility for training site-based teams in each school, and now all parties focus on the problems rather than the people, and work together to find solutions. Collective bargaining rights were won recently by the Bogalusa Association of Educators. BAE's first contract calls for smaller class sizes and new technology, as well as additional time for teachers to prepare lessons.