Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 005 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Division 16 - Division of Human Resources ***
Rule 005.16.14-001 - ADE 272: Rules Governing Eligibility and Financial Incentives for Arkansas Leadership Academy Master Principal Program
Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 005.16.14-001
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
1.0 Regulatory Authority
1.01 These rules shall be known as the
Arkansas Department of Education (Department) Rules Governing the Arkansas
Leadership Academy Master Principal Program.
1.02 These rules are enacted under the
Arkansas State Board of Education's (State Board) authority pursuant to Ark.
Code. Ann. §§
6-11-105,
6-17-1601 etseq.,
25-15-201 etseq., and Act 459 of
2013.
2.0 Purpose
2.01 The purpose of these rules is:
2.01.1 The improvement of student learning by
strengthening principal leadership;
2.01.2 The encouragement of principals to
participate in and complete the Master Principal Program by authorizing the
Department to pay full incentive bonuses to participants;
2.01.3 The establishment of eligibility
requirements; and
2.01.4 The
establishment of the mechanism for the payment to principal participants, as
determined by the amount of funding available for the program.
Source: Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1602 3.0 Definitions
3.0 Definitions
For the purposes of these rules, the following terms shall mean:
3.01 "Building Level Principal"
means a principal who is required to hold a standard building-level
administrator license from the Department and who serves as a full-time school
principal in an Arkansas public school.
3.02 "High-need public school" means an
Arkansas public school that, at the time a master principal first becomes
entitled to a high-need school salary bonus, is identified as failing to meet
certain established levels of academic achievement under rules adopted by the
State Board.
3.03 "High-need school
salary bonus" means an annual bonus to a Master Principal serving as a
principal of a high-need public school.
3.04 "Hold-back longevity bonus" means a
portion of the high-need school salary bonus held back to be paid at the end of
three (3) years and five (5) years of serving as a principal of the same
high-need public school.
3.05
"Incentive bonus" means a bonus paid to a Master Principal serving as a
principal of any public school in the state.
3.06 "Successful completion" of the Master
Principal Designation process is defined as officially being designated as a
Master Principal by the Arkansas Leadership Academy.
3.07 "The Arkansas Leadership Academy" is
defined as a collaborative partnership which identifies and designates
principals who meet rigorous standards by effectively demonstrating student
learning in their schools as well as demonstrating high levels of knowledge,
skills, dispositions, and commitments reflected in the following five core
areas:
3.07.1 Building and Sustaining
Accountability Systems
3.07.2
Building and Maintaining Collaborative Relationships
3.07.3 Leading and Managing Change
3.07.4 Developing a Deep Knowledge of
Teaching and Learning
3.07.5
Creating and Living the Mission and Vision
Source: Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1601
4.0 Selection Process and Requirements
4.01 The Arkansas Leadership
Academy administers the Master Principal Program.
4.01.1 Applications are available on-line
from the Arkansas Leadership Academy at:
www.arkansasleadershipacademy.org.
4.01.2 All Arkansas public school building
level principals with one (1) year of experience as a building-level principal
and who hold a standard building-level administrator's license may
apply.
4.02 Criteria and
Selection to the Master Principal Program:
4.02.1
Phase I ("Principal
Institute) Selection: Selection of participants for Phase I will
be based on responses to the application and on a balance of demographic
information.
4.02.2 The number of
participants each year may be determined by the amount of funding available for
the program.
4.02.3
Phase II: Selection of participants for Phase II and
Phase III shall be based on evidence presented showing implementation of
knowledge and skills in the principal's school and based on criteria in the
scoring guides.
4.02.3.1 Current Principal
Institute graduates will present evidence of success in Phase I performance
areas and complete the required Phase I assessments to apply for Phase
II.
4.02.3.2 Principals completing
Building-Level Administrator Licensure requirements, under the current
performance-based licensure system, will have the opportunity to present
evidence of success in Phase I performance area and complete the required Phase
I assessments to apply for Phase II.
4.02.4
Phase III:
Selection of participants for Phase III will be based on a participant's
successful completion of Phase II assessments, evidence of school results, and
letters of recommendation.
4.02.5
Master Principal Designation: The Arkansas Leadership
Academy will make a Master Principal Designation after a participant
successfully completes Phase III, passes extensive reviews of school results,
and passes rigorous assessments.
4.02.6 Participants in the Master Principal
Program will have up to two (2) years to complete the assessments for each
phase for a maximum time of six (6) years to complete the process, unless
waived by the Arkansas Leadership Academy for extenuating circumstances.
Source: Ark. Code Aim. § 6-17-1602
5.0 Payment of Fees and Bonuses
5.01 Incentive B onus
5.01.1 The Department of Education shall pay
a $9,000 annual incentive bonus to a school district that employs a Master
Principal Designee as a full-time building-level principal for payment to the
Master Principal Designee as a bonus in the first school year after designation
and a yearly bonus for each of the next four (4) consecutive years of
eligibility.
5.01.2 The lifetime
maximum for an incentive bonus is $45,000.
5.01.3 A qualified applicant will establish
eligibility for receipt of the incentive bonus by submitting to the Department,
on an annual basis, proof of:
5.01.3.1
Receiving the official Master Principal Designation from the Arkansas
Leadership Academy;
5.01.3.2 At the
time of receiving the bonus, being employed full-time as a building-level
principal in an Arkansas public school district, verified by the school
district;
5.01.3.3 Not having
received the $9,000 annual incentive bonus for more than four (4) years.
Source: Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1603
5.02 High-need School
Salary Bonus
5.02.1 The Department shall pay
a high-need salary bonus of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for every
school year for no more than five (5) years to any building-level principal
who:
5.02.1.1 Receives Master Principal
Designation from the Leadership Academy; and
5.02.1.2 Is employed full time as a
building-level principal at the time of receiving the bonus in a high-need
public school.
5.02.2
The high-need school salary bonus shall be paid as follows:
5.02.2.1 Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)
for each school year that a Master Principal is employed in a high-need public
school; and
5.02.2.2 An additional
five thousand dollars ($5,000) to be set aside for each qualifying school year
to be paid as follows:
5.02.2.2.1 A hold-back
longevity bonus of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) at the end of three (3)
consecutive school years as a Master Principal in the same school;
and
5.02.2.2.2 A hold-back
longevity bonus often thousand dollars ($10,000) at the end of five (5)
consecutive school years as a Master Principal in the same school.
5.02.3 The high-need
school salary bonus with the hold-back longevity bonus payable under this
section shall be paid in addition to the five-year incentive bonus allowed in
5.01 if the Master Principal is within the timeframe for eligibility for the
five-year incentive bonus.
5.02.4
Regardless of a person's past participation in the Master Principal Program, a
person shall not receive a yearly incentive bonus, a salary bonus, or a
longevity bonus if the person leaves the full-time employment as a principal of
an Arkansas public school district; becomes employed as a district-level,
central office administrator; is employed by an Arkansas institution of higher
education; or is employed by an education service cooperative and does not
serve in a school with students.
5.02.5 No increase in the starting or yearly
bonus is retroactive.
5.02.6 A
Master Principal eligible for and receiving a high-need salary bonus as of May
1, 2013, for serving as a principal of a public school in school improvement
shall remain eligible for a high-need school salary bonus and hold-back
longevity bonus while serving as principal of that same public school.
Source: Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-1604
6.0 Repayment of Yearly Incentive Bonus
6.01 Repayment of state funds
for the Arkansas Leadership Academy Master Principal is required if a recipient
does not complete the school-year in which the bonus was received as a
full-time building-level principal. The repayment amount shall be prorated for
the time not served.
6.02 The State
Board may revoke a building-level administrator license for failure to repay
state funds under these rules.
7.0 Monitoring
7.01 The local public school district that
employs a Master Principal must verify to the Department annually the
employment status of that principal for each year of the five-year annual
incentive bonus eligibility.
8.0 Funding
8.01 The payment for any bonus under these
rules is subject to the appropriation and availability of funds.
8.02 To the extent funds as provided for by
Ark. Code Ann §
6-17-1601 et seq. are available,
such funds may be used to fund the incentive bonus, high-need salary bonus, and
hold-back longevity bonus.
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