Incentive Awards

The School Board of Broward County provides Incentive Awards for teachers who take courses or earn inservice points following their last degree (Bachelor's or Master's degree only). Teachers holding a Specialist or Doctorate degree are not eligible.

IMPORTANT NOTES:
If you hold the Basic Incentive and have now earned a Master’s Degree, you will lose the Basic Incentive and, instead, begin payment for the Master’s Stipend. Once you earn 15 semester hours and/or 300 inservice points beyond the Master’s Degree, you will be eligible to reapply for the Basic Incentive.

To receive the stipend, you must be a part of the teacher bargaining unit, have completed three years of consecutive full-time teaching in Broward, and hold a five-year professional certificate.

If you terminate your employment with the district and subsequently return, your entitlement will NOT automatically be reinstated.

TIMELINES:

• Coursework and Inservice must be completed by September 1. If you are using inservice points, they must be posted to your inservice record by this date.  Applications received with insufficient points will be denied.
• Applications must be submitted between April 1 and September 15. Applications received outside of these dates will be returned.
• Acknowledgement letters will be sent out within two weeks of receiving applications. If you submitted an application and have not received a letter within the prescribed timeline, please email Certification Requests via CAB to verify that your application has not been lost.  Status letters confirming or denying your award are sent out via CAB after July 1.
• If you are submitting your application in September, it is strongly recommended that you hand deliver your paperwork to the Certification Department to ensure receipt by the deadline date of September 15. Remember, applications received after this date cannot be accepted as per Article 21 of the BTU Contract.
  

CRITERIA:

• Applications must be filled out in blue ink and FAXED copies are not permissible.
• If you are using inservice points, there is no need to submit your inservice report as it will be printed by our office at the time of your evaluation.
• If you are using college coursework, official transcripts must be submitted with your application. Not all coursework is permissible. Courses acceptable for the professional and for the specialization areas of certificate requirements are acceptable. For a listing of appropriate course types, please go to: http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/renew.asp.
• Analysis of applications may not be concluded until second semester. When approved, payment will be retroactive to the beginning of the school year.
  

INCENTIVE AWARDS DO NOT NEED TO BE RENEWED.
AUTHORITY: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT ARTICLE XXI(A) and (B)

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BASIC INCENTIVE

• Teacher Bargaining Unit and a professional certificate.
• Completion of three years of consecutive full-time teaching in Broward.
• 15 semester hours or 300 inservice points beyond the last degree (Bachelor's or Master's).
• All completed within ten (10) years.
• Application must be received in the Broward County Certification/Incentives Office by September 15th.
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ADVANCED INCENTIVE

• Teacher Bargaining Unit and a professional certificate.
• Master's Degree (INCENTIVES ARE NOT AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE A SPECIALIST OR DOCTORATE DEGREE).
• 10 years Florida public school teaching experience.
• Completion of three years of consecutive full-time teaching in Broward.
• Hold, or be eligible for, the Basic Incentive.
• 15 semester hours or 300 inservice points beyond the Master's degree AND the Basic Incentive.
• 30 semester hours or 600 inservice points beyond the Master's Degree if Basic Incentive is not held.
• All completed within ten (10) years.
• College credit must be upper division (junior or senior) or graduate level; no community college courses.
• Inservice points or college courses used for Basic Incentive cannot be used for Advanced Incentive.
• Application must be received in the Broward County Certification/Incentive Office by September 15th.



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