ARRA Reporting in Cecil County Public Schools    

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

The purpose of ARRA is to stimulate the US economy in the short term and to invest in education and other essential public services to ensure the long term economic health of the nation.  The use of ARRA funds is intended to strengthen education, drive reforms and improve results for students from early learning through college.  These funds are to be used to improve student achievement and to help close the achievement gap.  View the entire description of the document here:
http://www.recovery.gov

ARRA reporting requirements for school systems include the responsibility for school systems to show transparency in how teachers and administrators are evaluated.  These documents are used in the Cecil County Pubic Schools to document and evaluate the performance of our professionals.

• Teacher Evaluation Handbook  
  
  
• Professional Improvement Plan Booklet   
  
  
• Administrators’ and Supervisors’ Evaluation Handbook 

TEACHER EVALUATIONS
At the close of the 2011-12 school year, our teachers’ performance levels yielded this distribution:

SCHOOL DETAILS
School Detail Chart

PRINCIPAL EVALUATIONS
At the close of the 2011-12 school year, our school principals’ performance levels yielded this distribution:

With questions regarding ARRA activities in Cecil County Public Schools, please contact:
Mr. Michael Schmook, Director of Strategic Planning                       mschmook@ccps.org

With questions specific to ARRA funding in Cecil County Public Schools, please contact:
Mr. Thomas Kappra, Chief Financial Officer                                     tkappra@ccps.org