Petitioner: GERARD ROBINSON AS COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Respondent: JULIE MARIE COLLINS
Judges: J. LAWRENCE JOHNSTON
Agency: Department of Education
Locations: St. Petersburg, Florida
Filed: Sep. 06, 2012
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Tuesday, November 27, 2012.
Latest Update: Dec. 23, 2024
STATE OF FLORIDA
EDUCATION PRACTICES COMMISSION
DR. ERIC J. SMITH, as
Commissioner of Education,
Petitioner,
vs. CASE NO. 101-0004
JULIE MARTE COLLINS,
Respondent.
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, Dr. Eric J. Smith, as Commissioner of Education, files this Administrative
Complaint against JULIE MARIE COLLINS. The Petitioner seeks the appropriate disciplinary
sanction of the Respondent’s educator’s certificate pursuant to Sections 1012.315, 1012.795, and
1012.796, Florida Statutes, and pursuant to Rule 6B-1.006, Florida Administrative Code, Principles
of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida, said sanctions specifically set forth
in Sections 1012.795(1) and 1012.796(7), Florida Statutes.
The Petitioner alleges:
JURISDICTION
1. The Respondent holds Florida Educator’s Certificate 697575, covering the areas of
Elementary Education and Specific Learning Disabilities, which is valid through June 30, 2015.
2. Atall times pertinent hereto, the Respondent was employed as a Fifth Grade Teacher
at Pinellas Central Elementary School, and a Second Grade Teacher at Garrison Jones Elementary
School in the Pinellas County School District.
MATERIAL ALLEGATIONS
3. Beginning in the 2004-2005 school year, and continuing through the 2009-2010
school years, in Pinellas County, Florida, Respondent proved incompetent to perform the duties of
an elementary school teacher employed by the Pinellas County School District (“District”).
4, On her performance evaluation dated April 5, 2005, Respondent failed to meet
overall minimum performance expectations and performed less than satisfactorily in nineteen of
twenty-five areas.
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5. On her performance evaluation dated May 2, 2006, Respondent failed to meet overall
minimum performance expectations and performed less than satisfactorily in seventeen of twenty-
five areas. On or about May 18, 2006, Respondent was placed on a success plan.
6. On or about September 14, 2006, Respondent met with Principal Randi Latzke and
Assistant Principal Tony Pleshe to discuss Respondent’s Individual Professional Development Plan
goals, Principal Latzke expressed concern that, for the 2005-2006 school year, more of Respondent’ s
students did not meet reading expectations at the end of the year than at the beginning of the year.
7. On or about October 25, 2006, the District issued a letter of reprimand to Respondent
for failing to perform at a satisfactory level.
8. On her performance evaluation dated March 1, 2007, Respondent failed to meet
overall minimum performance expectations and performed less than satisfactorily in twenty-three
out of twenty-five areas.
9. On or about March 9, 2007, Respondent was placed on a ninety-day performance
probation plan due to her performance deficiencies.
10. Onor about August 14, 2007, per her own request, Respondent was transferred to a
position as a second grade teacher at a different elementary school and continued her ninety-day
performance probation plan.
il. On or about January 29, 2008, Respondent received a letter from the District’s Office
of Professional Standards in which Respondent was notified that she may receive a less-than-
satisfactory annual performance appraisal for the 2007-2008 school year, and that if Respondent’s
annual performance appraisal did not improve that year, Respondent would have one more year
(2008-2009) to improve her teaching skills before being recommended for termination.
12. On her performance evaluation dated March 13, 2008, Respondent failed to meet
overall minimum performance expectations and performed less than satisfactorily in nineteen of
twenty-five areas.
13. On or about March 20, 2008, the District provided written notification to Respondent
reiterating that if she did not receive an overall satisfactory performance evaluation for the 2008-
2009 school year, she would be recommended for termination.
14, On her performance evaluation dated March 26, 2009, Respondent failed to meet
overall minimum performance expectations and performed less than satisfactorily in twenty-one of
twenty-five areas, Respondent’s principal recommended that Respondent be placed on Professional
Service Contract Probation for an additional year in hopes that her performance would improve. On
or about April 22, 2009, the District provided written notification to Respondent that if Respondent
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did not receive an overall satisfactory performance evaluation for the 2009-2010 school year, she
would be recommended for termination. On or about May 12, 2009, Respondent’s principal
provided written notification to Respondent that she would be placed on a success plan for the 2009-
2010 school year.
15. In February 2010, Respondent’s principal reviewed FAIR testing data for
Respondent’s students. From Assessment Period 1 to Assessment Period 2, only one student
demonstrated positive growth, and that student transferred from another school. Five students (31%
of Respondent’s class) significantly declined.
16. On her performance evaluation dated March 22, 2010, Respondent failed to meet
overall minimum performance expectations and performed less than satisfactorily in twenty-two of
twenty-five areas.
17. Onorabout April 28, 2010, the District provided written notification to Respondent
that she would be recommended for termination for failure to correct performance deficiencies.
18. Onor about December 10, 2010, Respondent entered into a stipulation agreement
with the District in which Respondent asserted that her performance deficiencies were attributable
to medical issues, and that the parties believed that they had identified a position as an
accommodation that would allow Respondent to perform the essential functions of the job.
Respondent agreed to suspension without pay from August 16, 2010 through January 11, 2011. On
or about January 12, 2011, Respondent was placed in a position as an Exceptional Student Education
Vocational Job Coach.
19. The Respondent is in violation of Section 1012.53(1), Florida Statutes, in that
Respondent has failed to work diligently and faithfully to help students meet or exceed annual
learning goals.
20. The Respondent is in violation of Section 1012,53(2), Florida Statutes, in that
Respondent failed to perform duties prescribed by rules of the district school board.
The Petitioner charges:
STATUTE VIOLATIONS
COUNT 1: The Respondent is in violation of Section 1012.795(1)(c), Florida Statutes,
in that Respondent has proved to be incompetent to teach or to perform duties as an employee of the
public school system or to teach in or to operate a private school.
COUNT 2: The Respondent is in violation of Section 1012.795(1)(g), Florida Statutes,
in that Respondent has been found guilty of personal conduct which seriously reduces her
effectiveness as an employee of the school board.
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WHEREFORE, based on the reasons set forth herein and in accordance with the
Explanation of Rights and Election of Rights forms attached to and made a part of this
Administrative Complaint, Petitioner respectfully recommends that the Education Practices
Commission impose an appropriate sanction against the Respondent’s educator’s certificate pursuant
to the authority provided in Sections 012.795(1) and 1012.796(7), Florida Statutes. The sanctions
imposed by the Education Practices Commission may include, but are not limited to, any one or a
combination of the following: issuing the Respondent a written reprimand; placing the Respondent
on probation for any period of time; restricting the Respondent’s authorized scope of practice;
assessing the Respondent an administrative fine; directing the Respondent to enroll in the Recovery
Network Program; suspending the Respondent’s educator’s certificate for a period of time not to
exceed five years; revoking the Respondent’s educator’s certificate for a period of time up to 10
years or permanently; determining the Respondent to be ineligible for certification; or barring the
Respondent from reapplying for an educator’s certificate for a period of time up to 10 years or
permanently.
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EXECUTED on this day of —) One. , 2011.
State of Florida
Docket for Case No: 12-002910PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Nov. 27, 2012 |
Order Closing File and Relinquishing Jurisdiction. CASE CLOSED.
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Nov. 23, 2012 |
Request to Close File filed.
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Nov. 06, 2012 |
Order Granting Continuance (parties to advise status by November 26, 2012).
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Nov. 05, 2012 |
Unopposed Motion to Continue Final Hearing filed.
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Sep. 28, 2012 |
Petitioner's Request for Production from Respondent filed.
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Sep. 28, 2012 |
Petitioner's Notice of Propounding Interrogatories to Respondent filed.
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Sep. 28, 2012 |
Petitioner's Requests for Admission to Respondent filed.
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Sep. 11, 2012 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Sep. 11, 2012 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for November 13, 2012; 9:00 a.m.; St. Petersburg and Tallahassee, FL).
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Sep. 11, 2012 |
Reponse to Initial Order filed.
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Sep. 07, 2012 |
Initial Order.
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Sep. 06, 2012 |
Election of Rights filed.
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Sep. 06, 2012 |
Agency referral filed.
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Sep. 06, 2012 |
Letter to K. Richards from Agency`s General Counsel requesting administrative hearing and notification of counsel of record.
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Sep. 06, 2012 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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