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. Filed September 6, 2012 11:11 AM Division of Administrative Hearings JULIE MARIE COLLINS Administrative Complaint Page 2 of 4 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 JULIE MARIE COLLINS Administrative Complaint Page 3 of 4 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. JULIE MARIE COLLINS Administrative Complaint Page 4 of 4 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. qe ao EXECUTED on this day of —) One. , 2011. State of Florida

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