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Board unanimously approves $1,000 ad pay for teachers who host student teachers (CSA Resolution 28‑25)
Summary
The Cape Coral Charter School Authority Governing Board approved CSA Resolution 28‑25 to offer a $1,000 ad pay to teachers who host and meet requirements for student teachers; motion carried with five in favor and one excused.
On Oct. 14 the Cape Coral Charter School Authority Governing Board approved CSA Resolution 28‑25, establishing a $1,000 stipend to teachers who host student teachers and meet specified mentoring requirements.
The stipend is intended to incentivize classroom teachers to mentor student teachers and to encourage current teachers to obtain endorsements required to host student teachers, Superintendent Jackie Collins told the board. Under the program, a hosting teacher would mentor a student teacher for a semester (either first or second half of the school year) and, after meeting required milestones documented by the district, become eligible for the $1,000 ad pay.
The resolution was moved and seconded during the consent-agenda discussion after the school HR manager, Christie Beliciotis, explained the rationale: the authority currently struggles to recruit enough endorsed teachers who can supervise student teachers and sought a targeted incentive. "Our goal from this is eventually... to [settle] essentially to current staff that has met whatever the additional requirements are for them to be able to host," Beliciotis said in the briefing.
Board members supported the measure; the clerk recorded five members present with one member excused. The chair called for the vote and the motion carried by voice vote.
Key implementation details provided in the meeting: teachers must complete specified mentoring requirements across the student-teaching placement to receive the stipend; placements may be for one semester or half‑year; the stipend is new and has not previously been used by the authority.
Votes at a glance: - CSA Resolution 28‑25 (ad pay for hosting student teachers): Approved. Tally recorded as five yes, zero no, zero abstain; one excused. - Approval of workshop minutes (Sept. 9, 2025): Approved by voice vote. - Approval of regular meeting minutes (Sept. 16, 2025): Approved by voice vote.
The board did not specify an implementation timeline for issuing the ad pay beyond the requirement that teachers successfully meet the mentoring requirements during the student-teaching placement.
