For the second year in a row, Finch Elementary is the only campus in MISD to qualify for the Governor's Educator Excellence Award Program, a non-competitive grant. The purpose of the Governor's Educator Excellence Award Program, Texas Educator Excellence Grant, is to achieve higher levels of student academic performance. Finch qualified based on improvement of TAKS scores during the 2005-2006 school year. The goals of the program are to create a financial incentive system for educators and increase student academic achievement. The incentive program proposal for the 2007-2008 year is outlined below.

Program Proposal for 2007-2008