Sentences with phrase «base teacher pay»

Randi Weingarten, the American Federation of Teachers president and president of the New York City union at that time, said the best compensation programs base teacher pay on their skills or reward them for collaboration like peer coaching.

Education took center stage in Iowa's 2006 legislative session, resulting in measures to boost teacher salaries, start a pilot program that bases teacher pay on student achievement, expand preschool, and establish statewide graduation requirements.

Van Roekel said his union remains opposed to basing teacher pay on test scores.

The first teachers» union contract approved for one of Massachusetts» 57 charter schools that operate outside a local public school district will allow performance - based teacher pay and a longer school day.

Parents are more ambivalent when it comes to basing teacher pay on student performance, a policy favored by 50 % and opposed by 26 %.

So, basing teacher pay on student testing will produce the same results or worse than before.

Macon County's other concerns highlighted the lack of research pointing to improved student success as a result of performance - based teacher pay; decreased collaboration among teachers who are competing with one another for more dollars; and the failure of this pilot to consider the positive impact that non-instructional personnel have on student success and whether they should also receive increased pay.

The group advocates for the elimination of teacher tenure; teacher evaluations that include test results as a factor; results - based teacher pay; parental choice that includes charters and vouchers; and pension reform.

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But merit - based teacher pay should be rejected for the following reasons:

Throughout the interviews Mr. Merrow asks union representatives about their hesitancy to embrace RTTT and their apparent disdain for basing teacher pay on student «success.»

The district had already been pursuing ways of basing teacher pay on performance, says Stephen Hegarty, spokesman for the Hillsborough County district.

Not exact matches

In another high - profile ballot initiative, residents in Mt. Prospect - based River Trails Elementary District 26 must decide whether to raise their tax rate 13 percent to pay for teachers» salaries and to stave off program cuts.

In some areas the job of overseeing home education may be carried out on a contract basis by a retired teacher, who will be paid for each assessment or inspection.

On student allowances, nursing and teacher training students would be paid based on the grades one obtained.

Progress along the Upper pay scale is not automatic, but is based on performance recommendations made by the head teacher.

Although the then DfES did subsequently provide additional funding, there remained the structural problem of the government deciding on teachers» pay and then giving money to local authorities on a different basis.

«If the proposal for License to Practise signals a commitment by a future Labour Government to restore qualified teacher status (QTS) as a requirement for all teachers in state funded schools, to introduce, within a national framework of pay and conditions of service, a contractual entitlement for all teachers to continuing professional development and to re-establish a proper system of professional regulation which ensures that all headteachers have QTS and NPQH and are accredited to lead and manage schools, then this is a basis on which progress could be made.

His proposals to determine the fate of teachers» pay and jobs and schools» funding and survival based on students» standardized test scores look like more pay - to - play politics in Albany.

So would the local teachers» unions, which have historically rejected merit - based pay differentials for their members.

And there have been proposals to make NAPLAN results the basis of teacher performance pay and financial rewards for school improvement.

By next Nov. 15, when the districts» contributions will be due again, they could pay $ 413.7 million into the system, according to Newsday's projections, which are based on Teachers» Retirement System expectations of what it will require of school districts in coming years.

Important rights and entitlements have been removed such as the entitlement to be taught by a qualified teacher, the entitlement to a broad and balanced curriculum and the entitlement to access educational experiences which promote opportunity and achievement and are not based on their parents» ability to pay.

«There is a growing culture in too many schools of seeking to pay teachers on the basis of what you can get away with, rather than rewarding them for their skills and expertise.

The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, has called on the Conservative Party to help poverty proof the school day and ensure that no child is denied access to educational opportunities on the basis of their parents» ability to pay.

The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, has called on the Labour Party to help poverty proof the school day and ensure that no child is denied access to education opportunities on the basis of their parents» ability to pay.

«Nana Addo proposed Northern Development Authority (NDA) in 2008 and the NDC, kicked against it but, when they assumed office, they copied the policy idea and changed the name to Savannah Accelerated Development Authourity (SADA), the same with free Senior High School (SHS), cancelled nurses and teachers training allowances, now he has swallowed his own words, promising to pay the allowances, President Mahama, is ruling the nation based on Nana Addo's wisdom, «he stated.

The Massey plan would also expand the number of competitive, specialized high schools from nine to 13, increase the number of vocational / trade schools, and implement merit pay for teachers, which the Bloomberg administration tried on a limited basis.

«Over the past four years teachers» pay has been fundamentally reformed, based on recommendations by an independent School Teachers Reviteachers» pay has been fundamentally reformed, based on recommendations by an independent School Teachers ReviTeachers Review body.

The effect of the Triborough Amendment is significant: Edmund J. McMahon, senior fellow at the Empire Center for New York State Policy, a conservative research group, has estimated that longevity - based pay increases for teachers, guaranteed by the amendment even after contracts expire, add $ 300 million to school budgets annually.

Teachers rated «ineffective» are dismissed; those whose performance is rated as «minimally effective» have one year to improve; and teachers who are rated «highly effective» receive large bonuses and the potential for substantial increases in bTeachers rated «ineffective» are dismissed; those whose performance is rated as «minimally effective» have one year to improve; and teachers who are rated «highly effective» receive large bonuses and the potential for substantial increases in bteachers who are rated «highly effective» receive large bonuses and the potential for substantial increases in base pay.

«If you're running, zeroing in on the physical means paying attention to your breathing, listening to your feet hit the pavement, and, yes, ditching the music,» explains Cooper Chou, a New York City - based yoga and meditation teacher at New York Health and Racquet Club, who is also a runner.

When I began my healing business, I priced myself based on what I thought others would pay or what I saw my teacher charge for her work.

A handful of districts, some with the approval of their local teachers» unions, are experimenting with alternatives to the fundamental components that govern teachers» base - pay raises.

The basis of the guidance is that so long as teachers and school employees don't have any driving duties in their job description, do not receive any extra pay as a result of driving and can not be compelled to drive, they are allowed to claim to meet the volunteer requirement above.

These averages are based on regular pay for teachers without advanced degrees and exclude extra pay for coaching or other activities.

Dismissing Colorado's assessment and teacher evaluation framework as insufficient, her team created their own assessments and a «Continuous Improvement of Teacher Effectiveness» evaluation system, which would be the basis for merit pay for teteacher evaluation framework as insufficient, her team created their own assessments and a «Continuous Improvement of Teacher Effectiveness» evaluation system, which would be the basis for merit pay for teTeacher Effectiveness» evaluation system, which would be the basis for merit pay for teachers.

Teachers generally accept lower base salaries in exchange for future pension benefits, and the plans are funded in part through contributions that are considered part of their pay packages.

In return, the new contract would have a far higher base salary; in fairness, states should require districts to hire an auditor to determine the savings that can be expected from each alternative contract teacher, and give that savings to the teacher as increased pay.

With this in mind, we see the results of our study as representing the effect of group - based teacher merit pay for schools that are already under accountability pressure.

• 57 % of the public supports basing teacher salaries in part «on how much their students learn,» while just 31 % opposes performance pay.

That city's merit - pay plan proposed in 2002 was overwhelmingly voted down by teachers (1892 to 73), even though it did not base bonuses on student test scores.

But since its inception in 2005, Democrats for Education Reform, a political action committee based in New York City, has sought to use campaign donations to smooth the way for policies such as expanding charter schools and differential pay for teachers that are sometimes opposed by traditional Democratic constituencies.

None of the highest performing nations have accountability based systems that link student test performance to teacher pay.

Principals» base pay should be at least 150 percent of what their schools» highest - paid teacher receives, with the possibility of an additional 50 percent in performance - related bonuses.

(Public Impact has separately suggested that a 10 percent average base pay increase is also needed for teachers in North Carolina.)

Yet, while many companies are changing their pay structures to reinforce workplace reforms, most teachers are still being paid based on a 75 - year - old salary structure that may be due for retirement.

A 2008 paper by Sylvia Allegretto, Sean Corcoran, and Lawrence Mishel presents a 14.1 percent wage correction for «summers off» based on 188 work days, 9 paid holidays, and 15.6 paid vacation days in a school year; 15 percent of teachers working in summer school; and nonteacher college graduates averaging a paid work year of 51 weeks (based on March CPS tabulations).

Then Senator Barack Obama said, «Cities like Denver have already proven that by working with teachers, this can work, that we can find new ways to increase pay that are developed with teachers, not imposed on them and not just based on an arbitrary test score.»

First, paid leave for teachers in the ECEC data set is based on teachers» shorter 185 — day work year, versus roughly 260 days for most nonteachers.