Sentences with phrase «how teacher compensation»

The following proposals suggest how teacher compensation can be aligned with current education policy while retaining the spirit of the single salary schedule — namely, that individuals with the same qualifications should earn the same salary.

Not exact matches

I hope that people remember how heroically the teachers acted in this the next time their unions ask for better compensation.

In other words, their findings suggest schools can cut compensation by as much as a third without harm, though in their current essay they only talk about how «moderate» pay reductions would not push the average teacher below his or her market - compensation level.

Though Denver had a typical salary schedule (see Figure 1) our data overthrow many of the preconceived notions held by teacher unions, school administrators, policy leaders, and opinion makers about how teachers perceive compensation systems.

Allegretto and Mishel calculate the value of the pension benefits that teachers earn in a given year based on how much their employers contributed to their retirement plans in that year, using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics» Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC) survey.

How many teachers and principals should receive extra compensation, be protected from layoffs, be given additional responsibilities, and encouraged to stay on the job?

Questions about how to value experience, education, certification, and pedagogical skills — the big four of teacher inputs — have created one of the most highly contentious fields of inquiry in education, particularly since they have clear implications for the design of teacher compensation systems.

Although most scholars agree that teachers represent the single most important school contributor to a student's academic progress, consensus breaks down as soon as the question turns to how best to design compensation systems to enhance teacher quality.

And Louisiana describes how 16 rural districts will receive funding via the U.S. Department of Education Teacher Incentive Fund grant to offer more competitive compensation structures.

One of the most challenging issues in assessing teacher compensation is determining how much time teachers spend working compared to other professionals.

The rest of the teachers in Los Angeles — and most of the country — still hang with the industry - style, highly unprofessional way of compensation: ye olde step - and - column method whereby teachers, no matter how talented they may be, are paid by their number of years on the job.

Historically, teachers were allowed to close their doors and teach what and how they chose while boards and superintendents had decision authority over most school operations such as the budget, schedules, teacher selection, and compensation.

How about a policy — for example, offering additional compensation to encourage effective teachers to transfer to low - performing schools?

Okabe said the union disliked how the state's offer required teachers to «take a blind leap of faith» by agreeing to an evaluation system that has not been fully developed or defined, yet would determine future compensation and job security.

Kate Leckonby, a Wake County school teacher who took part in a panel session to brainstorm alternative teaching compensation systems at the Emerging Issues Forum, explained how McCrory's proposal would mean a teacher in her ninth year of teaching, like Leckonby, would be making roughly the same amount of money that a teacher in her first year would earn.

Based on these data — which treat compensation, teacher turnover, working conditions, and qualifications — each state is assigned a «teaching attractiveness rating,» indicating how supportive it appears to be of teacher recruitment and retention and a «teacher equity rating,» indicating the extent to which students, in particular students of color, are assigned uncertified or inexperienced teachers.

Your editor thought that he would write a piece today about Center for American Progress» interesting - yet - simplistic report on teacher pay, and how it left out such key aspects of traditional teacher compensation such as defined - benefit pensions (as well as how it ends up hurting younger teachers who leave long before those benefits kicks in).

But if higher compensation is to be part of the picture, it can not happen without a serious conversation about policies — government or otherwise — and funding sources that could lead to actual changes in the schools, including how teachers are paid.

Differentiated compensation: How California school districts use economic incentives to target teachers

The study, titled «Smart money: What teachers make, how long it takes and what it buys them,» examined compensation at the nation's largest 125 public school districts.

The shift from a veteran - dominated teaching workforce to one more heavily tilted toward newcomers has implications for how we calculate average teacher salaries and the policies needed to boost teacher compensation.

Strauch - Nelson said «the new system won't change how the district makes employment decisions or compensation,» but it «will be used to tailor support for teachers and inform professional development.»

Just over a decade ago Denver started to address the amount of resources available for teacher compensation; voters approved the Professional Compensation System for Teachers, or ProComp, a $ 25 million annual property tax increase that promised to make major changes to how Denver Public School teachecompensation; voters approved the Professional Compensation System for Teachers, or ProComp, a $ 25 million annual property tax increase that promised to make major changes to how Denver Public School teacheCompensation System for Teachers, or ProComp, a $ 25 million annual property tax increase that promised to make major changes to how Denver Public School teachers aTeachers, or ProComp, a $ 25 million annual property tax increase that promised to make major changes to how Denver Public School teachers ateachers are paid.

The regulations adopted by the New York State Board of Regents based on the 2010 law changing how the evaluations must work includings a line that says the new evaluations must be «a significant factor in employment decisions such as promotion, retention, tenure determinations, termination, and supplemental compensation,» as well as how teacher and principal development is approached.

The decision is particularly painful for Kingsport because for the first time in three years students there were going to be taking tests directly aligned to what and how they've been learning — a monumental moment for teachers whose evaluations and compensation are based in part on students» test scores.

But they must also consider the broader context in which Head Start teachers work, including compensation levels, quality of early childhood educator preparation programs, and how the broader early childhood landscape and K - 12 teacher workforce trends affect the employment market for Head Start teachers.

Having usually looked at these issues from the point of view that it's a bad thing for policymakers to make promises taxpayers don't plan to keep, I'd never thought about how taxpayers» making unpaid - for promises to teachers could actually be a good thing for education, raising their compensation on the cheap.

While there is justification for rewarding teachers based in part on how their students perform, compensation systems should use multiple measures, including classroom observation.

* And before any of the cynics start bloviating about how teachers are really at the «bottom of the academic barrel and don't deserve compensation comparable to other professions» let me refer you to the study done by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) called «How Teachers Compare,» to be found at the ETS websihow teachers are really at the «bottom of the academic barrel and don't deserve compensation comparable to other professions» let me refer you to the study done by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) called «How Teachers Compare,» to be found at the ETS teachers are really at the «bottom of the academic barrel and don't deserve compensation comparable to other professions» let me refer you to the study done by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) called «How Teachers Compare,» to be found at the ETS websiHow Teachers Compare,» to be found at the ETS Teachers Compare,» to be found at the ETS website.

I am not sure how such as culture shift will be possible when the law promotes performance - based compensation for teachers and school leaders that «differentiates levels of compensation based in part on measurable increases in student academic achievement.»

A year ago, we released The Pension Pac - Man: How Pension Debt Eats Away at Teacher Salaries, which showed that, over the last 20 + years, teacher salaries have not kept up with inflation, but total teacher compensatiTeacher Salaries, which showed that, over the last 20 + years, teacher salaries have not kept up with inflation, but total teacher compensatiteacher salaries have not kept up with inflation, but total teacher compensatiteacher compensation has.