Sentences with phrase «merit bonuses»

At most of the participating schools, merit bonuses for classroom teachers were based on the average learning gains for all students in their classrooms.

A key criticism of merit - pay plans is that teachers view these plans as secret formulas and have no idea why merit bonuses were or were not awarded.

In addition to a competitive annual salary that matches national scale, we offer annual merit bonuses that reflect the performance of the firm and an individual's contribution to the firm's success.

Christmas came a few weeks early for Idaho Department of Education employees this year: Outgoing state Superintendent Marilyn Howard awarded a total of $ 120,098 in merit bonuses to 135 members of her 140 - person staff — $ 960 for each full - time employee, a bit less for the part - timers.

North Carolina's teacher merit bonuses are booming, with about 8,800 expecting raises in this week's paycheck based on their students» 2017 achievements.

Though Ahn and Vigdor concede that North Carolina's implementation of AYP — including merit bonuses to teachers who increased student test score growth — may have ameliorated any possible «adverse impacts» on either top - performing or struggling students, they conclude that high - performing kids can benefit from accountability.

Desertdiva1 — DC teachers who were rated «highly effective» were indeed given the choice to accept large merit bonuses in exchange for job security.

Associates need a responsible partner to oversee the matter, but the associate receives the origination credit, which is awarded in the form of substantial discretionary merit bonuses.

He advises starting with merit bonuses.

Zwick says another advantage of incremental, regimented seniority pay, as compared to meritocracy, is that employers can offer long - term incentives without the disadvantage of having to decide who merits a bonus, which eliminates creating what he calls «losers.»

Critics of standardized testing say cheating is a result of the consequences that policymakers have attached to scores, from closing schools for poor performance to offering merit bonuses to teachers whose students do well.

Merit bonuses for administrators, supplementary teachers, and other staff were based on the learning gains of the school as a whole.1

United President Scott Kirby wrote in a memo to employees that the carrier was «pressing the pause button» on unpopular changes to its merit bonus system that would scrap quarterly performance bonuses in favor of lottery drawings for cash prizes, luxury cars and vacation packages.

Karthik Muralidharan, in still another RFT, shows that not even a merit bonus can get India's teachers to show up for class, though it does get them to teach more effectively when they are present.

Thus, having made participation in the career ladder voluntary for teachers in 1987, it was perhaps inevitable that the Tennessee legislature in 1997 voted to prevent additional teachers from entering the program and becoming eligible for merit bonuses.

Do any of the three teachers deserve a merit bonus?

In addition to merit bonuses, firms that want to incentivize associates to participate in those «typical firm activities» that may or may not be billable, could have non-financial incentives tied to those activities, such as increased time off, most - expenses - paid trips for conferences, more flexibility to work from home, or even a company car.

Do you want to provide a stronger argument why you deserve that promotion, merit the bonus or receive extra perks?