State lawmakers in the Senate have released their budget plan, which includes the finer details of how they would pay for an 11 percent
salary increase for teachers who agree to forego tenure protections.
However, one major recommendation, calling for the federal government to spend about $ 800 million a year to support
salary increases for teachers who meet specified higher standards, was dropped from the final report.
In 2008, Rhee — a Klein protégée, who founded the New Teacher Project after teaching in Baltimore for Teach for America — proposed huge
salary increases for those teachers who would give up lifetime tenure guarantees and lockstep compensation and agree to have their performance linked to student test - score improvements.
Not exact matches
Nevertheless,
salary differentials
for teachers who earn additional course credits or hold advanced degrees — otherwise known as «lane»
increases or the «master's degree bump» — are among the costliest aspects of
teacher development.
Numerous states and districts, collectively employing about half of all
teachers, provide
salary increases for experienced
teachers who earn certification from the National Board.
This work will require different types of union contracts and compensation that pay more to
teachers in shortage areas like math and science and disproportionally
increase salaries for the early career
teachers and principals in high need schools
who are most likely to leave the profession.
The group's recommendations include
increasing the starting
salary by a third; creating a «career ladder» so
teachers can be rewarded
for strong performance without leaving the classroom; introducing bonuses
for teachers who receive top ratings on new
teacher evaluations; and paying more to draw
teachers to hard - to - staff subjects, such as science or special education.
There are two parts to the D.C. pay system: an annual bonus of up to $ 25,000 after one year of being rated «highly effective,» and an
increase in base
salary of up to $ 27,000
for teachers who are rated «highly effective» two or more years in a row.
By, once again, proposing to slash funding
for teachers and after - school programs, Trump is effectively recommending that Congress cut
teachers»
salaries,
increase class sizes, and cancel after - school programming to pay
for tax cuts
for wealthy parents
who can already afford to send their kids to private schools.