Sentences with phrase «teachers a bonus for»

Researchers have proposed that districts pay teachers a bonus for the days they don't take off, or give their schools the money that would have been spent on subs as a collective incentive, or set up a reward system for teachers with good attendance (the Columbia study found that only 3 percent of teachers had perfect attendance).

He also supported a boom in new charter schools with diverse models, from military academies to single - sex schools, and piloted a program to pay teachers bonuses for top performance — two controversial innovations Obama supports.

It also argues that rather than paying teachers bonuses for graduate credits and degrees, we should offer teachers rewards for «mastery - based» professional development of specific skills or for taking on well - defined leadership roles.

Not exact matches

The tax could also pay for a teacher salary supplement, Burke said, such as offering a $ 5,000 bonus to teachers who stay in the district five years and $ 10,000 at 10 years, Burke said.

Last year, to help close this gap, the New York City Department of Education announced signing and retention bonuses for Pre-K For All teachers working outside public schoofor Pre-K For All teachers working outside public schooFor All teachers working outside public schools.

I do remind folks that NCLB had its origins in legislation passed in Texas during the 1980s (under then - Gov Mark White) where, in exchange for teacher raises / bonuses, standardized tests were instituted to «measure» teacher «effectiveness».

I am always sure to grab whatever I see that is on sale (or buy extra to keep at home when making the supply run), and the bonus is that if it goes unused teachers are extraordinarily grateful for the later in the year supply donation!

Cuomo said he wants to offer bonuses of up to $ 20,000 for teachers who receive top marks on their evaluations.

In 2011, Carvalho helped implement a merit pay system — considered anathema to most teachers union officials, including Weingarten — that tied raises to teachers» evaluation scores and provided bonuses for highly effective teachers.

It collated results from a five - year study and a two - year study of 159 middle schools in Texas and found no statistically significant improvement in scores for English, maths, science or social studies, despite a # 3,000 bonus being offered to successful teachers.

He promised full scholarships for top math and science students, bonuses for teachers and more low - cost housing.

Albright declined to comment on teacher bonuses, but offered praise for Cuomo's plans to offer universal pre-kindergarten.

It is going to be the first statewide teacher performance bonus program that actually rewards performance for teachers and incentivizes teachers who perform well.

In his speech following Albright, Cuomo said he planned to offer teacher bonuses and called for universal pre-kindergarten for the state's students.

Gov. Cuomo made a dramatic proposal in his State of the State speech Wednesday to offer bonuses of up to $ 20,000 for teachers who receive top marks on their evaluations.

«I believe it's appropriate for strategic reasons to give bonuses, for example, when we have teachers that work in some schools that are really struggling,» he explained after listening to the governor speak in Albany.

De Blasio has taken some steps to address the pay disparities, including creating signing and retention bonuses for CBO teachers and using $ 17 million of the pre-K budget to address some salary inequities.

Both proposals are more than Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan of a $ 1.1 billion spending hike for education aid, with much of that money tied to approving the governor's policy proposals, including bonus pay for high - performing teachers and a strengthening of charter schools.

His auditors found $ 1,981,802 in unauthorized salaries and fringe benefits, $ 310,136 in undocumented consulting costs, and $ 173,539 in staff bonuses for teachers whose evaluations showed they did not deserve them.

Governor Cuomo's plan will give our best teachers $ 20,000 bonuses, will cover tuition to get the best and brightest into our classrooms, and will increase funding for all children.

Governor Cuomo understands this is unacceptable, and is acting to fix failing schools, improve teacher quality including bonuses for our best teachers, and give families better school options.

«Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed a bonus for new teachers to help pay off their student loans and $ 20,000 extra pay for those doing a good job and voters agree with both ideas,» Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in a statement.

But the poll also found overwhelming support for many of Bloomberg's latest initiatives, including his proposals to make it easier to fire bad apples while offering a $ 20,000 bump in salary for the best teachers and a $ 25,000 bonus to help educators pay off student loans.

For instance, teachers rated «highly effective» two years in a row will get a $ 20,000 bonus.

Under the plan, those teachers rated as «highly effective» would be eligible for bonuses of up to $ 20,000.

Over the course of negotiations, the district has proposed giving teachers a 10 percent raise and a bonus to make up for the time working under an expired agreement.

Timothy Kremer, executive director of the New York State School Boards Association, said he welcomes the governor's prekindergarten proposal, his technology initiative and the bonuses for highly effective teachers.

- incentivize teachers with $ 20,000 bonuses for high - performers, offer more professional support and ensure they complete degree programs with high standards;

Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for bonuses of $ 20,000 for teachers rated «highly effective» on their performance evaluations during his State of the State speech today.

Our story yesterday on the Obama Administration's proposal to give large bonuses to the best U.S. elementary and secondary school science and math teachers got one important detail wrong: The White House doesn't have to wait for Congress to approve the $ 1 billion price tag to launch its STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) Master Teacher Corps.

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.

After the proposition passed, state union representatives immediately lobbied the state attorney general to issue a «clarification» explaining that performance pay actually meant an across - the - board bonus for every teacher in a school or district, regardless of performance, and that funding classrooms directly actually meant passing the funding through the district first so the district, rather than the school, can make the major funding decisions.

As noted earlier, female teachers are less responsive to increases in salary, meaning that the bonus required to keep them at a school will be larger than for males.

As an added bonus, teachers and students who have GAFE (Google Apps for Education) Google accounts can click on the shared links and use the resources in Google Slides.

In fact, paying elementary age children to read books did as much to boost their ability as more popular approaches such as smaller class size, Head Start, and bonuses to teachers for working in at - risk schools, the study determined — and was much cheaper, too.

This year we are implementing a new performance - management framework for teachers that will provide them with comprehensive data on areas of strength and areas that need development, as well as reward high - performing teachers with bonuses as large as $ 14,000.

About 49 percent of students attend a charter school that has a system of bonuses for successful teachers, and 17 percent of students attend a charter school whose teachers are unionized.

For example, one school district gives $ 1,000 bonuses to teachers for each year they hold the certificatiFor example, one school district gives $ 1,000 bonuses to teachers for each year they hold the certificatifor each year they hold the certification.

Improvement Plan: That proposal calls for cash bonuses of up to $ 15,000 to science and mathematics teachers, Advanced Placement teachers, and the top third of a school's most successful teachers as judged mostly by a combination...

New York City, with the nation's largest public school system, is also using incentives for educators, mostly in the form of bonuses for principals and teachers.

This study leaves open the question of whether a bonus program that rewards teachers for their own specific effectiveness would be more successful.

Does evidence that the New York City bonus program did not lead to marked gains in student achievement, at least in the program's first two years, mean that merit pay for teachers in general does not work?

Signaling that schools will be a top priority during the upcoming legislative session, Ducey outlined plans for an education - heavy agenda, including statewide teacher pay raises, increased spending on all - day kindergarten, and a $ 1,000 signing bonus for new teachers who take jobs in low - income districts.

The New York City bonus - pay program provides us with a valuable opportunity to study the effect of merit pay for teachers in an experimental setting.

For a sense of the strength of the incentive provided by the bonuses, the full $ 3,000 award represents a 7 percent increase in the salary of teachers at the bottom of the pay scale and a 3 percent increase for the most experienced teacheFor a sense of the strength of the incentive provided by the bonuses, the full $ 3,000 award represents a 7 percent increase in the salary of teachers at the bottom of the pay scale and a 3 percent increase for the most experienced teachefor the most experienced teachers.

And if older teachers opt to enter the ProComp program, they keep their old base salary; the ProComp program merely offers them a chance for bonuses on top of that old salary.

Some 180 schools were eligible in the 2007 — 08 school year for a collective $ 14 million in bonuses, or $ 3,000 per union teacher, if they met test score goals established by the district.

Some locales have diluted the merit pay concept by making the bonuses to teachers small and setting the bar for receiving the bonuses low, thereby converting merit pay into something approximating an across - the board pay raise.

There are also bonuses for teachers and schools.

Amrein and Berliner identified 28 states where test scores are used to determine various consequences, such as bonuses for teachers, the promotion of students, or allowing children to transfer out of a failing school.