The current bill says
a teacher is eligible for these bonuses if he or she «has earned a master's degree from an accredited postsecondary educational institution in a content area directly related to the subject matter of a dual credit course; or another course taught by the teacher.»
Not exact matches
Under the plan, those
teachers rated as «highly effective» would
be eligible for bonuses of up to $ 20,000.
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.
Teachers who complete professional development tasks, for example, would be eligible for bonuses, as would teachers who collaborated on a project linked to creating school programs to raise achievement or who worked on valuable individual p
Teachers who complete professional development tasks,
for example, would
be eligible for bonuses, as would
teachers who collaborated on a project linked to creating school programs to raise achievement or who worked on valuable individual p
teachers who collaborated on a project linked to creating school programs to raise achievement or who worked on valuable individual projects.
Though the district strives
for equity, charter
teachers are not
eligible for ProComp
bonuses, which average $ 7,396
for a second - year
teacher.
On the other side of the spectrum,
teachers rated «highly effective»
are eligible for a
bonus of up to $ 25,000, and repeated high ratings trigger a permanent salary boost.
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.
Teachers also would continue to
be eligible for bonuses worth thousands of dollars based on test scores.
In the fourth year of the program, forty percent of
teachers who
were eligible for bonuses did not know they
were eligible.
Teachers reported they
were eligible for a maximum
bonus of about $ 3,000.
Those
teachers who earn the «highly effective» rating
are eligible for bonuses of up to $ 25,000.
Under the plan, 1,000
teachers who
are successful in reducing dropout rates and raising student achievement would
be eligible for a $ 3,000
bonus and a two - year contract that protects them from layoffs.
Under the new contract, Newark
teachers would
be under two salary guides: one
for new
teachers and those with bachelor's degrees, all of whom would
be eligible for the performance
bonuses of up to $ 12,500.
A separate RAND study, the nation's first randomized experiment to test
teacher incentive pay, also found that students of the
teachers who
were eligible to earn
bonuses did not outperform the students whose
teachers were not
eligible for bonuses.
On the whole, researchers found no significant difference between the test results from classes led by
teachers eligible for bonuses and those led by
teachers who
were ineligible.
In the department Central Office budget, additional funding
is proposed to fully fund the cost of the National Board Certification
bonus awards
for the actual number of
eligible teachers in fiscal year 2008.
Senate Pre-K-12 Education budget chairman David Simmons,
R - Altamonte Springs, revealed in February that lawmakers on both sides of the Capitol
were interested in expanding the «Best & Brightest» program so that
teachers could
be eligible in more ways than just their SAT / ACT score from high school and so that principals could also qualify
for bonus dollars.
Participating
teachers who submit their students [sic] work
are eligible for one of three «
Teacher's
Bonus» awards worth $ 500.00 apiece!