Sentences with phrase «tie teacher compensation»

The district had hoped to tie teacher compensation to student scores on standardized tests; the union says only 30 % of teachers» evaluations will come from student test scores, the minimum under Illinois state law.

McCrory also offers more plans in his budget proposal to tie teacher compensation to performance in the classroom, an idea typically lauded by GOP lawmakers but not seen to the same degree in the Senate plan.

The MCEE does not recommend that the state tie teacher compensation to evaluations.

He has specifically come out in favor of efforts to tie teacher compensation to student performance.

Two of those were that Kansas has no statewide evaluation system of teachers and principals, and no system of tying teacher compensation to student achievement, she said.

The union's president, Margaret Gibbons, said that they did so «primarily because the board is opposed to tying teacher compensation and evaluation to a student's test score,» -LSB-...]

The union's president, Margaret Gibbons, said that they did so «primarily because the board is opposed to tying teacher compensation and evaluation to a student's test score,» but also because «In addition, we [opposed] states competing for funding.

The Chicago Teachers Union had a change of leadership soon after being awarded the 2010 grant in September of that year, and its current president, Karen Lewis, is adamantly opposed to the program described in the grant application, which ties teacher compensation directly to student test scores.

, which ties teacher compensation directly to student test scores.

Reforms were on fast track Indeed in Minnesota, where a stalemate between Gov. Tim Pawlenty and the state's largest teachers union resulted in no K - 12 omnibus bill whatsoever last year, even the labor - loving DFL went into this year's legislative session vowing to fast - track such education reforms as alternative paths to teacher licensure, modifications to teacher tenure and tying teacher compensation to student performance.

Not exact matches

Rodríguez confirmed the administration's intention to create differentiated tracks for master teachers, administrators, and specialist teachers, in which teacher compensation is tied to progress on those tracks.

«Teachers have to be very confident with an evaluation system before it is tied to compensation.

Many state accountability plans judge schools on the basis of these tests alone, and some states and school districts are considering tying teachers» compensation to student test results.

Likewise in education, a more strategic compensation structure would tie teacher pay to education reform goals and strategies.

«He has closed low - performing schools, reduced the dropout rate by 56 percent, ended a 26 - year court oversight in special education, and even reached an agreement between teachers and administrators tying compensation to...

In the first two years of his tenure, DISD adopted a new principal evaluation system and a teacher evaluation system that ties teacher evaluations to performance, student achievement results, and compensation.

She was the co-lead author of It's More Than Money; Tying Earning to Learning: The Link Between Teacher Compensation and Student Learning Objectives; Focus on Literacy: Professional Development Audit; Catalyst for Change (the summative Denver report on performance - based compensation); and New Directions in Christina (the summative report on systemic reform in Delaware's largesCompensation and Student Learning Objectives; Focus on Literacy: Professional Development Audit; Catalyst for Change (the summative Denver report on performance - based compensation); and New Directions in Christina (the summative report on systemic reform in Delaware's largescompensation); and New Directions in Christina (the summative report on systemic reform in Delaware's largest district).

* We should fully define «highly qualified teacher» for Texas not just in regulatory terms, but in terms of the qualities and performance that are expected, which will necessitate a re-evaluation of the strategic policy document, «Learner - Centered Schools for Texas: A Vision of Texas Educators», adopted in 1997, as well as the transformation of educator employment terms from «contract» to «at will», with enhanced compensation based on performance tied to student achievement.

· Teacher compensation should be restructured to provide more incentives tied to performance, first by significantly reducing the number of steps on the salary scale, and then by phasing in a performance based system as the value - added assessment model evolves to the individual classroom level.

While still leaving districts the flexibility to establish their own pay scale, Oregon should articulate policies that definitively discourage districts from tying compensation to advanced degrees, in light of the extensive research showing that such degrees generally do not have an impact on teacher effectiveness.

While leaving districts flexibility to decide their own pay scales, states should promote compensation tied to teacher effectiveness and discourage districts from basing pay solely on criteria not correlated with teacher effectiveness.

While still leaving districts the flexibility to establish their own pay scale, Maryland should articulate policies that definitively discourage districts from tying compensation to advanced degrees, in light of the extensive research showing that such degrees do not have an impact on teacher effectiveness.

It may also be asked to support decisions about compensation, as policymakers are increasingly interested in tying compensation to judgments about teacher effectiveness, either by differentiating wages or by linking such judgments to specific responsibilities and salary increments for more expert teachers.

While still leaving districts the flexibility to establish their own pay scale, Michigan should articulate policies that definitively discourage districts from tying compensation to advanced degrees, in light of the extensive research showing that such degrees do not have an impact on teacher effectiveness.

In addition to tying teachers» compensation more closely to student achievement, the measure did away with employment protections commonly referred to as tenure.

It began using the Common Core a year before the state required it of districts; it was one of the first to revamp its teacher evaluations, and it went a step further, tying those evaluations to a new compensation model designed by teachers themselves; and in preparation for the new Common Core - aligned tests, it held training sessions on top of those that the state provided.

It is clear that most states and districts are in some stage of transition in tying data on teacher effectiveness to critical decisions regarding compensation, tenure, hiring, and dismissal.

While still leaving districts the flexibility to establish their own pay scale, New Jersey should articulate policies that definitively discourage districts from tying compensation to advanced degrees, in light of the extensive research showing that such degrees do not have an impact on teacher effectiveness.

While still leaving local school districts the flexibility to establish their own pay scale, the District of Columbia should articulate policies that definitively discourage them from tying compensation to advanced degrees, in light of the extensive research showing that such degrees do not have an impact on teacher effectiveness.

Keep in mind, this lamentation of the lack of «honor» given to teaching as a profession comes from someone who has repeatedly taken the standard reformer line that all of the ills in our education system can be traced back almost entirely to teachers themselves and who has advocated for policy makers who diminish teachers» workplace protections and their autonomy and who want to tie opportunities for greater compensation to standardized test scores.

While still leaving districts the flexibility to establish their own pay scale, Wyoming should articulate policies that definitively discourage districts from tying compensation to advanced degrees, in light of the extensive research showing that such degrees do not have an impact on teacher effectiveness.

Active in several local and national parent groups focused on education, Julie Woestehoff reported grassroots support for resisting the federally funded push to tie teacher jobs and compensation to test scores.