The districts provided information on teacher
salaries and stipends, teacher assignments and
teaching loads, course offerings and schedules, teacher aide
salaries and placements, and student participation in
various courses.
Projects have included: teacher career pathway programs that diversified roles in the
teaching force; teacher career pathways that recognize, develop, and reward excellent teachers as they advance through
various career stages; incentives for effective teachers who take on instructional leadership roles within their schools; incentives that attract, support, reward, and retain the most effective teachers and administrators at high - need schools; rigorous, ongoing leadership development training for teacher leaders and principals, leadership roles for teachers aimed at school turnaround; and the creation of new
salary structures based on effectiveness.