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Reward teachers. (Society).(analysis of Bryan Hassel's article 'Better Pay for Better Teaching: Making Teacher Compensation Pay Off in the Age of Accountability' in the May 2002 issue of Progressive Policy Institute)
Bryan Hassel, "Better Pay for Better Teaching: Making Teacher Compensation Pay Off in the Age of Accountability," May 2002, Progressive Policy Institute (ndol.org)
This paper suggests that raising teacher pay may improve schools, but recommends tying such raises to improved performance. Bryan Hassel, co-director of the education consulting firm Public Impact, acknowledges that studies show that teachers often care more about non-monetary rewards, but he argues that higher salaries, if linked directly to teacher performance, could have several beneficial effects.Varying pay rates could be used to entice more talented people to enter the teaching system, convince effective teachers to take tough assignments, encourage average teachers to use better methods, and get ineffective teachers to leave the profession.
Under the current system, pay usually goes up on a set schedule according to the number of years a teacher has worked, and, in some cases, the educational credentials he or she holds. "At best," ...
- New and Better Forms of Teacher Compensation Are Possible.
- Magazine article from: Phi Delta Kappan Odden, Allan January 1, 2000 700+ words
...points out. And the innovations in teacher compensation he describes here could have positive...education system. ON BEHALF of the Teacher Compensation Group of the Consortium for Policy...Reasons for Past Failure To Change Teacher Compensation Until recently, attempts to change...
- Teacher Compensation Reform Needed to Keep American Public Schools Competitive
- Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire October 1, 2009 700+ words
...achievement. That is a core conclusion of Teacher Compensation and Teacher Quality, a new report...Education Subcommittee, which produced Teacher Compensation and Teacher Quality. CED recommends...goal of improving teacher quality. Teacher Compensation and Teacher Qualityprovides ...
- Iowa Legislature at Impasse over Teacher Compensation Plan.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News March 15, 2001 700+ words
...Legislature's drive to reform teacher compensation reached a stalemate Wednesday when...Connolly, D-Dubuque, said after the teacher compensation bill was passed out of the Senate...We're willing to support the teacher compensation bill without the alternative licensure...
- Teacher Compensation Reform Needed to Keep American Public Schools...
- Newspaper article from: Education Letter October 14, 2009 700+ words
...raising student achievement. That is a core conclusion of Teacher Compensation and Teacher Quality, a new report from the Committee...Resources Policies in Education Subcommittee, which produced Teacher Compensation and Teacher Quality. Keywords: Committee for Economic...
- Experimenting with teacher compensation: innovations piloted in districts...
- Magazine article from: School Administrator Odden, Allan Wallace, Marc October 1, 2004 700+ words
...districts began experimenting with new approaches to teacher compensation. Different from traditional single-salary schedules...adopted across the country, portending a new era in teacher compensation. The main difference this time around is that teacher...
- School Reform, TURN, and Teacher Compensation.
- Magazine article from: Phi Delta Kappan Urbanski, Adam Erskine, Roger January 1, 2000 700+ words
The innovations in teacher compensation that have been brought about in districts within the...in all schools can be reinforced by new approaches to teacher compensation. This, of course, is in addition to, and not in lieu...
- Harvard Education Press: Pay-for-Performance Teacher Compensation.(Leadership...
- Magazine article from: District Administration Patton, Carol January 1, 2008 700+ words
HARVARD EDUCATION PRESS Pay-for-Performance Teacher Compensation www.hepg.org, $24.95 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pay-for-Performance Teacher Compensation by Phil Gonring, Paul Teske, and Brad Jupp offers the inside story of Denver...
- Center for American Progress report examines teacher compensation.(Update:...
- Magazine article from: District Administration Miners, Zach April 1, 2007 700+ words
A new report from the Center for American Progress, "Teacher Compensation in Charter and Private Schools," examines teacher compensation policies for lessons to help public schools more effectively recruit and keep high-quality teachers...
Source: HighBeam Research, Reward teachers. (Society).(analysis of Bryan Hassel's article...