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Download full textWesley, Alexa; Burnside, Omari; Wesaw, Alexis; Parnell, Amelia – NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, 2021
The move to online instruction and service delivery has created both a critical need and a unique opportunity to investigate the innovative uses of technologies and practices. In the fall of 2020, NASPA launched the Virtual Innovation Awards: Excellence in Delivering Virtual Student Services. Over 100 submissions were vetted by an advising…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Computer Simulation, Distance Education, Instructional Innovation
Houston Independent School District, 2016
The Apollo 20 Program is a "turnaround" initiative with an emphasis on improving student performance in math. The key strategies of the turnaround initiative include having effective principals and effective teachers on the campus, more instructional time, using data to drive instruction, creating a campus culture of high expectations,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, School Districts, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
Houston Independent School District, 2015
In January 2007, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) inaugurated the Teacher Performance-pay Model, 2005-2006, becoming the first school district in the nation to implement a performance-pay system of this magnitude based on individual teacher effectiveness. The experience gained in the first year and consultations with national experts…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Job Performance, Merit Pay, Awards
Houston Independent School District, 2016
The purpose of the "Accelerating Student Progress: Increasing Results and Expectations" (ASPIRE) Award Survey was to gain insight regarding the level of knowledge and perceptions of Houston Independent School District (HISD) teachers and staff after ten years of implementation of growth-based performance pay in HISD, as well as their…
Descriptors: Merit Pay, Teacher Salaries, School Districts, Incentives
Houston Independent School District, 2017
The purpose of the "Accelerating Student Progress: Increasing Results and Expectations" (ASPIRE) Award Survey was to gain insight regarding the level of knowledge and perceptions of the Houston Independent School District (HISD) teachers and staff after eleven years of implementation of growth-based performance pay in HISD, as well as…
Descriptors: Merit Pay, Teacher Salaries, School Districts, Incentives
Houston Independent School District, 2014
The purpose of the ASPIRE Award Survey was to gain insight regarding the level of knowledge and perceptions of Houston Independent School District (HISD) teachers and staff after seven years of implementation of growth-based performance pay in HISD, as well as their perceptions regarding the overall concept of teacher performance pay.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Job Performance, Merit Pay, Awards
Houston Independent School District, 2017
On January 12, 2006, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) Board of Education approved a teacher performance-pay program awarding teachers financial incentives based on three indicators of performance pay. These indicators involved group performance for teachers based on campus second grade comparative growth in mathematics and reading…
Descriptors: Merit Pay, Teacher Salaries, School Districts, Incentives
Houston Independent School District, 2017
On January 12, 2006, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) Board of Education approved a teacher performance-pay program awarding teachers financial incentives based on three indicators of performance pay, using value-added methodology. For 2015-2016, HISD did not renew its contract with SAS EVAAS®. The amended model replaced EVAAS® with…
Descriptors: Merit Pay, Teacher Salaries, School Districts, Incentives
Houston Independent School District, 2015
The Apollo 20 Program is a "turnaround" initiative with an emphasis on improving student performance in math. The key strategies of the turnaround initiative include having effective principals and effective teachers on the campus, more instructional time, using data to drive instruction, creating a campus culture of high expectations,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, School Districts, Elementary Schools
Houston Independent School District, 2014
In 2010-2011, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) launched the Apollo 20 Program in four high schools and five middle schools in the district as a "turnaround" initiative with an emphasis on improving student performance in math. The key strategies of the turnaround initiative included having effective principals and effective…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, School Districts, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
Houston Independent School District, 2014
In May of 2012, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) Board of Education approved the creation of the Secondary Reading Initiative (SRI) program to target students in the 6th and 9th grades who are reading below the 50th percentile as measured by the Stanford/Aprenda Achievement Test in the previous year. The district provided to have…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Grade 6, Grade 9, Intervention
Houston Independent School District, 2017
In January 2007, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) inaugurated the Teacher Performance Pay Model, 2005-2006, becoming the first school district in the nation to implement a performance pay system of this magnitude based on individual teacher effectiveness. Improvements and enhancements were made to that model to form the district's…
Descriptors: Merit Pay, Job Performance, Awards, Teacher Effectiveness
Houston Independent School District, 2015
On January 12, 2006, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) Board of Education approved a teacher performance-pay program awarding teachers financial incentives based on three indicators of performance pay. These indicators involved group performance for teachers based on campus second grade comparative growth in mathematics and reading…
Descriptors: Merit Pay, Teacher Salaries, School Districts, Incentives
Houston Independent School District, 2014
Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) Board of Education approved the creation of the Secondary Reading Initiative (SRI) for 6th and 9th grade students. In the 2013-2014 school year, the SRI program was expanded to include students in the 7th grade. Students in the 6th, 7th, and 9th grades, whose…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Grade 6, Grade 9, Intervention
Shifrer, Dara – Houston Education Research Consortium, 2013
HISD [Houston Independent School District] has had an award program including teachers since 2000-2001. Awards based on individual teacher performance were introduced in 2005-06, and the program evolved into Accelerating Student Progress: Increasing Results and Expectations (ASPIRE) in 2006-07 with the incorporation of value-added methodology.…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, School Districts, Awards
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