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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, 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
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2012
In partnership with the Urban League of Greater Miami, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) released "Teacher Quality Roadmap: Improving Policies and Practices in Miami," an in-depth study of the work rules Miami-Dade teachers. This look at the state of teacher policies in Miami-Dade County Public Schools explores the…
Descriptors: Expertise, Feedback (Response), Public Schools, Teacher Effectiveness
Ellerson, Noelle M. – American Association of School Administrators, 2009
In response to a growing dialogue at the local, state and national levels around the idea of restructuring teacher pay to include performance measures, the American Association of School Administrators surveyed a randomly selected sample of its members to gauge their feedback and interest in pay-for-performance programs. AASA launched this survey…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Merit Pay, Merit Rating, Administrator Attitudes
McGuffey, C. W. – 1980
A national survey sought to identify the competencies that chief school business administrators (CSBAs) in large and small school districts think are important for their job. Seventy-five respondents, out of a random stratified sample comprising 143 members of the Association of School Business Officials, ranked 264 statements in 28 major task…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility, Competence, Elementary Secondary Education
Packard, Richard D.; Dereshiwsky, Mary I. – 1991
In 1985 the Arizona Legislature established a 5-year pilot-test program for teachers, under the direction of the Joint Legislative Committee on Career Ladders. Its purpose was to implement and evaluate a process of rewarding teachers based on their actual performance levels, rather than solely on years of experience and/or accumulated college…
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Ladders, Educational Environment, Elementary School Teachers