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Download full textHouston 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
Direct linkGratz, Donald B. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
When proposing performance pay for teachers, reformers first must answer three questions: What is the definition of teacher performance? What is the definition of student performance? and What are the goals of schooling? Reformers also need to examine the assumptions that guide their proposals and prepare to deal with the implementation issues…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Academic Achievement, Merit Pay, Job Performance
Springer, Matthew G.; Gardner, Catherine D. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
After earlier plans fell out of favor, pay for performance plans are becoming more popular. Factors that make those plans more viable include new data systems and ways to measure performance, increased attention on the importance of effective teaching, the need for efficiencies in salary schedules during tough economic conditions, and a change in…
Descriptors: Merit Pay, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Salaries, Information Systems
Moore, Donald R.; Blair, Kathy A. – 1982
Based on the experiences of six organizations, this manual aims to help assistance groups who work to change the way schools actually treat children. Assistance group members can include principal or teacher advisors, curriculum consultants, group process facilitators, dissemination or staff development specialists, parent trainers or organizers,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Consultants, Consultation Programs, Educational Improvement
Burk, Jill; And Others – 1996
This study investigated the effects of a newly redesigned teacher education internship program at West Texas A&M University, the STEP (Student/Teacher Expanded Program) program, on teaching interns' performance. STEP participants were placed in 1-year internships and paid 75 percent of a beginning teacher's salary. Carefully screened teachers who…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Cooperating Teachers, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Louis, Karen Seashore; Kell, Diane – 1981
Linking agents, called "field agents," coordinated and provided educational improvement services to schools participating in the National Institute of Education's Research and Development Utilization (RDU) program. To assess the field agents' roles, attitudes, behaviors, and client relations, researchers surveyed and interviewed agents,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, MA. – 1998
The Teaching Firm project examined the process and role of informal learning in seven high-performance work organizations in the manufacturing industry. The working concept of a teaching firm was defined as "an environment in which teaching and learning are institutionally and culturally embedded in the organization and are perceived to be…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classification, Definitions, Economic Development
Wisconsin Univ. System, Madison. – 2001
This document contains 82 papers and 6 workshop presentations from a conference on distance teaching and learning. The following are among the papers included: "Examples and Tools for Building Web-Based Learning Experiences" (Steven A. Ackerman, Thomas Whittaker); "Online Testing in Distance Education" (Tricia Ahern);…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accounting, Adult Educators, Adult Students
