Information on various forms of teacher incentive plans and the relationships between specific types of plans and local conditions, such as school district size, student-teacher ratio, and teacher salaries, is provided in this report. A secondary focus is the development of a conceptual framework for creating local incentive programs. A survey of…

Incentives to encourage teacher excellence for the purposes of teacher attraction, retention, improvement, and enhancement are examined in this report. Motivators involving monetary plans, career status, awards and recognition, professional responsibility, and workplace conditions are described, as well as the issues of cost, planning, and…

Many recent reports have predicted an impending crisis in the teaching profession. At the heart of the reports and the reform effort lies the notion that in order to improve school experience for children, school experiences for teachers ought to be improved. This paper deals with teacher incentives as a means of attracting, retaining, and…