Posted on 01/17/2010 5:14:28 PM PST by redreno
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has announced plans to support legislation that would overhaul the statewide teacher-salary schedule and allow teachers to opt into one that determines pay partly on performance-based measures.
States have tried to do statewide performance-pay before, but this example stands out because it sounds as though it would fundamentally restructure how the salary schedule operates. Teachers opting in would no longer get supplements for advanced degrees, where there are only weak correlations to student performance. Instead, they would win additional compensation based on observations of teachers and growth of student performance to determine teacher effectiveness and base compensation on those results.
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ping
>>Instead, they would win additional compensation based on observations of teachers <<
Teachers
Grading Teachers
Are the HAPPIEST Teachers in the world!!!!!
(good idea until that part...)
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