2010 Agenda:
Budget Recommendations
1. Ensure the current funding in extended contract money is
continued on a recurring basis. Encourage this funding be used
to expand time on task for students falling behind grade level,
especially through before-school, during-school, after-school,
weekend, and summer interventions.
2. Ensure the current career ladder and professional development funding
is continued on a recurring basis. As career ladder teachers retire, use
this money to fund the implementation of district differentiated pay
plans. Encourage districts to use significant portions of these plans
to fund teacher mentoring programs and the creation of professional
learning communities within individual schools.
2011 Agenda:
Policy Recommendations
1. Restructure the state salary schedule to include new elements
such as multiple career paths (e.g., beginning, professional, and
master teachers). Also consider incentivizing select inputs (e.g.
credentials in high-needs subject areas, appropriate graduate
degrees, placement in high-needs schools, teacher leadership
roles) and outputs (e.g., performance on the new teacher
effectiveness measure).
2. Directly link tenure decisions to the teacher effectiveness
measure, allowing student achievement gains to
be included as one component of the teacher
effectiveness measure before a final tenure
decision must be reached. This may
require a rethinking of the current tenure
timeframe and structure.