Rewarding

Schools retain great teachers and leaders by appropriately rewarding their excellence and ability to extend their reach to more students. The Innovation Station’s resources for rewarding include the following:

  • General resources on budgeting and pay, such as publications, websites, and multimedia presentations on the following: how to provide strategic educator compensation, how to pay teachers more within regular budgets, and how to develop new compensation systems that enable teachers and leaders to pursue their passions in a sustainable way.
  • Case studies and examples on promising compensation reforms, including those funded by the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF).

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Case Studies & Examples

Targeted

Case Studies and Evaluation Reports of Pay-for-Performance Programs Website Icon
Vanderbilt University’s National Center on Performance Initiatives provides studies that evaluate how pay-for-performance initiatives impact the quality of schools and districts.
Catalyst for Change: Pay for Performance in Denver Final Report Publication Icon
The Community Training and Assistance Center conducted a comprehensive study of the impact of Denver Public School’s four-year Pay for Performance pilot.
It’s More Than Money: Teacher Incentive Fund-Leadership for Educators’ Advanced Performance Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Publication Icon

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools partnered with the Community Training and Assistance Center beginning in 2007 to seek, obtain, and implement a Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grant from the U.S.

Teacher Incentive Fund 2012 Grantee Applications With a Focus on STEM Website Icon
The Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) was established by the U.S. Department of Education in 2006 and was designed to support performance-based teacher and principal compensation systems in high-need... Read more »
The Network Effect: Harnessing the Power of Teacher Leadership Networks to Sustain Progress in Tennessee Publication Icon

This Chiefs for Change brief highlights the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE)’s efforts to engage teachers as leaders, often through roles such as instructional, curriculum, or content area... Read more »

Broad

Leadership Matters: Investing in Sustained School-Systems Leadership Publication Icon
This Chiefs for Change report examines the need for strong, diverse school-system leaders to commit to student-focused change that also reflects the demographics of the students they serve.