Teacher Incentive Fund Teacher Incentive Fund Background 2006
Teacher Incentive Fund
Teacher Incentive Fund Background • 2006 to 2012: approx. $1. 8 billion awarded for 131 TIF grants (4 cohorts) • LEAs, SEAs*, non-profits* (*partnering with LEAs) • Purpose: to evaluate educators based on a multiple measure evaluation system, including student growth and design a pay-for-performance bonus or compensation system that rewards effective and highly effective teachers • 2010 and 2012 the grants included career ladder options 2
Teacher Incentive Fund History 33 Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grantees in first two cohorts: • Cohort 1 (2006) = 15; Cohort 2 (2007) = 18. Cohort 3 (2010): • Competition held under a new NFP. • FY 10 allocation $303, 829, 939, ARRA allocation $143, 677, 651. • Two Competitions: Main and Evaluation. • 51 main TIF grantees and 11 evaluation TIF grantees. Cohort 4 (2012): • Competition held under a new NFP. • FY 12 allocation: $299, 443, 000 • Two Competitions: General and STEM • 29 General TIF grantees and 6 STEM TIF grantees. 3
TIF 4 Guiding Principles • Improve teacher and principal effectiveness by ‒ attracting and retaining effective educators. ‒ Improving professional development and support for educators • Increase sustainability and impact by embedding performancebased compensation systems (PBCS) into LEA-wide human capital management systems (HCMS). • Increase flexibility to tailor PBCS to local context. • Improve the effectiveness of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) teaching and learning. 4
37 States Served by TIF 1 -4 Funds* * Fiscal agents are not necessarily based in the states they serve.
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