Panel OKs framework for teacher pay
4:20 PM
By Dan GearinoLee Newspapers | Posted: Tuesday, December 12, 2006
DES MOINES n A special panel studying ways to change the teacher-pay system put together recommendations for the Legislature on Tuesday, amid doubts that lawmakers will seriously consider the ideas.
"I can't imagine a more complicated political environment than the one we're in," said the panel's co-chairman, Marvin Pomerantz.
Since the group, the Institute for Tomorrow's Workforce, began its study of teacher pay this summer, Democrats gained control of both houses of the Legislature and retained control of the executive branch. Much of the enthusiasm for a teacher-pay overhaul had come from Republican legislators who are no longer in power.
So, with doubts about whether the recommendations will be followed, the panel approved a framework for tying teacher pay to student performance that would initially be tried in a small number of pilot projects. The participating schools would have a say in the structure of the systems to be used.
The panel also approved plans for expanding the state's ability to collect and analyze educational data, and for a "career ladder" system for teachers that would give big pay raises to keep top teachers in the classroom.
Read the complete story in Wednesday's Sioux City Journal.
"I can't imagine a more complicated political environment than the one we're in," said the panel's co-chairman, Marvin Pomerantz.
Since the group, the Institute for Tomorrow's Workforce, began its study of teacher pay this summer, Democrats gained control of both houses of the Legislature and retained control of the executive branch. Much of the enthusiasm for a teacher-pay overhaul had come from Republican legislators who are no longer in power.
So, with doubts about whether the recommendations will be followed, the panel approved a framework for tying teacher pay to student performance that would initially be tried in a small number of pilot projects. The participating schools would have a say in the structure of the systems to be used.
The panel also approved plans for expanding the state's ability to collect and analyze educational data, and for a "career ladder" system for teachers that would give big pay raises to keep top teachers in the classroom.
Read the complete story in Wednesday's Sioux City Journal.
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