The Delicate Task of Developing an Attractive Merit Pay Plan for Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Ritter, Gary W.; Jensen, Nathan C.
Titel	The Delicate Task of Developing an Attractive Merit Pay Plan for Teachers
Quelle	In: Phi Delta Kappan, 91 (2010) 8, S.32-37 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-7217
Schlagwörter	Merit Pay; Charter Schools; Scores; Program Effectiveness; Teachers; Teacher Motivation; Teacher Attitudes; Student Evaluation; Academic Achievement; Educational Improvement; Teacher Improvement; Measures (Individuals); Teacher Evaluation; Teacher Effectiveness; Teacher Collaboration; Arkansas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leistungszulage; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerverhalten; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Schulleistung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Messdaten; Teacher appraisal; Lehrerbeurteilung; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Lehrerkooperation
Abstract	The use of performance-based pay, or merit pay, has become a topic of increased focus in education circles in recent years. Questions about the effectiveness of these types of programs, coupled with a variety of criticisms about the benefits of merit pay, have resulted in teachers viewing this type of incentive structure with much skepticism. In that context, we present here five key lessons we learned based on our work with three Arkansas charter schools of how to best implement a merit pay program to avoid these criticisms. In short, school administrators should generate staff support, create a bonus structure that is motivating to teachers, adopt assessments to help teachers track student performance, encourage collaboration, and define merit more broadly than improvements in student test scores. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10