Teacher Incentive Fund STEM Grant in Houston ISD: A Human Capital Approach to Improving STEM Education. Research Educational Program Report

Autor/inn/en	Price, Lauren E.; Cramer, Eric; Milanowski, Anthony; Mader, Jordan; Robertson, Dana; Stevens, Carla J.
Institution	Houston Independent School District (HISD), Department of Research and Accountability
Titel	Teacher Incentive Fund STEM Grant in Houston ISD: A Human Capital Approach to Improving STEM Education. Research Educational Program Report
Quelle	(2019), (40 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Incentive Grants; STEM Education; School Districts; Program Evaluation; Human Capital; Master Teachers; Teacher Effectiveness; Mathematics Teachers; Science Teachers; Teacher Persistence; Faculty Mobility; Educational Improvement; Texas (Houston) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Finanzieller Anreiz; STEM; School district; Schulbezirk; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Humankapital; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Science; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung
Abstract	The fourth cohort of the Teacher Incentive Fund federal grant competition ("TIF4") included special consideration for projects that would identify, develop, and utilize master teachers as leaders of STEM education. In September 2012, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) was awarded a TIF4 grant for $15.9 million to implement a human capital approach to improving STEM education. The TIF4 project schools were among the HISD schools serving grades K-8 with the highest student economic disadvantage and the most risk factors for chronic absenteeism. A human capital approach to strengthening STEM education addressed the TIF4 project schools' need for high-quality supports for student learning, and the systemic challenges to teacher retention, development, and recruitment in hard-to-staff subjects. This report overviews the performance-based compensation strategies implemented through the TIF4 grant, and situates the TIF4 schools in the context of HISD's historic challenges for new teacher retention, effective teacher retention, and the retention of math and science teachers. [For the first two reports in this series, see ED603678 and ED603680.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Houston Independent School District. Research & Accountability, 4400 West 18th Street 2 NW, Houston, TX 77092. Tel: 713-556-6700; Fax: 713-556-6730; e-mail: Research@houstonisd.org; Web site: http://www.houstonisd.org/research
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01