Renaissance School Plan Offers Bonus Pay for High Performing Teachers
March 9, 2011 - A three-year bonus pay plan for educators has been approved by the Board of Education for the four schools in the Renaissance School plan. Using federal Race to the Top funds, the school system is working to boost student achievement at Barwell Road Elementary, Brentwood Elementary, Creech Road Elementary, and Wilburn Elementary.A selection process will be held to staff the Renaissance schools. Current employees at each of the four Renaissance schools who wish to participate in the project will be asked to reapply for positions. Employees will also have the opportunity to request a transfer to another school. $950,000 of the federal Race to the Top funds will be used per year for school years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 to implement a signing bonus/performance bonus plan.
The signing bonus would be $7,000 for principals, $5,000 for assistant principals, $2,900 for teachers/certified staff and $1,000 for non-certified/support staff. Variables used to determine teacher performance bonus pay will be: success of the overall school academically, success of their class academically and/or their annual performance review.
Starting with the 2011-12 school year, classrooms in the four schools will be outfitted with the latest technology, and additional teaching staff will be provided for each grade level. In addition, there will be flexibility in the school day and school year to provide more instructional time.
You can read details of the bonus pay plan here.
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