Students Come First Senate Bill 1110 and Trailer Bill

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Students Come FirstSenate Bill 1110 and Trailer
Bill

• http//www.sde.idaho.gov/site/studentsComeFirst/

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Senate Bill 1110Pay for Performance

• To reward excellence in Idahos schools,
  Idaho will institute a pay for performance
  system. The plan laid out in the following
  legislation was agreed to by educational
  stakeholders and negotiated for almost nine
  months. The plan rewards teachers and
  administrators on a school wide basis for student
  achievement as determined by academic growth.
  Local districts will also reward schools based on
  growth as determined at the local level. Teachers
  may also be rewarded for teaching in hard to fill
  positions and for taking on leadership roles such
  as mentoring, creating curriculum, grant writing
  and obtaining National Board Certification.
• Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Luna
• January 12, 2011

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Check for Understanding

• Which of the following leadership positions does
  not qualify for merit pay under SB 1184?
• Literacy Coach
• Mentor Teacher
• Soccer Coach
• Department Chair

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Check for Understanding

• What is the percentage of funding based solely
  on state assessment results (ISAT)?
• 50
• 63
• 18.5
• 37

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Check for Understanding

• Teachers can receive state shares even if they
  do not meet local measures.
• True
• False

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Senate Bill 1110 Pay for Performance

• Legislation provides opportunities for additional
  compensation for teachers and administrators.
• State and local measures of Student Achievement
• Hard to staff/Hard to fill positions
• Leadership Awards

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Stakeholder InvolvementPay for Performance Plan

• Plan was developed and then submitted as part of
  Idahos Race to the Top application.
• Stakeholders included
• Office of the Superintendent of Public
  Instruction
• Office of the Governor
• State Board of Education
• Idaho School Boards Association
• Idaho Association of School Administrators
• Idaho Education Association
• District Leaders

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Pay for Performance Teachers
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63 is up to Local Leaders to Decide
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Pay for Performance Building Administrators
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Certified EmployeesWithout Building Assignments
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Pay for Performance Timeline

• September 1, 2011
• School Boards must decide on the local measures
  of Student Achievement.
• November 15, 2012
• The state will distribute Student Achievement
  bonus funds to Districts. (38 million)
• December 15, 2012
• Districts will distribute Student Achievement
  bonuses to eligible certificated staff.

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Pay for Performance Timeline

• June 11, 2013
• School Boards must choose hard-to-fill positions
  off of State Board of Education list for next
  school years pay-for-performance payments, or
  apply to the State Board of Education for a
  waiver.
• Ten years worth of data on hard to fill
• Math
• Special Education
• ESL Endorsement
• Science
• If Board of Trustees determines that it will be
  unable to fill position even with the bonus
  funds, it may use the funds to pay for courses
  that allow an individual to become qualified in
  the desired area.

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Pay for Performance Timeline

• November 15, 2013 (and each Nov. 15 thereafter)
• The state will distribute Student Achievement,
  Hard-to-Fill Position and Leadership Award bonus
  funds to Districts. (51.3 million)
• Board of Trustees may determine leadership
• award recipients and duties at any time
• Leadership Awards are to be paid upon completion
  of the additional duty.

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Pay for PerformanceImplementation

• Leadership awards can be given to individuals.
• Hard to fill positions must be given to a
  category of positions. Districts cannot single
  out one teacher in math, etc.
• Rewards for hard to fill can vary by subject.
• Student achievement awards are given school wide.

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Suggested Process StepsPay for Performance

• Review research
• Establish a timeline for implementation
• Develop a communication strategy
• Create a method for receiving input
• Collect evidence of process (agenda, minutes)
• Draft guidance
• Establish in board policy

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Senate Bill 1110Local Measure of Student
Achievement Process Steps

• (b) Local shares shall be awarded to certificated
  employees based on
• performance. Each board of trustees shall develop
  a plan for awarding
• local pay for performance shares in consultation
  with certificated
• employees. Local share awards to certificated
  instructional employees
• shall be based on the performance of groups of
  such employees, unless
• there is only one (1) such employee in the school
  district. No employee
• shall receive more than one (1.00) local share.

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Senate Bill 1110Local Measure of Student
Achievement Process Steps

• Establish a committee
• Each board of trustees shall develop a plan for
  awarding
• local pay for performance shares in consultation
  with certificated
• employees.
• Establish a Timeline for Implementation
• Start with implementation date and work backwards
  
• Establish benchmarks, need to be accomplished by
  that date

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Senate Bill 1110Local Measure of Student
Achievement Process Steps

• Develop a Communication Strategy
• Create a method for receiving input
• Surveys, blogs, community forums, etc.
• Collect Evidence of Progress
• Agenda, minutes from minutes
• Draft Guidance
• Establish in Board Policy

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Process Steps for Pay for Performance

• Review Research
• See Handout for Senate Bill 1110
• Performance-based pay, of course is widely
  practiced in private firms and increasingly used
  in government including public schools (Kremer,
  Miguel Thornton, 2009 Lazear Shaw 2007
  Podursky Springer, 2006). Economists and
  behavioral psychologists have long shown that
  incentives both symbolic and real, powerfully
  shape behavior.
• Walberg, 2011

Pages 10 11 Walberg
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Senate Bill 1110 Pay for PerformanceQuestions
to Consider

• Local share awards shall be based on one or more
  of the following measures
• Student test scores
• Student graduation rate
• Student dropout rate
• Percent of graduates attending postsecondary
  education or entering military service
• Making federally approved yearly progress
• Number of students successfully completing dual
  credit or advanced placement classes
• Percent of students involved in extracurricular
  activities
• Class Projects
• Portfolios
• Successful completion of special student
  assignments
• Parental involvement
• Teacher-assigned grades
• Student attendance rate
• Other measure determined by District and approved
  by SDE

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Questions to Consider

• One district goal?
• Or different goal for different schools?

Agenda
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Your Turn!

• Materials are in your handouts and on your jump
  drive