STAR3: An Overview

Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) Grant Project for the WS/FCS

Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF)

Federal grant money provided through a competitive grant application process

WS/FCS was awarded a grant of nearly 20 million dollars over a five year period.

The grant integrates already existing programs in the district.

The grant mandates an incentive pay process. (Details in ensuing slides.)

Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) Grant

The Grant Writing Team

Dr. Kim Morrison Dr. Marty Ward Dr. Judy Penny Dr. Wayne Foster

(Project Director) Ms. Alex Hoskins

Special Thanks: Dr. Donald Martin,

Superintendent Ms. Lynne Jennings

The Grant Team’s Rationale for Writing the Grant

What if we could ‘package’ an educational/instructional model based on:

Data from what is working in various schools throughout WS/FCS

Single School Culture/PLC Process Processes that are working for the

Magnet Schools Learning Focused

Information from around the U.S. Response to Instruction (RtI) Effective use of data for targeted

support AND enrichment What if we could tie it all together in

a logical, coherent model?

This became the basis for the educational model in the TIF

proposal.

TIF Project: STAR3

School Transformation by Actively Recruiting, Retaining and Rewarding

STAR3: The major components of the project

Implementation of the educational model and support for that implementation

Funds to recruit highly effective teachers into hard to fill positions

Funds to reward staff for student growth Support for teachers through a personalized

professional development and personal growth program

Improve teacher retention by creating a school environment that is rewarding at all levels.

STAR3 : Grant Support for All Schools

3600 Teacher Evaluation Targeted and Highly Personalized PDP Wide-Ranging Professional Development Training on all components of the educational

model Instructional Coaches Response to Instruction (mRtI) software

STAR3 : Your Part

3600 Teacher Evaluation ProcessTargeted teacher/principal development

based on the new NCTEP/NCPEP Standards

Understanding EVAASTraining in Learning Focused, Single

School Culture, and mRtIContinuous Improvement of Instruction

The Schools

Elementary Schools Middle SchoolsAshley Kimberley ParkDiggs-Latham KonnoakEaston Middle ForkForest Park North HillsGriffith Old TownHall-Woodward South Fork

HillPhiloMineral SpringsWiley

TIF: Design16 schools:

8 matched pairs 12 elementary, 4

middle

Incentive Pay

• Recruitment Money

• Classroom Level

• Grade Level

• School Level

• Leadership Activity Stipend

1% Across-the-Board Bonus

• Recruitment Money

• Leadership Activity Stipend

Matched Pairs of Schools

The Study Design

A B

STAR3: Incentive Pay Plan (Elementary)

Step

Administrators Instructional StaffTeacher/StudentSupport

Staffe

Admin &Operatio

nsSupport

Stafff

PrincipalAssistan

t Principal

CoreTeachera

CoreTAb

Non-Core

Teacherc

Non-CoreTAd

Step 1 – Whole School PerformanceCampus composite using EVAAS (Grades K-5)

$500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

Step2 – Grade-Level Performance Grade-level composite using EVAAS (Grades K-5)

$750 per

Grade

$500 per

Grade$1,500 $750

$250 per

Grade

$125 per

Grade

Step 3 – Teacher-Level PerformanceTeacher composite using EVAAS (Grades K-5)plus teacher observations

$2,000 $1,000

Step 4 – Leadership RolesEffective teachers in roles of mentors, master teachers, or tutors

$500

Total Potential Payout Per Employee $5,000 $3,500 $4,500 $2,250 $2,000 $1,250 $500 $500

Note: See TIF pay definitions slide for further information.

STAR3: Incentive Pay Plan (Middle)

Step

Administrators Instructional StaffTeacher/StudentSupport

Staffd

Admin &OperationSupport

StaffePrincipalAssistant Principal

CoreTeachera

Non-CoreTeachersb TAc

Step 1 – Whole School PerformanceCampus composite using EVAAS (Grades K-5)

$500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

Step2 – Grade-Level Performance Grade-level composite using EVAAS (Grades K-5)

$1,500 per

Grade

$1,000 per

Grade$1,500

$500 per

Grade

$250 per

Grade

Step 3 – Teacher-Level PerformanceTeacher composite using EVAAS (Grades K-5)plus teacher observations

$2,000

Step 4 – Leadership RolesEffective teachers in roles of mentors, master teachers, or tutors

$500

Total Potential Payout Per Employee $5,000 $3,500 $4,500 $2,000 $1,250 $500 $500

Note: See TIF pay definitions slide for further information.

TIF: Pay Definitions

a Core Teacher: includes Middle School Math, Science, and Language Arts teachers, and ESL or EC teachers in self-contained classrooms teaching core subjects or in co-teaching classrooms.

b Non-Core Teacher: includes all non-core teachers and media coordinators.

c TA: includes all teacher assistants.

d Teacher/Student Support staff: includes curriculum coordinators, school-based instructional coaches, guidance counselors, social workers, nurses, speech therapists, home-school coordinators, psychologists, media assistants, and technology coordinators.

e Administrative & Operations Support Staff: includes administrative assistants, secretaries, NCWISE managers, custodial staff, cafeteria managers, and cafeteria workers.

Implementation Teams for STAR3

District STAR3 Team: Includes representatives from Central Office and Schools

School-Level STAR3 Team – This team will make implementation decisions at the school.

STAR3 Teams: Main Points

Some aspects of the project are ‘set-in-stone’ (e.g., incentive pay amounts) but many are not (e.g., What defines a leadership activity in a school.) The grant proposal purposefully left many details open so that the teams can have a say in how the project operates.

No two schools are the same. The school-based STAR3 team will have a strong voice in how the program is implemented at the school.

TIF: What is the purpose?

1. U.S. Department of Education: Does incentive pay increase student outcomes?

2. WS/FCS: Does our educational model make a

difference? Does incentive pay increase outcomes in

addition to the model?

Steps in the STAR3 Project:

1. Provide principals with an overview. (October 5, 2010)

2. Principals meet with school staff to give an overview of the project.

3. District Level STAR3 administrators will meet with the staff at each school to provide details and answer questions.

4. District- and School-level STAR3 teams created. Planning meetings to begin.

Steps in the STAR3 Project

5. Coaches hired and materials purchased for the project.

6. Trainings for staff committed for the 2011-2012 school year to begin by the end of the 2010-2011 school year.

7. Full implementation of the STAR3

project begins for schools during the 2011-2012 school year.