Teacher Pay and Teacher Quality : Attracting, Developing, and Retaining the Best Teachers

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811686603321
• Autore: Stronge James H
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, : SAGE Publications, 2006
• ISBN: 1-5063-8942-2; 1-4833-6134-9; 1-4833-6351-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GareisChristopher R; LittleCatherine A
• Disciplina: 331.2/813711/00973
• Soggetti: Teachers - Salaries, etc - United States; Teachers - Recruiting - United States; Teacher effectiveness - United States; Education; Social Sciences; Theory & Practice of Education
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; About the Authors; Chapter 1 - Attracting, Developing, Retaining-and Paying-Quality Teachers; Examining Motivation: Do Financial Incentives Work in Promoting Teacher Quality?; How We Pay Teachers: A Brief History of Teacher Compensation; Current Issues and Trends in Teacher Compensation; Teacher Pay and Teacher Quality; Concluding thoughts: Where Do We Go From Here?; Chapter 2 - Teacher Pay and School Purposes: How Do They Relate?; Aligning Teacher Compensation with Organizational Purpose and Direction; Moving Forward: Key Considerations for Developing a Compensation SystemEstablishing Criteria: Defining and Measuring Quality; Summary: Teacher Compensation in the Big Picture of School Purpose; Chapter 3 - Competitive Salaries and Benefits: How Do We Stack up?; How Do Principles of Environmental Scanning Apply to Teacher Compensation Systems?; How can the Competitiveness of Teacher Salaries be ; Assessed?; How can Nonsalary Benefits Contribute to a Competitive Salary Package?; What Role can Working Conditions Play in a Competing Market?; Summary: Teacher Quality and Competitive Pay; Chapter 4 - Considering Options for Teacher Pay: What are the Promising Possibilities?Single-Salary Schedule; Extra Duty/Additional Responsibility Pay; Career Ladder; Knowledge- and Skills-Based Pay; Individual Evaluation Pay; Performance-Based Pay; Creative Compensation: Other Ways of Recognizing Teacher Quality; Summary; Chapter 5 - Building a Model Teacher Compensation System: What Will Work Best for Us?; Assumptions about Compensation Systems; Design Principles: Considerations in Teacher Compensation; Designing a Compensation System Aimed at Quality; A Component-Parts Approach to Teacher CompensationA Model for Teacher Compensation; A Closer Look at the Components of Compensation; Compensation and Quality; Alternatives to Consider; Concluding thoughts: Designing a Compensation System; Chapter 6 - From Planning to Implementation: How Do We Make This Change?; Step 1: Develop the Aims and Criteria of the Compensation System; Step 2: Select Compensation Components; Step 3: Plan for Implementation; Step 4: Pilot the Restructured Compensation System; Step 5: Districtwide Implementation and Evaluation; Concluding thoughts: Teacher Quality and Teacher PayEndnotes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This review of existing teacher compensation models provides school administrators with a research-based approach for developing a compensation system that attracts and retains high-quality teachers.