Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) Grantee Meeting
June 5 & 6, 2008
Agenda, Slide Presentations and Handouts
Materials from the Thursday, June 5th, General Session
The Other 69 Percent: Designing a Performance-Based Pay System for Teachers of Non-Tested Subjects and Grades, English Language Learners, and Students with Disabilities
Cynthia D. Prince, Pd.D., Vanderbilt University; and Panel of TIF Grantees
Materials from the Thursday, June 5th, Concurrent Sessions
Teacher and Principal Observations
Anthony Milanowski, Ph.D., Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin—Madison; and Patrick Schuermann, Ed.D., Vanderbilt University
Essential Elements of a System to Measure the Performance of Schools and Classrooms/Teachers with Respect to Student Achievement
Robert Meyer and Chris Thorn, Ph.D., Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin—Madison
Paying for and Sustaining a Performance-Based Compensation System
James W. Guthrie, Ph.D., and Cynthia D. Prince, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Materials from the Friday, June 6th, General Session
TIF APR Submission Technical Assistance
April Lee, U.S. Department of Education
Materials from the Friday, June 6th, TIF Grantee Panel
Identifying and Responding to Challenges in Implementing Performance-Pay
Carla Stevens, Houston Independent School District
ProComp: Aligning Denver's Teacher and Principal Programs
Kathleen Kochis, Denver Public Schools
South Carolina TAP: Performance-Based Compensation Through the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF)
Jason Culbertson, South Carolina Department of Education
CMS/CTAC LEAP Initiative - High School Challenge and Its Implications for Years One and Two Teacher Incentive Fund Differentiated Compensation Payout and CMS/CTAC LEAP Initiative - Issue Paper #2: Year 1 Payout Criteria 72KB PDF
Melissa Earls, Charlotte/Community Training and Assistance Center
Materials from the Friday, June 6th, Closing Session
The Corruption of School Accountability: How Experience with Quantitative Measurements in Other Sectors can Inform the Use of High-Stakes Test Scores in Education
Richard Rothstein, Economic Policy Institute
Teacher Compensation Reform: A Market-Based Perspective
Michael Podgursky, Ph.D., University of Missouri—Columbia
