New to Performance-Based Compensation

Moderator: Peggie Garcia, AIR
Ellen Cushing, AIR and CECR
C. Allison Jack, New Leaders, EPIC National Charter School Consortium
David Negron, EPIC National Charter School Consortium

This webinar co-sponsored by CECR and the National Charter School Resource Center highlights best practices and innovations from high-performing charter schools. New Leaders Effective Practice Incentive Community (EPIC) present on how they identify high-performing charters schools and provide incentives to schools willing to share those effective practices with other schools in EPIC. The webinar describes resources available through the EPIC Knowledge System, a valuable online resource library of tools, case studies, and videos from successful charter schools as well as the many free resources available on the CECR website.

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Moderator: Bob Stonehill, AIR
Sarah Shoff, National Institute for Excellence in Teaching
Kristan Van Hook, National Institute for Excellence in Teaching
Ellen Cushing, AIR and CECR

Charter schools often operate independently and as a result, have difficulty finding appropriate resources and supports for the complex process of compensation reform. Informal and formal networks are one option to assist charter schools establish comprehensive systems of educator support. This webinar features a presentation from the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching where the presenters discuss the importance of developing networks among charter schools and highlight the TAP program as one example of a network.

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Ellen Cushing, AIR and CECR

This webinar introduces the newly redesigned CECR website and explains its reorganization into four main topic areas: New to Performance-Based Compensation, Development and Implementation, National Perspective, and TIF Grantees. The webinar also highlights tools and resources that visitors will find helpful as they develop a performance-based compensation program.

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Michael S. Christian, Wisconsin Center for Education Research and CECR
Alyssa Ford-Heywood, Office of the Deputy Superintendent and PPIP Project Manager—Pittsburgh Public Schools
Patrick Schuermann, Vanderbilt University and CECR
Cortney Rowland,CECR , Moderator

This webinar focuses on program design for alternative compensation programs. Performance award program structures including systems that are based on schools, teams, and/or individuals awards; high school award programs; and educator compensation programs for principals and school leaders are also discussed.

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Jeff Watson of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research answers questions about the characteristics of quality data and challenges that TIF grantees face in terms of developing robust information systems. He also discusses issues that arise regarding the classification of teachers.