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v class="googleright">In November 2005, Governor Rick Perry initiated the $10 million grant program for paying bonuses to school workers who have performed on expectations in raising student performance levels. One hundred Texas schools have been invited to participate in the Governor's Educator Excellence Award Program. To date, 98 have approved the invitation.
The chosen Texas Schools have a tall ratio of economically disadvantaged students. Each school has demonstrated lofty levels of student achievement or apparent student improvement. Each has been rated exemplary or recognized, which are the 2 altitude academic ratings that can be awarded to a school under the Texas schools' accountability system; or they have shown strong performance acquisitions in the areas of mathematics and reading.
Each school may apply for a three-year grant as follows:
? Schools with 449 students or less ― $60,000 a year grant,
? With 450 to 699 students ― $90,000 a year grant,
? 700 to 1,199 student ― $135,000 a year grant, or
? 1,200 students or more ― $180,000 a year grant.
To preserve eligibility for the acknowledge program, the participating Texas schools must receive ratings of academically receivable or better. Recommended bonus sums range from $3,000 to $10,000 per individual.
Each school may amplify a customized incentive pay program that fits their individual school, at a time the teachers are involved in its development and under the following guidelines:
? 75 percent of the grant money must be accustomed for classroom teacher incentive pay;
? A classroom teacher must be hired by the Texas schools district and spend one mean of 4 hours every day education in one academic setting or career/technology instructional setting;
? Award recipients must improve student performance and surpass academic growth expectations,
? Performance must be resolved using objective and quantifiable fathom, such as regional benchmarking systems, end-of-course tests, and other assessments, and
? Recipients must have cooperated with other faculty and staff members to improve overall student performance at the school.
Athletic coaches are no fit for the program, unless they also instruct and enable under the classroom teacher guidelines.
The customized stimulus pay plans may take into account a teacher's homework in hard-to-staff areas that are specific to individual school zones. A teacher's initiative and commitment apt other activities that directly outcome in amended student rendition also may be considered, such for tutoring students afterward educate.
Some of the possible uses for the remaining 25 percent of the grant money are:
? To provide incentive pay for other school personnel who contribute to additional student completion,
? Provide training to teachers,
? Support activities for mentoring,
? Teacher induction procedures,
? Signing bonuses for teachers in high-need subject areas,
? Activities that support prevalent planning time and curriculum development,
? Proven programs to recruit and retain teachers, and
? Stipends for teachers who partake in after school or Saturday programs, which are designed to improve teaching
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