Download or read book A Study of the Attitudes of Public School Teachers in Chelan and Douglas Counties Regarding Teacher Evaluation for Merit Pay Purposes written by Gerald Stewart Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Teacher Evaluation and Merit Pay written by and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1986-03-26 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bibliography includes scholarly journals, dissertations, papers, and books published primarily from 1980 through December 1984 that focus on teacher evaluation and merit pay. These materials are presented in separate chapters, according to the type of publication in which they appeared. In addition to materials identified and annotated from a literature search of several education databases, the authors wrote to public school districts with student populations of over 5,000 requesting copies of their teacher evaluation materials. They received 348 sets of evaluation documents and these materials are annotated in the chapter entitled School District Publications. Other materials prepared by school districts are included in the chapter entitled Papers.
Download or read book A Straightforward Guide to Teacher Merit Pay written by Gary W. Ritter and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2013-05-09 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is your school system considering teacher merit pay? Now is the time to understand the potential benefits and pitfalls of performance-based teacher pay, as well as how today's most successful programs were developed. Drawing on substantial research with school districts, Gary Ritter and Joshua Barnett provide a step-by-step approach to setting up a merit pay system in your school district. Readers will find, An overview of existing merit pay programs and their strengths and weaknesses, A review of the 12 most common myths about merit pay and how school leaders can respond, Six guiding principles for designing a merit pay program, along with how-to's and timelines for every phase, Guidance on creating balanced assessments based on multiple measures of teacher effectiveness, developed in collaboration with teachers, Ensure that-your district's merit pay program supports teachers' professional growth, schoolwide progress, and student achievement. Book jacket.
Download or read book Teachers Perceptions of Merit Pay in Georgia written by Jessica Glisson Edenfield and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author's abstract: This study explored the perceptions of implementing a merit pay plan as reported by elementary teachers in three rural Georgia school districts, one of which was participating in the Race to the Top (RT3) initiative. The study examined the perceptions of 109 elementary teachers in regard to merit pay implementation, models of merit pay, factors worthy of reward, and the impact that perceptions of school culture has on attitudes towards merit pay. The study employed a descriptive survey approach to address the research questions. An amended version of the Teacher Survey on Performance Pay was employed to explore the perceptions of participants. The majority of responding teachers worked in the RT3 district. Respondents were not in favor of the implementation of a merit pay plan and preferred raising the base salary of teachers. The majority of respondents did not favor the presented models of merit pay, although a school-based plan received a higher response of agreement than the others. Respondents indicated that a variety of factors beyond student achievement and teacher evaluations needed to be considered when awarding merit pay and reported unfavorable feelings toward Georgia's proposed formula. Concerns regarding factors impacting student achievement were expressed, along with frequent concerns for teachers of EIP and inclusion classes and how emphasis on student achievement may impact these areas. Results also indicated that perceptions of school culture have no impact on attitudes towards merit pay. Respondents reported positive views of school culture, yet were not in favor of merit pay implementation. Concerns arose regarding potential negative implications that merit pay may hold for school culture, such as decreased collaboration and increased competitive feelings. Based on comparisons, overall responses from the RT3 district were similar to those of the other two districts who were not RT3 participants. Neither district type was in favor of merit pay. The results of the study indicated an overall negative view of merit pay by teachers, with the destruction of the schools' collaborative cultures being one of the top concerns. Such feelings may be resolved if teachers are active participants when creating a merit pay plan.
Download or read book Master s Theses in Education written by T. A. Lamke and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Merit Pay and Evaluation written by Karen Klein and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pay for My Performance written by Paul Satty and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teacher performance evaluations continue to be one of the most debated practices within the formal education system. While the purpose of teacher evaluation is to improve classroom instruction, provide data for staff development, and assure that the district's vision is developed though teacher instruction, many teachers express and experience fear and anxiety about the process, although others welcome the standard process of evaluation and the ability to receive feedback and input on their professional work. The purpose of this study was to investigate, analyze, and describe how teachers perceive the new Broward County, Florida, school district evaluation tool in regards to its effectiveness, fairness, and equity, as well as its relationship to performance pay. The goal was to make Broward County Public Schools policymakers and leaders aware of current trends in teacher attitudes and to provide an analysis of the successes and failures of the evaluation tool. This qualitative study is based on eight in-depth interviews with teachers from one Broward County high school. The data revealed the purposes, perceptions, and attitudes of these education professionals toward the current evaluation methods. The following conclusions were drawn from the responses of the teachers interviewed in this study: a large percentage of teachers (a) did not believe that the evaluators were fair and objective enough to conduct the evaluations, (b) did not feel that the evaluations were accurate as they did not necessarily measure real student academic gains and achievement levels of the students, (c) did feel undue stress and anxiety, (d) did feel negative impacts to the evaluation when students are uncooperative and unfocused, (e) did not accept the evaluation standards being tied into performance pay, and (f) did not understand the evaluation system very well. As a result, these teachers had negative perceptions about the evaluation and did not support continuing it in its present form. The results of this study provide a basis for mutual communication and discussion among the teachers, the teachers' union, and the school district to revise and improve the teacher evaluation process.
Download or read book Merit Money and Teachers Careers written by Henry C. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Merit Pay Programs for Teachers written by Stayner Frates Brighton and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Merit Pay and the Evaluation Problem written by Richard J. Murnane and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Teachers Perceptions of Merit Pay written by Vanessa Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the study is to show the various perceptions teachers have on merit pay. This research was designed to examine the perceptions and attitudes of teachers towards the idea of performance based pay. This topic has been an ongoing battle within school systems since the 1800s. The participants in this study were teachers from the state of Indiana. An internet search was done to find similar public school corporations in Indiana that had already implemented merit pay systems or were planning on establishing a pay scale system based on performance. Approximately 250 teachers from four school corporations were invited to complete the survey. Out of those invited, 42 teachers completed the survey, producing a response rate of 16.8%. Of the 42 teachers who participated in the survey, 25 teachers (59.5%) were not in schools with merit pay, while 17 teachers (40.5%) were in a system that used merit pay. Results indicated that there are significant differences to the questions regarding higher pay for better performance. To all other questions there are no significant differences noted. An overwhelming number of participants strongly disagreed with the concept of merit pay, arguing that teachers work to the best of their ability while seeking to sharpen the craft of teaching and additional pay will do little to enhance student achievement. Appended to this document are: (1) Study Information Sheet; (2) Teacher Survey Form; (3) Principal E-mail; (4) Secretary E-mail (with Study Information Sheet); (5) Follow-Up E-mail; and (6) IRB Approval. (Contains 19 tables.).
Download or read book A Study of Merit Evaluation for Salary Purposes in the Public Schools of the United States written by Donald Robert McKinley and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Investigation Into Teacher Motivation and the Role of Merit Pay written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher motivation and the effect merit pay has on teachers' motivation within public school districts in Michigan. This study addressed three research questions; (a) what keeps teachers active and engaged; what motivates teachers, (b) what motivates a person to become a teacher, and (c) what effect does merit pay have on teacher motivation? This study was a cross-sectional survey design, in which data were collected at one point in time to represent current attitudes of teachers about motivation and merit pay. The electronic survey of nine demographic questions and 64 motivation or merit pay questions was disseminated to K-12 teachers from rural, urban, and suburban school districts around Michigan, netting a sample of 887 teacher participants. Multivariate regression analysis was conducted to identify relationships between teacher demographics, school characteristics, and motivational or merit pay factors. The results of the study demonstrated that instructional support, parental support, and administrative support were positively associated with teacher motivation. Second, care for children, care for student learning, and wanting to make a difference were the highest motivating factors of all items in the survey. Third, when differentiating teachers' positive and negative views of merit pay nearly 75% of the participants demonstrated negative views of merit pay. Fourth, goal-setting, a central principle in motivation theory, and setting difficult-challenging goals each year were identified as two of the highest motivating factors in this study. The results of this study may provide school districts and policy-makers with useful information on several topics like whether or not teachers are motivated by monetary incentives, the motivational impact of goal-setting, the motivational impact of change, or collaboration and/or working together, to name a few.
Download or read book Experimental Program in Teacher Merit Pay written by Martin County Public Schools (Martin County, N.C.). Merit Study Committee and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Comparison of Individual and School Level Approaches to Merit Pay written by Eugene F. Provenzo and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This policy study discusses two models of merit pay programs enacted in Florida: the Florida Meritorious Teacher Program and the Quality Instruction Incentives Program (quiip). Using the Motivation-Hygiene Theory (Herzberg et al.) as a theoretical framework, each program was analyzed from the perspective of how it worked as a motivator and source of satisfaction or dissatisfaction for teachers in their work. Evidence from the research was sufficient to warrant a number of general conclusions about the two programs: (1) business imposed its model of merit pay (the Florida Master Teacher Program) on the educational system; (2) quiip was implemented in response to the perceived limitations of the Florida Master Teacher Program; (3) merit pay became a confusing phenomenon for both those experiencing it and evaluating it, with two different programs being imposed on teachers at the same time; (4) the two models of merit pay functioned, in part, in different ways; and (5) merit pay in either the form of school based merit pay or individual level merit pay does not provide a solution to the general problem of low teacher salaries. Policy recommendations are suggested based on these conclusions. (Jd).
Download or read book Teacher s i e Teachers Attitudes Towards Merit Pay written by David A. Spudy and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Survey to Determine the Attitude of Faulk County Non school Personnel on the Issue of Merit Pay for Teachers written by Barry M. Erickson and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
