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Exploring new pay plans for teachers, principals The Educated Guess

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Exploring new pay plans for teachers, principals

Posted in DataProgram innovation
The vice president of the California Teachers Association said last week that he wouldn’t oppose alternative pay plans for teachers, under two conditions: They must be negotiated locally, and they must not tie teacher raises to results on California’s annual, high-stakes standardized tests.
Dean Vogel was a panelist on a forum on pay for performance sponsored by theSilicon Valley Education Foundation. The other panelists, who included a high school principal, a superintendent, an executive at a Silicon Valley corporation and a leader at a philanthropic organization who has studied the issue extensively, agreed it was time to pursue new ways to reward teacher excellence and leadership.
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