Strategic Teacher Compensation
Strategic Teacher Compensation Strategic Teacher Compensation - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Strategic Teacher Compensation Strategic Teacher Compensation - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Strategic Teacher Compensation Strategic Teacher Compensation Doug Peter Hering Hilts $$ Guy Guy Our Presentation Goals: Application Recommendation Expectations Charter School Paradoxes Our
Strategic Teacher Compensation
Doug Hering $$ Guy Peter Hilts ¢¢ Guy
Our Presentation Goals:
Application Recommendation Expectations
Charter School Paradoxes
Our teacher pool is
larger and smaller
Teachers earn a bigger slice...
- f a smaller pie.
Necessity bred... Innovation Desperation Differentiation
to •Hire, •Motivate, and •Retain excellent teachers
First Steps
No Additives No Preservatives
Pure Merit Pay Implementation
The War Room Rack & Stack Difficult Conversations
An Unexpected Flavor
A Phased Transition... ...a facilitated process from merit pay to Strategic Compensation
Phase One
Wrong Tools Wrong Target
Shared values exercise
- Individual
Values Two Agree Larger Group
Ten Strategic Criteria
Well-Defined Recognize Contributions Fair Foster Loyalty Sustainable Improve Retention Ongoing Feedback Reflect Market Realities Varied Incentives Motivate Teachers
Phase Two
!
Strategic Compensation
“There is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals”
Felix Frankfurter U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Rack and Stack Groups of Five Five Teachers $175 Thousand
Differentiation Model
Merit Tiers + Market Premium + Loyalty Base + %
Phase Three
The Digital Version…
Build a Construct
- 1.
Place current staff 2. Project Movement 3. Compare to existing plan 4. Shape to Reality
Phase Four
- ne thing leads to another…
…but it’s not that simple…
Merit-Based Tiers
- 1. Professional Preparation
- 2. Instructional
Performance
- 3. Classical Philosophy
- 4. Extra Contributions
- 5. Teamwork/Leadership
Market Factors
0% Elementary Classroom 9th English JH Social Sciences 9% Chemistry AP Literature Reading Specialist 14% AP Physics Elementary Latin Special Education 20% AP Latin
Standalone Communication Tools Embedded Communications Tier Descriptions Defined database for offers Market Factors Added to offer letter Guidelines for movement Linked to the teacher evaluation system
Applied Communications
Phase Five
Control Systems
- 1. Regulate the Base
- 2. Constrain Distribution
- 3. Moderate Movement
Strategic Compensation In Practice Certainty Predictability Fair Deals
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Visual Summary
Verbal Summary
- Scrape the right windshield…
…with the right tool Apples are not oranges Put down the Magic 8-BallForecast with Foresight Sweat the small stuff Keep your hand on the rudderMaintain Course
If we met
- ur goals:
Application Recommendation Expectations
Presented at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Annual Conference New Orleans June 24, 2008 Doug Hering Ph.D., CMA dhering@asd20.org Peter Hilts hiltsp@asd20.org