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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] [AZ Republic] Iowa seeks new teacher-pay plan
Iowa seeks new teacher-pay plan http://www.arizonarepublic.com/news/articles/0307teacher07.html Associated Press March 07, 2001 DES MOINES, Iowa - A $40million plan to link teacher pay and student performance would be voluntary at first and would take years to put fully into place, supporters said Tuesday. "There's a long way to go before this thing gets done," said House Speaker Brent Siegrist, R-Council Bluffs. The measure leaves unchanged the $23,000 minimum salary for starting teachers. Business groups had urged lawmakers to raise that to as high as $29,000 in an effort to lure new teachers. The bill was introduced in both the House and Senate on Tuesday, capping months of quiet bargaining over details. "We recognize that not all 375 school districts in the state will be ready to participate," said Rep. Danny Carroll, R-Grinnell. Under the measure, the state would strengthen its system of evaluating teachers. Evaluations are done by administrators, who must be retrained to more effectively analyze performance. Teachers who achieve career status after a couple of years would be paid at least $28,000, and those who achieve advanced status would make at least $43,000. "By giving teachers the tools they need early on in their career, we stand a better chance of them staying the course and continuing to develop as professionals," Carroll said. Education officials say 17percent of Iowa's teachers move out of state after the first year; 28percent are gone after four years. The measure also includes "team variable pay," which links student performance to teacher pay. Schools would set standards for student improvement. In buildings where those standards are met, all teachers get a bonus. Lawmakers say the "team" approach differs from traditional merit pay plans, in which individual teachers get raises when students succeed. Education groups say merit pay allows local administrators to play favorites. Supporters said there would be rough edges as the current seniority-based system disappeared, and lawmakers would be revisiting the issue for years. "One of the biggest challenges in this type of bill is getting started," Carroll said. BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Gedlaman;Gabie FN:Gabie Gedlaman ORG:AZSTANDARDS TITLE:State Coordinator TEL;WORK;VOICE:480-539-1337 TEL;PAGER;VOICE:602-740-5444 TEL;WORK;FAX:480-539-1351 ADR;WORK:;;1739 E Silver Creek Rd;Gilbert;AZ;85296;USA LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:1739 E Silver Creek Rd=0D=0AGilbert, AZ 85296=0D=0AUSA URL: URL:http://www.azstandards.org EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:gabieg@azstandards.org REV:20010308T043610Z END:VCARD
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