HD24 - The Feasibility of Differentiating Compensation for Outstanding Performance in Teaching
Executive Summary: House Joint Resolution 93, agreed to in part by the 1982 session of the Virginia General Assembly, requested that the Board of Education determine the feasibility of differentiating compensation for outstanding performance in teaching. In reviewing this issue, the Department of Education examined research studies conducted by several well-known organizations: namely, the Educational Research Service, the Southern Regional Educational Board, and the National Institute of Education. Further, the Board requested and heard presentations from school divisions currently engaged in some form of reward compensation for teachers. Studies reviewed included evidence that compensation plans based exclusively on performance for outstanding teaching were almost nonexistent, and that attempts at such plans when made were short-lived and lacked the support base upon which effective compensation plans have sustained acceptance. The Board did, however, examine plans which had research support and participant acceptance. These plans included a broad spectrum of compensation or pay incentives that extended beyond teaching performance alone. House Joint Resolution 93 called for a review of compensation related to outstanding teaching performance only. But because limited evidence is available in support of restricting the criteria for compensation to teaching performance, the Board of Education recommends that local school divisions examine the appropriateness of compensation plans that include multiple incentives with realistic rewards. Further, the Board will assume the responsibility for making available to school divisions information related to possible incentives and encourages divisions to consider adopting those which it deems appropriate. |
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