What you need to know
During a July 16 board meeting, district staff shared that the internal method for scoring teacher performance would receive an update that will see some secondary teachers included for consideration.
Expansions for consideration will occur this fall in the following areas, :
- All kindergarten through fifth grade teachers who have gotten a new or higher designation
- All sixth through eighth grade teachers in Algebra I, English I and English II
In April, the district shared that 60 of its teachers qualified for the incentive program, which awards bonuses to teachers who qualify. Under the district's local designation system, educators can receive varying amounts tied to their performance level:
- Recognized: $3,000-$9,000
- Exemplary: $6,000-$18,000
- Master: $12,000-$32,000
About the program
The Teacher Incentive Allotment is a program that was created by the state in 2019 to keep teachers in the classroom by increasing teacher pay as a performance-based mechanism. Per the Texas Education Agency, qualifying teachers were awarded a total of $145.2 million in incentives in 2023.
