The teacher incentive fun: pro or con?

The teacher incentive fun: pro or con? U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Margaret,1930–2002, British princess, second daughter of King George VI and sister of Queen Elizabeth II, b. Glamis, Scotland. In 1960 she married a commoner, the photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones, who was created earl of Snowdon in 1961. Spellings wants more respect for teachers. To do that, she recommends rewarding teachers who help close the achievement gap in the most challenging classrooms and take the toughest jobs. The two major national teacher unions don't don't?1. Contraction of do not.2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not.n.A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. necessarily agree with the details.. President Bush is proposing a new $500 million Teacher Incentive Fund, which would give states money to reward teachers who take the toughest jobs and achieve real results. A portion of the fund would go toward developing new performance-based teacher compensation systems that reward experience, results and hard work rather than credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. and seniority. Spellings points out the success of Denver School District's pilot of performance-based pay. "You have to be careful and read between the lines Between the lines can refer to: The subtext of a letter, fictional work, conversation or other piece of communication Between The Lines (TV series), an early 1990s BBC television programme. and find out exactly what she's talking about," says Janet Janet:see Clouet, Jean. JANET - Joint Academic NETwork Bass, spokeswoman at American Federation of Teachers American Federation of Teachers(AFT), an affiliate of the AFL-CIO. It was formed (1916) out of the belief that the organizing of teachers should follow the model of a labor union, rather than that of a professional association. . "We think all teachers should be rewarded financially for what they do. They have the hardest jobs out there and their salary stinks." As for performance-based pay, Bass says it could work if all students in a school improve academically, then all teachers in that school should be rewarded financially. Merit pay Noun 1. merit pay - extra pay awarded to an employee on the basis of merit (especially to school teachers)pay, remuneration, salary, wage, earnings - something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all doesn't work because it tends to be used more for teachers who are favored by their principals. The National Education Association agrees that merit pay often turns into "popularity contests" with principals, says spokeswoman Denise Cardinal. "We want the best teachers to share the best practices," Cardinal says. "We want them to share their expertise and share lesson plans so everyone can become a better teacher." Cardinal notes that Denver's performance-based pay is similar to what is done already. Pay is based on experience and knowledge and that's how teachers move up in salary, she says. Cardinal also wants to ensure the president's proposal to put money into recruiting professionals in math and science into teaching is done right. "As long as the teachers become highly qualified" it's fine, she says.