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Paying teachers for what they know and do : new and smarter compensation strategies to improve schools
- Title
- Paying teachers for what they know and do : new and smarter compensation strategies to improve schools / Allan Odden, Carolyn Kelley.
- Author
- Odden, Allan.
- Publication
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, ©2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | LB2842.22 .O33 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Kelley, Carolyn.
- Description
- xvii, 243 pages; 24 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-233) and indexes.
- Contents
- 1. How are teachers compensated? -- Current status of teacher compensation : pay levels and salary structures -- Winds of change -- The changing context of teaching -- 2. What have we learned from attempts at change? -- Three approaches to compensating teachers -- Some recent short-lived efforts to reform teacher compensation -- A time for change? -- Other factors supporting compensation reform -- 3. The elements of pay and compensation -- Traditional pay : pay for the job -- New approaches to pay : pay for the person -- Pay for behaviors or outcomes -- Benefits as part of compensation -- Conclusions -- 4. What is the relationship between pay and motivation? -- Theories of motivation -- Implications of motivation theories for compensation -- Applications to education -- Compensation factors that motivate teachers -- Conclusions -- 5. Rewarding individual teachers for developing and deploying needed knowledge and skills -- Knowledge- and skills-based pay -- Examples of knowledge-and-skills pay structures -- Other issues in designing knowledge- and skills-based pay structures -- 6. School bonuses for improved student performance -- Group-based performance awards -- Examples of performance awards in education -- Gain-sharing programs -- Conclusions -- 7. Designing and implementing alternative teacher compensation systems -- Compensation and school improvement -- Three design strategies -- Stakeholder roles -- Conclusions -- 8. Compensation to enhance teacher quality and supply -- Staffing challenges -- Compensation issues and innovations -- Resource A. Generic models of knowledge- and skills-based pay -- Resource B. Principles for implementing change in teacher compensation.
- ISBN
- 0761978879
- 9780761978879
- 0761978887
- 9780761978886
- LCCN
- 2001002191
- OCLC
- ocm46729445
- 46729445
- SCSB-8904876
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library