Partnership for Innovation in Compensation for Charter Schools

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Partnership for Innovation in Compensation for
Charter Schools
Building Your Award Structure Webinar
SeriesPresentation 2 www.piccs.org
PICCS is a project of the Center for Educational
Innovation - Public Education Association

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Performance-based Incentives

• PICCS provides performance-based incentives
  (PBIs) to teachers, paraprofessionals and school
  leaders.

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How are PBIs awarded?

• Schools determine the way that PBIs are awarded.
• Decisions are made within a project-wide
  framework.
• This presentation explains the framework for
  awarding academic PBIs and describes some options
  for schools to consider.

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Ways to earn PBIs

• Academic Improvement PBIs
• Individual student improvement
• Classroom improvement
• School-wide improvement
• Non-Academic Improvement PBIs
• Generating ready for replication learning
  experiences through peer review
• Increased leadership roles in project

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Academic Improvement PBIs

• Individual student improvement
• Eligible Teachers and instructional
  paraprofessionals
• Classroom improvement
• Eligible Teachers and instructional
  paraprofessionals
• School-wide improvement
• Eligible Teachers and school leaders

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FrameworkIndividual Student Achievement PBIs

• Annual academic improvement based on use of at
  least one pre/post assessment.
• At least ELA and math in grades K-8.
• Achievement of well-defined performance targets
  as specified in an Individualized Achievement
  Plan (IAP) at beginning of school year.
• Annual targets are a school decision and must
  include academic improvement but need not be
  restricted to academic improvement.

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FrameworkClassroom Achievement PBIs

• Annual academic improvement.
• At least ELA and math in grades K-8.
• Achievement of well-defined performance targets
  as specified in Classroom Improvement Plan (CIP)
  at beginning of school year.
• Classroom targets are a school decision must
  include academic improvement and need not be
  restricted to academic improvement.

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FrameworkSchool-wide Achievement PBIs

• Based on annual school-wide achievement as
  demonstrated on a standardized assessment.
• Well-defined achievement targets stated in
  School-wide Achievement Plan (SWAP) at beginning
  of school year.
• May include additional performance based targets.

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Align PICCS with your Charter

• Identify the goals and measures outlined in your
  charter.
• Determine how those goals and measures align
  with the student, classroom and school-wide
  plans and awards structures.
• PICCS should support, not supplant your charter
  goals.

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FrameworkTotal amount of Academic PBIs

• Academic PBIs
• Teachers - 5,000
• Paraprofessionals - 2,000
• School leaders - 7,000

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FrameworkTotal amount of Academic PBIs

• Teachers
• Total possible 5,000 for academic PBIs
• Total PBI per category is a school decision.
• Example 1 Example 2
• 2,000 for students 1,500 for students
• 2,000 for class 3,000
  for class
• 1,000 for school 500 for
  school
• 5,000 total PBI 5,000
  total PBI

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Filling in Your FrameworkStudent-level PBIs

• Teachers
• Example 1
• 2,000 for students
• 2,000 for class
• 1,000 for school
• 5,000 total PBI

• Classroom 1
• 20 students
• 100/student
• Awarded for Achieving growth target for each
  student as defined in the IAP
• Growth target developed from TetraDatas 3-year
  predictive data.

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Filling in Your FrameworkStudent-level PBIs

• Teachers
• Example 1
• 2,000 for students
• 2,000 for class
• 1,000 for school
• 5,000 total PBI

• Classroom 2
• 10 students
• 200/student
• Awarded for Achieving growth target for each
  student as defined in the IAP
• Growth target developed from TetraDatas 3-year
  predictive data.

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Filling in Your FrameworkStudent-level PBIs

• Teachers
• Example 1
• 2,000 for students

• Classroom 2
• 10 students
• 200/student
• Awarded for Achieving growth target for each
  student as defined in the IAP
• Growth target developed from TetraDatas 3-year
  predictive data.

• Classroom 1
• 20 students
• 100/student
• Awarded for Achieving growth target for each
  student as defined in the IAP
• Growth target developed from TetraDatas 3-year
  predictive data.

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Filling in Your FrameworkClassroom PBIs

• Teachers
• Example 1
• 2,000 for students
• 2,000 for class
• 1,000 for school
• 5,000 total PBI

• Example
• Classroom determined by grade level for
  academic PBIs in subject areas
• Awarded for Total of students achieving at
  levels 3 and 4 on standardized test

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Filling in Your FrameworkSchool-wide PBIs

• Beginning in 2008-2009, all public charter
  schools in NYC will receive a letter grade for.
• 30 is based on overall student achievement on
  state tests.
• 15 is based on the school environment, measured
  by attendance and surveys.
• 55 is based on student improvement on state
  tests (growth model).
• The PICCS office urges all PICCS schools that
  receive a letter grade from the DOE to
  incorporate it into the school-wide PBIs.

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Filling in Your FrameworkSchool-wide PBIs

• Teachers
• Example 1
• 2,000 for students
• 2,000 for class
• 1,000 for school
• 5,000 total PBI

• Example
• Teachers and School Leaders Eligible
• Everyone awarded the same amount school wide.
• Awarded for Grade assigned by NYC DOE based on
  value-added methodology.

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Filling in Your FrameworkFinancial Outcomes

• Teachers
• Total possible 5,000 for academic PBIs
• Possible Outcomes

School 1, Classroom 1 Category Total
Possible Earned Students 2,000 1,300
- 13/20 students meet targets Classroom 2,000
1,400 - 70 score at levels 3 or
4 School 1,000 600 - School
earned B from DOE Total 5,000 3,300
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Filling in Your FrameworkFinancial Outcomes

• Teachers
• Total possible 5,000 for academic PBIs
• Possible Outcomes

School 1, Classroom 2 Category Total
Possible Earned Students 2,000 1,000
- 5/10 students meet targets Classroom 2,000
800 - 40 score at levels 3 or
4 School 1,000 600 - School
earned B from DOE Total 5,000 2,400
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Qualitative Measures

• Examples
• Portfolios
• Observations
• Surveys (parents, students)
• Pros and Cons
• Jason Culbertson on South Carolina TAP programs
  use of teacher observations

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Observations

• Pros
• Adds qualitative data to award assessment
• Supports collaboration peer interaction
• Fosters mentor relationships
• Cons
• Subjective
• Can cause bad feelings among peers
• Requires development of rubrics (time consuming
  and costly)

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South Carolina TAPUse of Teacher Observations

• History
• Began with school-based observation methodologies
• Resulted in strife at school level
• Developed project-wide rubrics through Danielson
  Group
• Extensive school-level training
• Continue to refine but cannot eliminate
  subjective aspect

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Filling in Your Framework

• Determine total number of eligible (headcount)
• Teachers
• Paraprofessionals
• School leaders
• Classrooms
• Define classroom for CIPs
• Elementary - grade level
• Middle and High - cohorts of 20 students, random
  groupings
• Non-subject area teachers - cohorts of 20
  students, random groupings

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Filling in Your Framework

• Tools to fill in your Framework
• Available at www.piccs.org
• Headcount Worksheet to help determine staff
  numbers and classroom numbers for the grant
  period.
• Award Structure Worksheets can be developed for
  your school, based upon how you decide to
  allocate the awards.

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Future Webinars

• Webinar 3 Financial Obligations
• How to meet your schools financial obligations
  within the grant
• Webinar 4 Communications Plan
• How to use the PICCS communications tools to
  involve your school community in decision-making
  and implementation of PICCS