The document discusses teacher compensation in Georgia and proposes a new pay structure that moves away from the traditional step-and-lane salary schedule. The proposed structure includes: 1) Individual performance bonuses and student achievement gap reduction bonuses based on evaluation scores. 2) Career pathways of Career Teacher and Master Teacher that provide higher salaries for those who advance. 3) A larger portion of compensation coming from performance-based bonuses rather than steps in order to incentivize effectiveness. The document also notes issues with current tests used to evaluate teachers and the need for better assessments to support value-added measures in the new system.

1. Teacher Compensation Georgia’s RTTT Application

3. Teacher Compensation Source: NCES Digest of Education Statistics Table 78: Estimated average annual salary of teachers in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1959-60 through 2008-09

4. Teacher Salaries Compared to Teacher Effectiveness

9. Proposed Teacher Evaluation Teachers Qualitative, rubric-based evaluation Value-added score Student achievement gap reduction Other quantitative measures Core 30% 50% 10% 10% Non-core 60% 0% 0% 40%

10. Georgia’s Proposed Compensation Plan Ineffective Effective- chooses to remain at Career Teacher Level Effective-chooses to advance to Master Teacher Level Highly Effective- chooses to remain at Career Teacher Level Highly Effective- chooses to advance to Master Teacher Level BA Starting Salary $33,424 $33,424 $33,424 $33,424 $33,424 Individual performance bonus (1) $8,000 $8,000 $12,000 $12,000 Student achievement gap reduction bonus (2) $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 Value of steps by Yr. 5 $3,100 $3,100 $3,100 $3,100 Potential Salary at Yr.5 N/A (3) $49,524 $49,524 $53,524 $53,524 Salary increase with Master Teacher Promotion (4) $- $8,000 $- $8,000 Additional Steps by Yr. 10 $4,584 $4,584 $4,584 $4,584 Potential Salary at Yr. 10 $54,108 $62,108 $58,108 $66,108 Additional Steps by Yr. 20 $6,547 $6,547 $6,547 $6,547 Potential Salary at Yr. 20 $60,656 $64,656 $64,656 $72,656 Incremental Pay- Steps $14,232 $14,232 $14,232 $14,232 Incremental Pay- Bonuses $13,000 $21,000 $17,000 $25,000 Steps as % of Incremental Pay 52% 40% 46% 36% Bonuses as % of Incremental Pay 48% 60% 54% 64% Performance-based portion as % of Total Comp. 45% 51% 38% 54%