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Strategic Teacher Compensation �

Strategic Teacher Compensation � Doug Peter � Hering � Hilts � $$ Guy � ¢¢ Guy �

Our Presentation Goals: � Application � Recommendation � Expectations �

Charter School Paradoxes � Our teacher pool is larger and smaller � Teachers earn a bigger slice... � of a smaller pie. �

Necessity bred... � Desperation Innovation Differentiation to •Hire, •Motivate, � and •Retain excellent teachers �

First Steps � No � Additives � No Preservatives �

Pure Merit Pay Implementation � The War � Room � Rack & � Stack � Difficult Conversations �

An Unexpected Flavor �

A Phased Transition... � ...a facilitated process � from merit pay to � Strategic Compensation �

Phase One �

Wrong Tools � Wrong Target �

Shared values exercise � Individual Values � Two � Agree � Larger � Group �

Ten Strategic Criteria � Recognize Well-Defined � Contributions � Fair � Foster Loyalty � Improve Sustainable � Retention � Ongoing Reflect Market Feedback � Realities � Varied Motivate Incentives � Teachers �

Phase Two � ! �

Strategic Compensation � “There is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals” Felix Frankfurter U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Rack and Stack � Groups of Five � Five Teachers � $175 Thousand �

Differentiation Model � Merit � Tiers � + � Market � Premium � + � Base + % � Loyalty �

Phase Three �

The Digital Version… �

Build a Construct � 1. � Place current staff � 2. � Project Movement � 3. � Compare to existing plan � 4. � Shape to Reality �

Phase Four �

one thing leads to another… �

…but it’s not that simple… �

Merit-Based Tiers � 1. � Professional Preparation 2. � Instructional Performance 3. � Classical Philosophy 4. � Extra Contributions 5. � Teamwork/Leadership

Market Factors � 0% � 9% � Elementary Classroom � Chemistry � 9th English � AP Literature � JH Social Sciences � Reading Specialist � 14% � 20% � AP Physics � AP Latin � Elementary Latin � Special Education �

Applied Communications � Standalone Embedded Communication Tools � Communications � Tier Descriptions � Defined database for offers � Market Factors � Added to offer letter � Linked to the teacher Guidelines for movement � evaluation system �

Phase Five �

Control Systems � 1. � Regulate the Base � 2. � Constrain Distribution � 3. � Moderate Movement �

Strategic Compensation � In Practice � Certainty � Predictability � Fair Deals �

Visual Summary � ! �

Verbal Summary � Scrape the right windshield… � …with the right tool � Apples are not oranges � Put down the Magic 8-Ball � Forecast with Foresight � Sweat the small stuff � Keep your hand on the rudder � Maintain Course �

If we met � our goals: � Application � Recommendation � Expectations �

Presented at the � National Alliance for Public Charter Schools � Annual Conference � New Orleans � June 24, 2008 � Doug Hering Ph.D., CMA � dhering@asd20.org � Peter Hilts � hiltsp@asd20.org �