Rethinking the Value Proposition to Improve Teaching Effectiveness
Regis Anne Shields and Christopher Lewis, December, 2012
Rethinking the Value Proposition toImprove Teaching Effectivenessexplores the complete set of offerings and experiences provided by a school system to a teacher. We explore what the Value Proposition is comprised of and how it can be transformed into an effective management tool in attracting, retaining, and motivating high-performing teachers.
This white paper is part of a series of publications and tools devoted to Teacher Compensation and Career Path. The rest include:
- Misfit Structures and Lost Opportunities: The Urgent Case for Restructuring Teacher Compensation and Career Path:This white paper focuses specifically on teacher salaries and details two urgent reasons for reform: misfit structures of current teacher salary schedules and lost opportunities to impact student achievement.
- Strategic Design of Teacher Compensation:This series of memos explores typical goals of compensation redesign and implications for five main design considerations: base salary, district priority incentives, school role, rewards and responsibilities, and fiscal sustainability.
- First Steps: What School Systems Can Do to Reform Teacher Compensation and Career Path Right Now:This action-oriented brief outlines four key steps districts can take this year to move toward a future vision of the teaching job. Backed by ERS research and experience, these steps will have a positive impact on student outcomes, require little or no new investment, and lay the foundations for building a highly effective teaching force.