Performance Pay Blog Post – Part III – Challenges and Lessons Learned
Analysis of the education landscape reveals obstacles to be overcome in order to implement a statewide performance pay program. Fortunately, improvements to many of these challenges are underway through the RTTT plan:
Teacher Evaluation: the policies for the statewide Delaware Performance Appraisal System (DPAS II) are currently under...
Farewell from John Carwell
As many have heard, I am joining the Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) to head the Charter Schools Program. While I will miss my work and the people at the Rodel Foundation, I am excited about this new and challenging opportunity.
Before I came to the Rodel Foundation in January of 2006, I had been involved with education on several...
Performance Pay – The State of Educator Compensation in Delaware
In Delaware, teachers are compensated according to the salary schedule as dictated by state statute. This schedule stipulates that salaries be indexed across the state with increases earned annually based upon years of experience, along with graduate credits earned and attainment of certification from the National Board for Professional...
Where did DCAS come from?
Today, as the last DSTP scores are released, and as districts and the state gear-up for the first year of using the new Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System (DCAS), it is interesting to look back on how we moved from DSTP to DCAS over the last five years.
With minor tweaks along the way, DSTP was the law of the land for over a decade in...