IDOE Announces WCS Recipient Of $435K Grant
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By David [email protected]
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Tony Bennett Friday announced the 40 schools and school corporations the Indiana Department of Education will recommend to the State Budget Committee as recipients of Indiana’s Excellence in Performance for Teachers grant.
“A dramatic culture shift is taking place right now in our schools as a result of the education policies Indiana advanced in less than four years,” Bennett said. “These are the districts and schools leading that shift by implementing fair and comprehensive evaluation and compensation policies that aim to develop all teachers and keep our finest in the profession.”
WCS is the only Kosciusko County school corporation to be recommended. The recommended grant amount for WCS is for $435,000.[[In-content Ad]]The Excellence in Performance for Teachers grant was established by the Indiana General Assembly during the 2011 legislative session in an effort to help school corporations recruit and retain effective educators. Selected applications featured performance and compensation systems aligned to state laws requiring school corporations to differentiate teacher performance, provide meaningful feedback to help all teachers improve, and financially reward their best teachers.
The schools and districts were selected out of 124 total applications after a rigorous, multi-phase review process. Funding received through the grant may only be spent to reward educators evaluated as “effective” and “highly effective” using an evaluation tool that is comprehensive, considers student performance and meets all requirements outlined in state law.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Tony Bennett Friday announced the 40 schools and school corporations the Indiana Department of Education will recommend to the State Budget Committee as recipients of Indiana’s Excellence in Performance for Teachers grant.
“A dramatic culture shift is taking place right now in our schools as a result of the education policies Indiana advanced in less than four years,” Bennett said. “These are the districts and schools leading that shift by implementing fair and comprehensive evaluation and compensation policies that aim to develop all teachers and keep our finest in the profession.”
WCS is the only Kosciusko County school corporation to be recommended. The recommended grant amount for WCS is for $435,000.[[In-content Ad]]The Excellence in Performance for Teachers grant was established by the Indiana General Assembly during the 2011 legislative session in an effort to help school corporations recruit and retain effective educators. Selected applications featured performance and compensation systems aligned to state laws requiring school corporations to differentiate teacher performance, provide meaningful feedback to help all teachers improve, and financially reward their best teachers.
The schools and districts were selected out of 124 total applications after a rigorous, multi-phase review process. Funding received through the grant may only be spent to reward educators evaluated as “effective” and “highly effective” using an evaluation tool that is comprehensive, considers student performance and meets all requirements outlined in state law.
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