Incentive Pay and Career Ladders for Today's Teachers: A Study of Current Programs and Practices (SUNY series, Educational Leadership)

This book examines how teacher incentive pay and career ladder programs have been implemented--what forms they've taken; what issues arose as programs were established; what their impact has been so far; and what their future might be. It provides a program taxonomy and conceptual framework for understanding current trends within this still-evolving reform movement, including resistance to the change process. Most important, the book analyzes the potential impact on the real world of schools and how these programs affect teachers' skills and students' learning. This book examines how teacher incentive pay and career ladder programs have been implemented—what forms they've taken; what issues arose as programs were established; what their impact has been so far; and what their future might be. It provides a program taxonomy and conceptual framework for understanding current trends within this still-evolving reform movement, including resistance to the change process. Most important, the book analyzes the potential impact on the real world of schools and how these programs affect teachers'skills and students'learning.Richard M. Brandt is Curry Memorial Professor of Education at the University of Virginia. Annotation A Report On An Inchoate Reform Movement In The Remuneration Systems For Teachers, As Implemented In Several States And School Districts. Brandt (education, Virginia) Who Helped Establish An Early Program, Bases His Evaluation On Interviews And Observational During Visits, As Well As On Primary Documentary Sources. Paper Edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com). Richard M. Brandt. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [265]-275).