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Union Public Schools board approves Teacher Empowerment designation system
Summary
The board approved a locally defined designation and rubric to implement the Oklahoma Teacher Empowerment Program, allowing the district to apply to the State Board to designate up to 10% of teachers as advanced, lead or master and provide one-time stipends and additional days of work tied to designation.
President Romermann and the Union Public Schools Board of Education on a unanimous vote approved the district’s proposed Teacher Empowerment Program designation system and directed district staff to submit the list to the Oklahoma State Board of Education for final approval.
The program, presented by Miss Calvin of the district’s teaching and learning team, uses state-authorized categories — advanced, lead and master — and allows Union to identify up to 10% of its certified teachers for designation. “The funds allow districts to identify and designate up to 10% of our excellent teachers as advanced, lead, or master teachers, and that would be about 100 teachers for Union,” Calvin said. Designated teachers will receive one-time stipends and…
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