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Santa Fe ISD staff briefed on Teacher Incentive Allotment plan as district weighs participation
Summary
Chief Academic Officer Rachel Harris told trustees the district is evaluating voluntary participation in Texas’ Teacher Incentive Allotment, a state program that can provide multi-thousand-dollar stipends to qualifying teachers based on district criteria and student-growth measures.
Santa Fe Independent School District academic staff outlined a plan for voluntary district participation in the state Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA), a program that provides state-funded stipends to teachers who meet district-determined performance and student-growth criteria.
Chief Academic Officer Rachel Harris told trustees that TIA is codified in state statute and that districts apply to the state for validation; Santa Fe ISD’s application would be reviewed by the state validation entity referenced in the program guidance. Harris said the district has formed stakeholder engagement committees made up of campus teachers to help design fair criteria for all teacher assignments, from elementary classrooms to CTE and fine-arts teachers. She said the district is in a preliminary, multi-year stage: year 1 is…
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