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Teacher Incentive Allotment

Overview
House Bill (HB) 3 was passed by the 86th Texas Legislature and was signed into law by Governor Abbott on June 11, 2019. The bill established the Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) program. The TIA has a stated goal of a highly competitive salary for teachers who prioritize teaching in high needs areas and rural district campuses. The program is dedicated to recruiting, supporting and retaining highly effective teachers in all schools, with particular emphasis on high need and rural schools. Districts, if they choose to, can develop a local designation system and designate high-performing teachers (Master, Exemplary or Recognized). Districts will receive additional funding ($3,000-$32,000 per year) for every designated teacher they employ.

Canutillo ISD created a TIA task force consisting of teachers, campus leadership and district leadership who regularly to begin the process. A district roadshow, teacher survey, and a planning time were held for all teachers to give them an opportunity to provide feedback on the initial application and to obtain buy-in to the program. The district will continue to meet with stakeholders and develop more specific standards and finalize the local designation system, while awaiting feedback from TEA/Texas Tech on the districtʼs application.
 
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What is the TIA?

Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) is a key part of HB3, dedicated to recruiting, supporting and retaining highly effective teachers in all schools, with particular emphasis on high need and rural schools. Districts, if they choose to, can develop a local designation system and designate high-performing teachers (Master, Exemplary or Recognized). Districts will receive additional funding ($3,000-$32,000 per year) for every designated teacher they employ. Districts will receive greater funding for designated teachers who work on rural and/or high needs campuses. At least 90% of TIA funds must be used on teacher compensation on the campus where the designated teacher works. Texas Education Agency (TEA), in partnership with Texas Tech University, will approve the local designation systems.

What is the goal of TIA at Canutillo?

In order to continue to attract, retain, and reward effective teachers, Canutillo ISD participates in the Teacher Incentive Allotment to maintain competitive salaries within the region. Canutillo believes that an effective teacher is the single most important factor to student achievement. Thus, teachers who meet the TEA eligibility requirements, can demonstrate their effectiveness through the teacher observation protocol, whose students show yearly progress on the designated assessment, and display leadership qualities are eligible to earn Teacher Incentive Allotment designations.

Who is eligible?
 
In order to be eligible for a TIA designation a teacher must:
  • hold a valid SBEC teaching certification;
  • be coded as a teacher (code 087) as reported to TEA through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS); and
  • creditable year of service

The goal is ALL certified teachers at ALL schools will be eligible for designation through a phase-in period. Please click on link to view the phase in list.

  • Phase 1: 2022-2023 school year
  • Phase 2: 2023-2024 school year
  • Phase 3: 2024-2025 school year


REMEMBER, EVERY TEACHER HAS A PATHWAY TO EARN THE TIA ALOTTMENT BY BECOMING NATIONALLY BOARD CERTIFIED.

 

What are the components of the local designation system?

Canutillo ISD will use the following two components for the local designation system:

Measure #1 Teacher Observation/T-TESS - Strongly calibrated teacher observation system
which shows a congruence of observation scores to student growth. Domains II & III.

Measure #2 Student Performance - Accurate and reliable measures of a teacher’s impact on student growth, with constant disaggregation and analysis of data to show a high level of validity and reliability.

What is the timeline?

The deadline to submit the application to TEA is April 15, 2021.The data capture year is 2021-2022. Proposed teacher designees and data will be submitted for designation review between 2022-2023. The District will receive determination of system approval in Spring 2023. If we receive approval, the initial state funding flows to the District in Fall 2023 or Spring 2024.

Following the data collection year, based on the 2 measures/components and weightings, the district will set the standards for each designation level and submit eligible teachers and data to TEA/Texas Tech for review against state measures.

Texas Education Agency (TEA) will have final approval, and it is possible that not all teachers submitted for designation by the district will be approved by TEA. Once a designation is earned by a teacher, it is not tied to a specific subject/content or grade level. Measures/ratings may be adjusted each year by the district and teachers not obtaining a designation one year may be submitted in subsequent years.

How are the measurements for determining teacher designations weighted?

Teacher scores come from a combination of T-Tess Averages in Domains II and III alongside overall growth of students

What is the financial impact of the TIA per teacher?
 
It depends. First, each designation is awarded differently (i.e. a master teacher will be impacted more than a recognized or distinguished teacher). Also, teachers who serve in schools with a higher number of low socio-economic students earn more than those who serve in schools with a lower number.
 
How will the allotments be paid?
 
Ninety percent of allotted funds must be used toward teacher compensation on the campus where the designated teacher works. It will be distributed as a spring stipend.
 
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