Austin School District Awards $1.6 Million in Bonuses for Student Achievement and Staff Retention (July 29, 2009) The Austin School District announced today that teachers and principals at 11 Austin schools (seven of which are designated as high-needs) earned more than $1 million in bonus payments. The payouts are to staff who participated in AISD REACH, the District's Strategic Compensation Initiative, during the 2008-2009 school year.
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Austin School District Makes $990,000 in Strategic Compensation Payouts (December 17, 2008) Austin School Superintendent Pat Forgione today announced approximately $991,000 in payments to 335 teachers and six principals at six campuses that are participating in AISD REACH, he District's Strategic Compensation Initiative, during the 2008-2009 school year.
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Austin ISD Announces Strategic Compensation Payouts at Seven Highest-Needs Schools (October 31, 2008) Superintendent Pat Forgione today announced approximately $442,500 in payments to teachers and principals at seven highest-needs schools that are participating in AISD REACH, Austin's Strategic Compensation initiative, during the 2008-2009 school year.
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AISD REACH Program Adds New Schools To Strategic Compensation Pilot (September 24, 2008) Superintendent Pat Forgione today announced that two additional schools - Webb Middle School and Jordan Elementary School - have been added to the AISD REACH - Strategic Compensation Program.
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Austin School District Makes $1 Million in Strategic Compensation Payments to 410 Teachers and Principals (July 30, 2008) Superintendent Pat Forgione, joined by Education Austin President Louis Malfaro and Bill Cryer, representing the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, today announced nearly $1 million in payments to 410 teachers and principals at nine schools participating in the Austin School District's Strategic Compensation pilot program.
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AISD Moves Forward with Strategic Compensation Initiative - Nine Pilot Schools Selected (September 14, 2007) The Austin School District is moving forward with its Strategic Compensation Initiative - a project that will change how Austin classroom teachers and principals are compensated for their work. Nine schools have been selected to pilot the initiative for the 2007-2008 school year.
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AISD's Strategic Compensation Initiative and Response to the Reports from the Education Trust (June 21, 2007) The Austin School District appreciates the Education Trust for spotlighting a serious concern of public education today, i.e. ensuring that all children are taught by highly effective teachers. These reports surface a national issue that Austin ISD has been working to address in its schools for several years: that differences exist in the experience levels, and therefore in the expenditures on salaries, of teachers working in schools serving divergent populations of students.
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Austin Schools Undertakes 'Strategic Compensation Initiative' for AISD Classroom Teachers and Principals (February 20, 2007) The Austin School District has begun an initiative that, in future years, will change how Austin classroom teachers and principals are compensated for their work.
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