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Show 4 Vi I. V V W i)i 'tyl A'f I 2B Lakeside Review South, Wednesday, September 5, 1984 Teachers to Begin Climbing Up Rungs of School Career Ladder APRIL ADAMS Review Staff It is uncertain how the new career ladder system will work to reward teachers for outstanding performance, and school officials have both concerns and high hopes for the concept which is being enacted across the state. Most of the concerns in the district arise from the funding the system received from the state legislature. School district officials had hoped to received $41 million to fund the system, but state legislators only appropriated $13 mil- lion. Some school officials feel there was not enough money funded to reward all qualifed teachers. The system will go into effect immediately, though it is still transitional, said the districts school board chairman, Sheryl Allen. Different school districts arc implementing the system in varying ways. In the Davis district, teachers can receive career ladder money two ways: at the local level through their individual' schools, and at the district level. Instructors with six or more years teaching experience and who meet other requirements can qualify for the program. They will be given the title of teacher leader. Applications were submitted last week to the school principal, and a joint-stacommittee, will decide on the local level which teachers qualify for the career ladder program. The committee is made up of the school principal, the vice principal and three teachers. Professional teacher's, or those with three years teaching experience, and prod visional teachers, by the district, will not be eligible for the career ladder system when' the program becomes fully implemented. However, this system is different from the merit pay plan, since teachers who receive extra money must also assume ' more responsibilities. To receive the financial rewards, they must perform extra responsibilities di-- ( rectly related to students and curriculum. This involves more time, but they get more money for it, she said. Students will benefit from the system two ways, she said. The career ladder system is an incentive program to keep qualified teachers in front of the class ff newly-employe- room, she explained. You should pay teaching ability, how is one going to feel when they dont make the system? good teachers good money. The new system is a mechanism to attract and retain Humphreys is a member of the schools committee. these types of teachers." joint-staIn funding the project, the legislature Second, curriculum should be improved through the teacher ideas to deplaced the cart before the horse, said. They should have evaluated which and sign they improve programs, will be paid to do, she said. the teachers before they funded the comAt the local level, the joint-stamoney, to find out how mtich was mittee will decide how much and who needed to make the system work. Inreceives career ladder money. stead, they appropriated money and now Each department will receive a maxiteachers are being evaluated. mum of $2,850 per teacher, based on the There is some confusion as to what fhe number of teachers in the department. parameters of the situation are, he said. But every teacher will not receive this How do we really reward all the amount, since the distribution is the deteachers equally who are doing an excecision of the committee. llent job? It wasnt set up with that in At the district level, teachers will submind. The system has been inadequately mit ideas to improve school programs funded, he said. and curriculum to district officials. They There is also a question of hoy much, will apply for a stipend to try these projwill be caused in terms of disruption ects and ideas. teacher morale, he said, when some Stipends will be' rewarded based in teachers qualify but cant be rewarded, part on the difficulty and depth of the Humphreys said. project, she said. There is no specific But I have enough faith that once dollar limit that can be rewarded to indiA committee district they understand the program, they may vidual teachers. will make the decisions, she said. realize they may get a turn next year, Teachers are eligible anytime throughout he said. There will undoubtedly be feedthe year for the district program, or until back to the legislature on the system, he said. If they get a strong, positive feedfunds runs out. back, Im sure they will act accordingly. Bonnie Durrance, public information In other states where the career ladder officer for the Davis County School Diswas fully funded, it has proved system trict, said the concept began as the resuccessful, he said. sult of a Cry for educational reform The system may be handled on a rotathroughout the nation. tional basis, he projected, with some But its going to be very difficult to teachers qualifying for the career ladder make it work with the amount of fundone year, and others qualifying another ing we received. However, we have high year. hopes for the new system, she said. The system will be evaluated annually. School district officials hope it will imwill find out what kind of program We the education of proprove quality by viding teaching incentives, she works better this way and can improve on the sytem. ' explained. ' v Farrell Humphreys, the principal for Qualifying teachere must have a mini18 years at Kaysville Junior High, said mum of six years teaching experience, he looks at the new concept as a step in and a bachelors degree plus 30 more the right direction, if only it were funded hours of college. A principals evaluation so that all qualified teachers are rewardof proceeding experience is also necesed. sary. An evidence file, which indicates He said his main concern about the past successes in teaching, is another reto qualify for the career ladsystem is that 70 percent of the teachers quirement der system. should qualify for the career ladder program, but only 20 percent actually will. Next year, an evaluation by students Its a very difficult decision to decide and parents must also be submitted who will qualify and who wont. 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