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Show ( 2D Lakeside Review North, Wednesday, September 5, 1984 teachers to Begin Climbing Up Rungs of School Career Ladder APRIL jtoAMS Review Jeff room, she explained. You should pay good teachers good money. The new system is a mechanism to attract and retain It is'lincertain how the new career ladder Astern will work to reward teachers for Jitstanding performance, and school offilals have both concerns and high .ho s for the concept which is being en- actld across the state. IBost of the concerns in the district arise from the funding the system received from the state legislature. School dstrict officials had hoped to received Si I million to fund the system, but state legislators only appropriated $15 mil- - of teachers." Second, curriculum should be these types requirements can qualify for the pro-grali. The'y will be given the title of telpher leader. Applications were submitted last week to tfie school principal, and a joint-staconwnittee, will decide on the local level whSh teachers qualify for the career The committee is made up of tfe school principal, the vice principal andj three teachers. Professional teachers, or those with three years teaching experience, and pro- -' 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 St ff newly-employ- , must perform extra responsibilities directly 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 viding ' she incentives, teaching explained. Farrell Humphreys, the principal for 18 years at Kaysville Junior High, said he looks at the new concept as a step in the right direction, if only it were funded so that all qualified teachers are rewarded. He said his main concern about the system is that 70 percent of the teachers should qualify for the career ladder program, but only 20 percent actually will. Its a very difficult decision to decide who will qualify and who wont. If we have two teachers who are equal in ff committee. In funding the project, the legislature placed the cart before the horse, Hum-prey- s said. They should have evaluated de- mit ideas to improve school programs and curriculum to district officials. They will apply for a stipend to try these projects and ideas. Stipends will be rewarded based in part on the difficulty and depth of the project, she said. There is no specific dollar limit that can be rewarded to individual teachers. A district committee will make the decisions, she said. Teachers are eligible anytime throughout the year for the district program, or until funds runs out. Bonnie Durrance, public information officer for the Davis County School District, said the concept began as the result of a cry for educational reform throughout the nation. But its goirig to be very difficult to make it work with the amount of funding we received. However, we have high hopes for the new system, she said. School district officials hope it will improve the quality of education by pro- I ways. I In the Davis district, teachers can re-- I ceive career ladder money two ways: at I the jlocal level through their individual schools, and at the district level. Instructors with six or more years teaching experience and who meet other more responsibilities. To receive the financial rewards, they joint-sta- im- proved through the teacher ideas to f I 'when they dont make the system? Humphreys is a member of the schools sign and improve programs, which they will be paid to do, she said. comAt the local level, the joint-staf- f mittee will decide how much and who receives career ladder money. Each department will receive a maximum of $2,850 per teacher, based on the number of teachers in the department. But every teacher will not receive this amount, since the distribution is the decision of the committee. At the district level, teachers will sub- iSome school officials feel there was not Inough money funded to reward all luklifed teachers. The system will go into effect immediately, though it is still transitional, said fthe district's school board chairman, iSheryl Allen. Different school districts are implementing the system in varying j teaching ability, how is one going to feel the teachers before they funded the money, to find out how much was needed to make the system work. Instead, they appropriated money and now teachers are being evaluated. There is some confusion as to what the parameters of the situation are, he said. How do we really reward all the teachers equally who are doing an excellent job? It wasnt set up with that in mind. The system has been inadequately funded, he said. There is also a question of how much disruption will be caused in terms of teacher morale, he said, when some teachers qualify but cant be rewarded, Humphreys said. But I have enough, faith that once they understand the program, they may realize they may get a turn next year, he said. There will undoubtedly be feedback to the legislature on the system, he said. If they get a strong, positive feedback, Im sure they will act accordingly. In other states where the career ladder system was fully funded, it has proved i successful, he said. The system may be handled on a rotational basis, he projected, with some teachers qualifying for the career ladder one year, and others qualifying another year. - The system will be evaluated annually. We will find out what kind of program works better this way and can improve on the sytem. Qualifying teachers must have a minimum of six years teaching experience, and a bachelors degree plus 30 more hours of college. A principals evaluation of proceeding experience is also necessary. An evidence file, which indicates past successes in teaching, is another requirement to qualify for the career ladder system. Maybe itwill go away; The five most dangerous words in the English language Next year, an evaluation by students and parents must also be submitted along with the other requirements, he We ant to cure cancer in your lifetime American Cancer Society t. said. space contributed bv the puhli'hi r js j public mtvi Business Machines Course Dated In conjunc- KAYSVILLE tion with the Davis County Adult High School, business machines IBM key punch will be taught for 12 weeks during the fall quarter at Davis High on Tuesday eve- nings, 7 p.m. electronic calcula- The and key punch will be taught 10-ke- y, by the touch method needed for fee for graduates employment in business. Dicta- phonetype will also be available. One-hahigh school credit may be earned if needed, or the class may be taken for enrichment pur- - is $15 - no books to buy. 'Registration will take place at the first class Tuesday evening, at Davis High School, Sept. Kaysville, room 294, 7 p.m. The High School poses. 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