Belpre City Schools TIF Program

BELPRE CITY SCHOOLS TIF PROGRAM

Presented by: Strategic Compensation Committee August 2011

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Five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education

Twenty-four participating Ohio districts

Collaborative effort among districts, the Ohio Department of Education and Battelle for Kids

Ohio TIF Overview

All students graduate from high school college- and career-ready

Ohio TIF Goals

Achieve nation’s highest college attendance and completion rates

Eliminate achievement gaps among under-represented student groups

Recognizes excellent teaching and leadership

Is part of district’s overall improvement plan

Aligns with Race to the Top (RttT)

Ohio Improvement Process (OIP)

Ohio Appalachian Collaborative (OAC)

BCS District Vision

Ohio TIF and Belpre Goals

A collaborative process: TIF Steering Committee: Tony

Dunn, Larry Lorentz, Deb Edgar, Angie Henniger, Kathy Scimia, Alexis Seebaugh, William VanPelt and Eva Yeager

District TIF Coordinator:

Ruth Kunze

Staff throughout district ODE and BFK

Ongoing and comprehensive communication

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Collaboration for Success

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Supports work already engaged in:

Principal and teacher evaluations Measuring effectiveness Targeted professional development Formative instructional practices

How TIF Aligns with District Goals

Recognizing Student Achievement: Improve Local Report Card Indicators and Performance Index at both Belpre Elementary and Belpre High School.

Building School Capacity: All Professional Staff will continue to Learn and Grow

Recognizing Student Growth: All students will show measurable growth

Fostering Leadership: Leaders will be developed within the system

Belpre City Schools TIF Plan

Achieve one of the following two Building goals:

Belpre High School

1. 70% of LRC Indicators (76% Current)

2. PI 92.2 or greater (3.0 improvement on two

year average. Will adjust to three year

average to include FY11) (88.9)

Belpre Elementary School

1. 70% of LRC Indicators (50% Current)

2. PI 94.7 or greater (See above) (92.4) All K-12 teachers, librarian, counselors, speech pathologist,

building principals and assistants are eligible. Maximum Award: $357 minus benefits=$303

LRC=Local Report Card PI=Performance Index

Recognizing Student Achievement

Professional staff will attend Professional Development on Formative Instructional Practices. (FIP) and implement into the classroom.

Goal based on attendance and participation in PD. Additional awards will be given to those who implement the FIP within the classroom. Evidence based on two-thirty minute observation by the building administrator.

Eligibility: All K-12 classroom teachers including librarian, counselors, speech pathologist, building principals and assistants.

Maximum Award: $179 + $179 = $358 Including Benefits

(152 + $152 = $304)

Building School Capacity

Increase student growth Goal based on at least 60% at BHS and 67% at BE

of individual teacher Value-Added reports at or above expected growth.

All K-12 teachers including librarian, counselors, speech pathologist, building principals and assistants.

Maximum Award: $715 minus benefits=$608

Recognizing Student Growth

Empower and Develop Leaders within BCS Staff Goal based on Participation in required meetings

and perform duties expected of one or more of the following teacher Leadership Teams:

1. District Leadership Team (14 positions)

2. Data leadership (2 positions to work with CLP)

3. Peer Assisted Review Leadership (3 positions)

1 administrator + 2 teachers Maximum Award: $2,600 minus benefits = $2,210

($1,300 will be awarded based on meeting Goal #3).

Fostering Leadership

All teachers including guidance counselors, librarians, speech pathologist, building principals and assistant principals.

Must be employed on a full time basis within Belpre City Schools at least during the period of October 1, 2011 and May 15, 2012.

Must be in “Good Standing” with the district.

There shall be no pending legal actions con-

cerning the employee and the district. Must complete the SCS Goal Attainment Plan

(GAP) and submit no later than October 7, 2011

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TIF Award Program Eligibility

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School year 2010-2011: Baseline data gathered for the TIF program through Terra Nova and ACT End-of-Course Exams Will establish baseline data against which improvement

in future years will be measured School year 2011-2012: Data collected throughout

the year to measure progress against the goals established in our TIF model

Timeline

Fall 2012: Data from 2011-2012 school year used to calculate award amounts; preliminary results made available for review by teachers and principals

Fall/Winter 2012: Eligible teachers and principals receive finalized awards earned in the 2011-2012 school year

Timeline

Data being collected during 2011-2012 school year.

Linkage process in the spring Will use BFK Award to report, verify and

calculate awards Payouts for Year 1 will be made in late 2012

or early 2013

Data

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The following appeals process will be enacted if an employee disagrees with his/her earned award amount:

1. Employee must submit a written appeal to the Superintendent’s office by December 1, 2012. Appeal must include reasons for the appeal and evidence .

2. The superintendent will convene the Strategic Compensation Committee to review

3. SCC will seek additional information4. SCC will make a decision and notify employee

5. SCC decision will be final BFKAward™ will capture staff inquiries

Belpre City Schools will use this process to review and resolve inquiries

Inquiry and Appeals Process

Award model will be enhanced for Year 2 of the grant

BCS Strategic Compensation Committee has been meeting on a regular basis

SCC is looking at other plans and learning more in-depth about Strategic Compensation

SCC focusing on a more robust plan for future years with movement from a global plan to more individualized

Year 2 Award Model Enhancement

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Questions?

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Ruth Kunze bc_rkunze@belpre.k12.oh.us 740-423-3010Please visit our website at http://www.belpre.k12.oh.us Click on the Race to the Top Button