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Running in Place: How New Teacher Evaluations Fail to Live Up To Promises

Type: Resource

Format:

Report or White Paper

Year of Publication:

2017

Over the last several years, no area of teacher policy has received more attention from states than teacher evaluations. In 2009, when TNTP published The Widget Effect, which showed how meaningless...Read more »

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High hopes and harsh realities: The real challenges to building a diverse workforce

Type: Resource

Format:

Report or White Paper

Year of Publication:

2016

In this report we examine what it would take to achieve a national teacher workforce that is as diverse as the student body it serves, and how long it will take to reach that goal.3 We look at four...Read more »

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TIF Top 10

Type: Infographic

The Top 10 things to know about the TIF program

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TLP Insights - March Issue

Type: News

News Type:

TLP Insights

Publication Date:

Mon, 03/06/2017

Source:

TLP Insights

This issue highlights the work of both TIF 4 and TIF 5 granteesRead more

TLP Insights - May Issue

Type: News

News Type:

TLP Insights

Publication Date:

Wed, 05/03/2017

Source:

TLP Insights

Read the May Issue of the TLP Insights for grantee spotlights, TA in Action and other featured articles relevant to TIF Grantees.Read more

Evolution of TIF Infographic

Type: Infographic

The Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) program, established in 2006, is designed to support Education.

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Maine Department of Education

Teacher Leadership and the Maine Schools for Excellence Initiative

Type: Resource

Format:

Case Study

Year of Publication:

2017

Topic:

Teacher Leadership and/or Career Ladder

In 2012, the Maine Department of Education received funding from the U.S. Department of Education (ED), through the Teacher Incentive Fund Round 4 (TIF4 ) grant program, to support the implementation...Read more »

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TA In Action: Pitt County Schools

Type: News

News Type:

TA in Action

Publication Date:

Thu, 04/27/2017

State:

Pennsylvania

Our TA Team has been assisting Pitt County Schools with setting up their external evaluation, in particular regarding developing an evaluation prospectus for the RFP. The assigned TA provider began by conducting an initial call with the Pitt County TIF project director and an evaluation expert our...Read more

TA in Action: Youth Empowerment Services, Inc.

Type: News

News Type:

TA in Action

Publication Date:

Thu, 04/27/2017

Westat equity expert Wesley Williams II recently conducted a customized equity training for Youth Empowerment Services and its 15 LEAs in San Marco, Texas. The 11/2-day training was attended by 15 LEA teams made up of teacher leaders, school leaders (principals and/or assistant principals), a data...Read more

Houston Independent School District

Grantee Spotlight: Houston Independent School District

Type: News

News Type:

Grantee Spotlight

Publication Date:

Thu, 04/27/2017

State:

Texas

While receiving a TIF grant is a great milestone in grantees' journey to reform their human capital management system, sustaining the work beyond the grant period is fundamental. To learn more about how grantees are thinking about sustainability, our TLP TA team recently interviewed Carla Stevens,...Read more