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For Immediate Release:
Date: October 23, 2006
Regula Announces
$5.5 Million Grant to Ohio To
Reward Effective Teaching
Teacher
Incentive Fund for teachers, principals, seeks to improve
student achievement in high-poverty schools
Washington,
D.C. - U.S. Representative Ralph Regula (R-Navarre) today
announced a that the Ohio Department of Education will receive a
$5,510,860 grant to provide financial incentives to teachers and
principals who improve student achievement in high-poverty
schools. The grant
will also be used to recruit effective teachers to those
schools, particularly for hard-to-staff subjects like math and
science. The grant
is expected to be funded for five years for a total of some $20
million.
“I
am extremely pleased that the Department of Education has
selected Ohio as one of its demonstration sites for the Teacher
Incentive Fund. Outstanding teachers make the difference in improving student
achievement, particularly in districts where student achievement
continues to lag and in critical subject areas such as math and
science. I am
optimistic that this program will further improve student
achievement in our state,” Regula stated.
The
Ohio Department of Education will use its grant to develop or
expand current compensation systems for teachers and principals
in four major urban city school districts: Cincinnati, Columbus,
Cleveland and Toledo. The
funds also will be used to develop teacher and principal
evaluations that will be based primarily on measuring increases
in student achievement and reductions in the achievement gap.
In addition, the grant will pay stipends to master and
mentor teachers to conduct workshops for their colleagues on the
skills and strategies they’ve used successfully in the
classroom to raise student achievement.
As
Chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee charged with
supporting and overseeing programs in the Department of
Education, Regula provided the funding for the Teacher Incentive
Fund. This program is designed to develop and implement
performance-based teacher and principal compensation systems in
high-need, disadvantaged schools, where at least 30 percent of
students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The goals
of the program are to improve student achievement by increasing
the effectiveness of principals and teachers, and, at the same
time, increase the number of effective teachers for minority and
disadvantaged students. The award in Ohio is the first of 16 to
be announced, for a total of $42,078,259.
Another $43.1 million will be awarded in spring 2007.
For more information about the Teacher Incentive Fund
visit http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherincentive/faq.html
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