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Pay-for-Performance Teacher Compensation: An Inside View of Denver's ProComp Plan [Paperback]

Phil Gonring; Paul Teske; and Brad Jupp (Author)
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1891792431 978-1891792434 August 7, 2007 1St Edition
Denver s groundbreaking campaign to introduce performance-based pay for teachers captured national and international attention and has paved the way for similar efforts elsewhere. Based on unprecedented labor-management collaboration, the newly implemented ProComp compensation plan is the most advanced in the country. Each teacher s pay is based on several factors: evaluated performance, professional development efforts, and willingness to work with at-risk populations, as well as student achievement. Denver s ProComp plan has raised the debate over teacher compensation to a new level.

In this book, Phil Gonring, Paul Teske, and Brad Jupp among the key players in this successful come-from-behind campaign offer the inside story of the ProComp initiative. They describe how entrepreneurial behavior within the teachers union and support from outside philanthropic groups propelled the plan from a cutting-edge concept into concrete policy.

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ProComp has established a foundation for future efforts to change how teachers are paid. This book reveails the details of the brave effort to rethink teacher compensation through labor-management collaboration. And when it comes to education reforms, the details are precisely the toughest part. --Adam Urbanski, Director, Teacher Union Reform Network

When the history of the triumph of pay-for-performance teacher compensation is finally written, this book will be one of the key sources. Gonring, Teske, and Jupp recount the process, explain the initiative, and foreshadow what s next for this issue. In doing so they make clear why Denver has played a signal role in this debate. --Andy Rotherham, Cofounder and Codirector of Education Sector, and Coeditor, Collective Bargaining in Education

About the Author

Phil Gonring is senior program officer at Rose Community Foundation. He was integrally involved in ProComp s development and continues to lead the philanthropic community s efforts to implement the ProComp plan.

Paul Teske is professor of public affairs and director of the Center for Education Policy Analysis at the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center.

Brad Jupp is senior academic policy advisor to the superintendent of the Denver Public School. Jupp served for six years as a union representative and teacher leader in the effort to create ProComp.

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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Harvard Education Press; 1St Edition edition (August 7, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1891792431
  • ISBN-13: 978-1891792434
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,343,056 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Topic, Fun Read, October 1, 2007
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This review is from: Pay-for-Performance Teacher Compensation: An Inside View of Denver's ProComp Plan (Paperback)
As the mother of a 12-year-old in Denver's public school system, it's heartening to know that people in a position to effect change put so much effort into trying to get it right. The authors have written an interesting read about what could be a fairly boring topic - the flashes of humor they display probably helped them through some fairly tense moments. I would recommend this book to teachers, administrators, parents, politicians and anyone interested in improving K-12 public education.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Required reading for pay reform advocates, November 6, 2007
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This review is from: Pay-for-Performance Teacher Compensation: An Inside View of Denver's ProComp Plan (Paperback)
Denver's example has launched widespread local innovation in teacher compensation. In this book, Gonring, Jupp and Teske tell the fascinating story of how and why ProComp came into being. In readable, matter of fact prose, they explain the pivotal and distinct roles played by the school board, local and national philanthropists, researchers, consultants, political leaders, think tanks, union leaders, district leaders -- and "dumb luck."

If you are thinking about the role compensation might play in supporting change in your school district, this book can accelerate your understanding of what the conversation might feel like and who needs to be a part of it. It reads like a very short novel, especially if you skip the rather theoretical last chapter.

I hope that subsequent editions of this important work will include research findings on the various impacts of ProComp on student learning, teacher recruitment/retention/satisfaction, and community attitudes toward Denver schools.
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