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Slide 28 of 31
Screen shot of the Teacher Quality's Recruitment and Retention's Teacher Advancement Program's Teacher Advancement Program web page.
Teacher Advancement Program
The Milken Family Foundation's Teacher Advancement Program provides teachers with career path and advancement opportunities; compensates expert teachers for their skills and responsibilities; restructures school schedules to accommodate teacher-led professional development; introduces competitive hiring practices; and pays teachers based on how well they instruct and how much their students learn. The Program asserts that these components make the teaching profession more appealing, the job conditions more manageable, and the pay for high quality teachers more generous. Currently, TAP is being implemented in eight states: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota and South Carolina, including the entire districts of Eagle County, Co.; Sumter County, Fla.; and the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. Over 75 campuses are involved – impacting more than 35,000 students and 2,100 teachers, and continued expansion is expected in the 2004-05 school year. TAP schools are supported by a variety of funding sources including private foundation grants, legislative appropriations, increases in property tax levies targeted for TAP-like programs, sales tax increases, general revenues from state budgets, district funds and federal dollars available through No Child Left Behind. Results from three years of implementation in Arizona and two in South Carolina showed that when comparing year-to-year changes in student achievement, TAP schools outperformed their control counterparts 68% of the time.
Additional Information: Milken Family Foundation Teacher Advancement Program
