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Acknowledgments Preface About the Authors 1. Attracting, Developing,Retaining -- and Paying -- Quality Teachers Examining Motivation: DoFinancial Incentives Work in Promoting Teacher Quality? How We PayTeachers: A Brief History of Teacher Compensation Current Issues andTrends in Teacher Compensation Teacher Pay and Teacher QualityConcluding Thoughts: Where Do We Go From Here? 2. Teacher Pay and SchoolPurposes: How Do They Relate? Aligning Teacher Compensation WithOrganizational Purpose and Direction Moving Forward: Key Considerationsfor Developing a Compensation System Establishing Criteria: Defining andMeasuring Quality Summary: Teacher Compensation in the Big Picture ofSchool Purpose 3. Competitive Salaries and Benefits: How Do We Stack Up?How Do Principles of Environmental Scanning Apply to Teacher CompensationSystems? How Can the Competitiveness of Teacher Salaries Be Assessed?How Can Nonsalary Benefits Contribute to a Competitive Salary Package?What Role Can Working Conditions Play in a Competing Market? Summary:Teacher Quality and Competitive Pay 4. Considering Options for Teacher Pay:What Are the Promising Possibilities? Single-Salary Schedule ExtraDuty/Additional Responsibility Pay Career Ladder Knowledge- andSkills-Based Pay Individual Evaluation Pay Performance-Based PayCreative Compensation: Other Ways of Recognizing Teacher Quality Summary5. Building a Model Teacher Compensation System: What Will Work Best for Us?Assumptions About Compensation Systems Design Principles:Considerations in Teacher Compensation Designing a Compensation SystemAimed at Quality A Component-Parts Approach to Teacher Compensation AModel for Teacher Compensation A Closer Look at the Components ofCompensation Compensation and Quality Alternatives to ConsiderConcluding Thoughts: Designing a Compensation System 6. From Planning toImplementation: How Do We Make This Change? Step 1: Develop the Aims andCriteria of the Compensation System Step 2: Select Compensation ComponentsStep 3: Plan for Implementation Step 4: Pilot the RestructuredCompensation System Step 5: Districtwide Implementation and EvaluationConcluding Thoughts: Teacher Quality and Teacher Pay Endnotes References Index