Market Incentives - Archive

Workshops Explain Market Incentives 

Two workshops designed to discuss the Market Incentives component of ProComp were being conducted in preparation for the Spring staffing process.

The workshops provided information on which schools and positions qualify for Hard to Serve and Hard to Staff bonuses, as well as details on when and how teachers can opt in to the new pay system. Teachers, specialists and principals are invited to attend.  Two hour-long workshops were held Wednesday, April 6th, at 3:15pm and 4:30pm at East High School.

Teachers and specialists who work in hard-to-serve schools and hard-to-staff positions will receive bonuses during the 2005-2006 school year if the ProComp mill levy passes in November.

Transition Team Approves Market Incentives Criteria and Hard to Staff Positions/Hard to Serve Schools

Elementary schools

Castro Elementary
Cheltenham Elementary
Del Pueblo Elementary
Fairmont Elementary
Fairview Elementary
Garden Place Elementary
Gilpin Elementary
Greenlee Elementary
Harrington Elementary
Mitchell Elementary
Remington Elementary
Valdez Elementary
Whiteman Elementary
Wyman Elementary

Middle Schools:

Hill Middle School
Lake Middle School
Merrill Middle School
Randolph Middle School

High Schools:

Abraham Lincoln High School
Arts & Cultural
Leadership Academy
North High School

Alternative Schools:

CLA
Emerson Street School
Emily Griffith Second Chance High School
Florence Crittenton
Gilliam Center
Prep Assessment Center

Five criteria were determined to best provide the student demographics related to Hard to Serve schools. These criteria were equally applied to ascertain the final list: 1) percentage of students receiving free or reduced lunch; 2) percentage of students enrolled in special education center programs; 3) percentage of students identified as second language learners; 4) percentage of students eligible for Medicaid; 5) City and County of Denver data associating students with their home neighborhood demographic information.

Five assignments have been identified as Hard to Staff for the 2005-2006 school year:

  • ELA-S
  • Middle School Math
  • Special Ed Center Assignments
  • Speech Pathologists
  • Psychologists 

Several sources of data were used to determine the Hard to Staff positions:1)national data on the supply of licensed professionals produced by degree granting institutions; 2) DPS data on the ratio of qualified teachers to total teachers in specific assignment areas and to the number of qualified teachers in the overall DPS work force; 3) DPS data on the ratio of teachers with less than one year of experience to total teachers in a specific assignment area and 4) DPS data on the vacancy rate of Special Education and Student Service providers. 

Work Group Sets Criteria

The Market Incentives Work Group will have the lists of Hard to Staff positions and Hard to Serve schools available in time for spring staffing purposes for the 2005-2006 school year.

The Transition Team has approved the five criteria which will be used to determine the list of Hard to Serve schools for next year.  The criteria are 1) percentage of students on free and  reduced lunches; 2) Percentage of students eligible for Medicaid; 3) percentage of students in special education center school programs; 4) student neighborhood demographic data; and 5) percentage of second language students.

 

The work group is also considering the criteria for hard-to-staff positions. All criteria, as well as specific schools and positions will be determined at the Transition Team’s March 16 meeting.  

 

Both lists will change from year to year, based on the criteria developed annually by the work group.