ProComp, Professional Compensation System

A new professional evaluation system has been developed based on requests  from teachers and principals to make  the evaluation form and process more meaningful.  The goals of the new evaluation process are: 

Provide a shared process between the teacher and the evaluator

Increase recognition of professional accomplishments through a collection of records of teaching

Provide clear expectations and rigor for teachers/specialists (e.g. standards, criteria, and indicators for quality teaching that are job specific).

Communicate and uphold expectations for professional growth

Produce fair and credible evaluations

In 2004-2005, the form and process were field-tested by a group of volunteer schools.   In 2005-2006, all schools  are participating in a pilot that requires the use of the new professional evaluation form with teachers and student services professionals who are on the evaluation cycle this year. 

Each principal has been asked to seek three or more teachers/specialists to volunteer to use the new professional evaluation process, instead of the current process from Article 10 that all the rest of the professional evaluations will use in 2005-2006 (see chart comparing the two systems).

Teachers and administrators will have the chance to become familiar with the new standards, criteria and rubrics.  The professional evaluation process and supporting documents are intended  to guide teachers and administrators to have meaningful interactions.

In 2006-2007, the professional evaluation forms should be available on-line with an automated system to document meetings, records of teaching, and comments from evaluator and teacher. At that point, teachers in ProComp rated satisfactory will receive a salary increase of $999 for those on continuing contracts, $333 for probationary teachers.

Those on the traditional salary schedule rated satisfactory will receive their step increase.