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6-15-2606. Contents of Rewarding Excellence in Achievement plans.
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6-15-2606. Contents of Rewarding Excellence in Achievement plans.
(a) A Rewarding Excellence in Achievement plan approved for participation in the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement Program shall describe how:
(1) Teachers can achieve career advancement and additional compensation;
(2) The public school district or public charter school will provide teachers with career advancement options that allow teachers to retain primary roles in student instruction and facilitate site-focused professional development that helps other teachers improve their skills;
(3) The public school district or public charter school will prevent any teacher's compensation paid before implementing the pay system from being reduced as a result of initial implementation of the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement plan;
(4) The forty percent (40%) to sixty percent (60%) performance portion of compensation will be determined;
(5) The forty percent (40%) to sixty percent (60%) knowledge and skill base portion of compensation will be determined;
(6) The plan will reform the steps and lanes salary schedule;
(7) The public school district or public charter school will encourage a collaborative relationship among teachers; and
(8) After full plan implementation, the alternative compensation system will be:
(A) Sustained; or
(B) Phased out if the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement plan evaluation reveals that the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement plan does not work for the school.
(b) Rewarding Excellence in Achievement plans approved for participation in the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement Program may include provisions regarding the compensation for administrators and other staff members.
(c) Compensation increases for the performance portion of compensation, forty perc
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-2606
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6-15-2606. Contents of Rewarding Excellence in Achievement plans.
(a) A Rewarding Excellence in Achievement plan approved for participation in the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement Program shall describe how:
(1) Teachers can achieve career advancement and additional compensation;
(2) The public school district or public charter school will provide teachers with career advancement options that allow teachers to retain primary roles in student instruction and facilitate site-focused professional development that helps other teachers improve their skills;
(3) The public school district or public charter school will prevent any teacher's compensation paid before implementing the pay system from being reduced as a result of initial implementation of the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement plan;
(4) The forty percent (40%) to sixty percent (60%) performance portion of compensation will be determined;
(5) The forty percent (40%) to sixty percent (60%) knowledge and skill base portion of compensation will be determined;
(6) The plan will reform the steps and lanes salary schedule;
(7) The public school district or public charter school will encourage a collaborative relationship among teachers; and
(8) After full plan implementation, the alternative compensation system will be:
(A) Sustained; or
(B) Phased out if the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement plan evaluation reveals that the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement plan does not work for the school.
(b) Rewarding Excellence in Achievement plans approved for participation in the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement Program may include provisions regarding the compensation for administrators and other staff members.
(c) Compensation increases for the performance portion of compensation, forty percent (40%) to sixty percent (60%) of the teacher's total compensation, under the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement plan shall include:
(1)(A) Achievement gains of students in each teacher's class on student scores under the statewide student assessment system described in § 6-15-2907.
(B) Locally selected and Division of Elementary and Secondary Education-approved standardized assessment outcomes for students in each teacher's class may also be included;
(2)(A) Achievement gains of students on a school-wide basis under the statewide student assessment system described in § 6-15-2907.
(B) Locally selected and division-approved standardized assessment outcomes may also be included; and
(3) The remaining percentage of the performance portion of compensation of the teacher's total compensation shall be based on an objective teacher evaluation program that includes:
(A) An individual objective teacher evaluation conducted by the school principal that is aligned with the professional development plan described in § 6-15-2607; and
(B) Peer objective evaluations using multiple criteria conducted by locally selected and periodically trained evaluators that understand teaching and learning and that include provisions for integrated ongoing site-based professional development activities to improve instructional skills and learning that are aligned with student needs under § 6-15-2009 [repealed].
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6-15-2009. [Repealed.]
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-2009
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6-15-2607. Staff development.
(a) Staff development activities for a public school district or public charter school participating in the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement Program shall:
(1) Focus on the school classroom and research-based strategies that improve student learning;
(2) Provide opportunities for teachers to practice and improve their instructional skills over time;
(3) Provide opportunities for teachers to use student data as part of their daily work to increase student achievement;
(4) Enhance teacher content knowledge and instructional skills;
(5) Align with state academic standards;
(6) Provide opportunities to build professional relationships, foster collaboration among principals and staff who provide instruction, and provide opportunities for teacher-to-teacher mentoring; and
(7) Align with the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement plan of the public school district or public charter school.
(b) Staff development activities for school districts and public charter schools participating in the Rewarding Excellence in Achievement Program may include:
(1) Curriculum development and curriculum training programs; and
(2) Activities that provide teachers and other staff members training to enhance teacher, team, and school performance.
(c) The public school district or public charter school may implement other staff development activities associated with professional teacher compensation models.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-2607
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6-15-2907. Statewide student assessment system — Definition.
(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall implement a statewide student assessment system to be administered by Arkansas public schools on a schedule determined by the State Board of Education that includes the following components:
(1) Developmentally appropriate measurements or assessments for kindergarten through grade two (K-2) in literacy and mathematics;
(2) Assessments to measure English language arts, mathematics, and science as identified by the state board;
(3) Assessments of English proficiency of all English learners; and
(4)(A) Assessments to measure college and career readiness.
(B) A public school that serves any student in grades ten through twelve (10-12) shall administer college and career readiness assessments as determined by the state board to each student before he or she graduates from high school.
(C) Public school districts may offer additional college and career readiness assessments for students in grades ten through twelve (10-12) at no cost to the student by using public school district funding, including without limitation Enhanced Student Achievement Funding under § 6-20-2305.
(b) At the direction of the state board, the division shall cause assessment instruments to be administered at additional grade levels as necessary to measure educational achievement in the public schools of this state.
(c) The statewide student assessment system may include additional assessment options approved by the state board, including without limitation assessments to measure application of knowledge and skills in civics, government, and additional sciences, as measured on a schedule determined by the state board.
(d) A public school district, at its own expens
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-2907
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 6-15-2907. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.