ETIP - Excellence in Teaching Incentive Program

We support career growth and aspiration in our educators, but we also believe that talented educators who feel their talents are best served in the classroom, should be able to stay in the classroom while reaching their professional goals.

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Purpose

Build teacher capacity
Recruit and retain teachers in MISD
Provide professional advancement opportunities for teachers who remain in the classroom
Build teachers’ financial future

Definition for Inclusion in ETIP

Teachers eligible to participate are the teacher of record as defined by:

Assign report card grades for the current school year in one or more subject areas
Teach 50% or more of each day, and
Design and implement instruction

Teachers with two or more years teaching experience, at least one of these in MISD, may begin the ETIP coursework. This will allow experienced teachers who are new to our district to participate after only one year in MISD.

Courses

Differentiation - Fall
Formative Assessment – Spring
Practicum 1 -Summer
Teaching Students of Poverty - Fall
Preparing Students for a Global Society - Spring
Practicum 2- Summer

Three Levels of ETIP

LEVEL ONE: Classroom Scholar

Complete required coursework over a 2 year period
Document implementation and professional growth both during the 2 years of coursework and each year thereafter
Maintain proficient or above rating on T-TESS dimension 4.2, goal setting, and a developing or above rating on all remaining dimensions of T-TESS, including the student growth dimension

Upon completion of the coursework, teachers will receive $5,000/year* as long as they continue to demonstrate and document growth from throughout the school year; and receive acceptable teacher evaluations.

Note: The $1,500 master’s stipend is included in this $5,000

LEVEL TWO: Campus Scholar

Teachers who already have a master’s degree in an eligible field, and complete the level one coursework, will be eligible for level two after meeting all other criteria.

Maintain classroom scholar eligibility for 2 years after completion of courses
Complete a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction or the content area*.
Document implementation and professional growth both during the 2 years of coursework and each year thereafter as documented on the ETIP rubric
Maintain proficient or above rating on T-TESS dimensions 4.2 (goal setting,) and 4.4 (school community involvement,) and a developing or above rating on all remaining dimensions of T-TESS, including the student growth dimension
Add value to the campus each year

NOTE: A master’s degree in any educational field will be accepted for level two if conferred by May 2018. Any master’s conferred after this date should be in Curriculum and Instruction or the content area to be eligible for level two.

Upon completing Level Two requirements, teachers will receive an additional $2,000 each year, as long as they continue to meet the above requirements.

LEVEL THREE: District Scholar

Maintain level 2 eligibility for 2 years after completion
Complete a doctoral degree in any educational field or earn National Board Teacher Certification or equivalent
Document implementation and professional growth as documented on the ETIP rubric each year
Maintain proficient or above rating on T-TESS dimensions 4.2 (goal setting,) and 4.4 (school community involvement,) and a developing or above rating on all remaining dimensions of T-TESS, including the student growth dimension
Add value to the campus each year
Add value to the district each year

Upon completing Level Three requirements, teachers will receive an additional $5,000 each year, as long as they continue to meet the above requirements.

Campus Level

This level focuses on building teacher capacity. ETIP teachers may do one of the following to fulfill the Campus Scholar requirement. The examples below are not all inclusive.

Provides intensive mentoring to other teachers
Assists in planning, presenting, and implementing professional learning on an on-going basis
Provides on-going parent education that impacts the campus
Leads high-impact student organizations
Other ideas that build teacher capacity, impact the campus, and are approved through the Professional Learning Office

District Level

This level focuses on adding capacity to the district. The examples below are not all inclusive.

Presents/Facilitates on-going professional learning at the district level
Writes curriculum
Mentor teachers and provide feedback at other campuses
Coaches and provides feedback to 1 or more teachers from another campus throughout the school year )
Teaches at least one ETIP course
Other ideas that add capacity at the district level and are approved through the professional learning office

If you have any questions, please see the ETIP FAQs below or contact the Professional Learning Department at 972-882-7737.

ETIP Program FAQs

Which Special Education teachers will be eligible to participate?

Special education teachers that are the teacher of record are eligible to participate in the ETIP program. These teachers provide grades for the report card in one or more subjects, teach at least 50% of the time, and design and implement instruction. In most cases, teachers of self-contained classes and those teaching MTI for any number of students would qualify for this program, as they are the teacher of record for one or more subjects and provide report card grades.

I do not wish to pursue the ETIP program but will soon complete my master’s degree. Will I still receive the $1500 stipend each year for having a master’s?

Timeline for ETIP

2016-2017 School Year

2017-2018 School Year

Three hundred teachers will register to begin the ETIP
ETIP Cadre One will be the presenters/facilitators for this group
Another 50 classroom teachers, who apply and are selected by meeting a rigorous criteria, will participate in the ETIP coursework at an advanced pace. These teachers will be the presenters/facilitators for the classes beginning year 2018, the second year of implementation of ETIP