Teacher Incentive Allotment Overview
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Rewarding Teacher Excellence in Texas
House Bill 3 (HB 3), 86th Legislature, included massive increases in teachers' pay. The Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) was established by HB 3 with the goal of effective classroom teachers earning a higher salary. TIA allotment funds help Texas school systems reward, retain, and recruit highly effective teachers. The funding formula prioritizes high needs and rural campuses.
HB 3 established the Teacher Incentive Allotment to recognize effective teachers on three different levels: Recognized, Exemplary, and Master. These teacher designations generate additional teacher-focused allotment funding for districts in order for them to reward their top performers.
Teachers earn designations through two different routes. First, National Board Certified (NBC) teachers are eligible to earn a Recognized designation, any certified teacher can work on NBC. Second, districts may designate their effective teachers when their local teacher designation system is approved. The approval process is multi-step and includes the submission of a system application to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and then a data validation process through Texas Tech University.
TIA builds upon the success of past national incentive programs while removing previous barriers to success.
An informational video about the Teacher Incentive Allotment:
Cohort E Timeline: Phase 1
- July 2021: BISD Local Designation System Development Phase 1 Plan Begins
- April 15, 2022: BISD Local Designation System Application Due to TEA
- April 25 - May 14:Texas Tech University Teacher Survey
- June 2022: Application Accepted from TEA regarding BISD Local Designation System
- August 2022 – June 2023: Data-Capture Year for BISD using Circle and MAP data
- August 2022: BISD Local Designation System Development Phase 2 Plan Begins
- April 2023: BISD Local Designation System Expansion Application for Phase 2 Due to TEA
- October 2023: Data and Teacher Designation recommendations due to Texas Tech University (TTU)
- Late February 2024: Final Approval and Notification from TEA and TTU
- April/May 2024: Final Designation and Allotment Notification
- September 2024: Initial Payout from TEA of TIA funds
Cohort F Timeline: Phase 2
- April 15, 2023: BISD Local Designation System Application Due to TEA: Phase 2: 6th and 7th Grade Sci- MAP
- July 2023: Application Accepted from TEA regarding BISD Local Designation System
- August 2023 – June 2024: Data-Capture Year for BISD using Circle and MAP data (Phase 1 and 2 Data Collection)
- October 2024: Data and Teacher Designation recommendations due to Texas Tech University (TTU)
- Late February 2025: Final Approval and Notification from TEA and TTU
- April/May 2025: Final Designation and Allotment Notification
- September 2025: Initial Payout from TEA of TIA funds
Frequently Asked Questions
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When will other content areas be added to the BISD Local TIA Designation system?
Other content areas will be added to our TIA expansion application as the student growth measures for those content areas are identified, validated and reliable. Student Growth measures guidelines can be found on the TEA TIA website: Examples of Student Growth.
If you would like to discuss student growth measures options within your content area, please reach out to Ann Marie Shelton.
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Can a teacher exclude a student from their MAP or Circle testing data?
All students on a teacher's roster will count for student growth measure data collection, as long as the student has a beginning-of-year and end-of-year MAP test.
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General Information
HB 3, 86th Legislature, included a massive increase in teacher pay. The Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) was established by HB 3 with a stated goal of a six-figure salary for teachers. TIA allotment funds help Texas school systems reward, retain, and recruit highly effective teachers. The funding formula prioritizes high needs and rural campuses.
Districts can now create compensation plans based on teacher effectiveness and student equity. This new model creates a path for outstanding teachers to earn a six-figure salary–thus, reducing the desire for highly effective teachers to leave the classroom.
TIA builds upon the success of past national incentive programs while removing previous barriers to success. (Texas Education Agency (TEA), n.d.)
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What is a designation?
The three designation levels are Recognized, Exemplary, and Master. Which are placed on a teachers SBEC teaching certification and last for five years.
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What prompted the development of a designation system?
BISD has decided to implement a TIA program in an effort to ennsure that all of our teachers have the same opportunity to access this state-funded stipend thorugh a local designation system or National Board Certification program.
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How is the TIA designation system being developed?
BISD will form cross-functional teams and committees for the creation and design of a TIA local designation system. The teams will engage with stakeholders to implore feedback and input throughout the process.
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When will the BISD TIA local designation system be in place?
BISD TIA designation plan will be implemented during the 2022-2023 school year. The BISD local designation application was accepted by TEA in early June of 2022.
The student growth measures that will be submitted for the BISD local designation system for the 2022-2023 school year are data measures from Circle and MAP (K-10 Math & Reading; 5th & 8th grade Science).
If a teacher decides to pursue a National Board Certification and completes the program during the 2021-22 school year, that teacher could receive funding as early as 2022-23.
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Who is eligible to earn a designation through a local designation system?
Districts must verify that each teacher meets the following eligibility requirements before submitting them for a designation:
The teacher must be coded as 087 (Classroom Teacher) per the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) description of codes for 90 days at 100% of the day (equivalent to a full semester) or 180 days required at 50–99% of the day and compensated for that employment.
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Who will decide whether or not a teacher is designated and at what level?
Districts decide, based on the TIA local designatoin system, whether a teacher earns a designation, and which designation they earn based on the teacher observation criteria and student performance components.
TEA and Texas Tech University (TTU), will confirm the designation based on the data sent from each district. TEA approves the local designation system and TTU reviews the data with a data-validation process.
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What if a designated teacher’s performance level changes within the five-year period?
Teacher designations are valid for five years. Within the five-year period, teachers may be put forth for a higher designation if their performance qualifies them, but they cannot be submitted for a lower designation.
Some district spending plans may include variability based on continued performance levels.
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What if a designated teacher moves to a non-teaching role, such as counselor?
TIA was designed to reward, retain and recruit effective classroom teachers. Designated teachers who move to a Role ID other than 087 (Classroom Teacher) will maintain their designation if their teacher SBEC certificate is valid. However, they will not generate annual allotment funding if they are not in a 087 teaching role for that year of service, so they forfeit the TIA stipend.
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What is National Board Certification and where can I find information about NCBT?
National Board Certification is a voluntary, advanced professional certification for Pre K–12 educators that identifies teaching expertise through a performance-based, peer-reviewed assessment. More than 125,000 teachers across all 50 states have achieved Board Certification.
A teacher can find more information about National Board Certification from the NCBT website: NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION. Current employees can find resources and information on our BISD Staff Portal, under the Teacher Incentive Icon.
Helpful Links and Information:
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BISD TIA Compensation Plan: Spending Plan
Texas Education Agency website: TIA State Website
Information for Texas Teachers: Texas Teachers
TEA TIA Allotment Funding MAP by Campus: TEA Interactive Funding Map
National Board Certification website: NBC Information
National Board Certification Fee Reimbursement: NBC Fee Reimbursement
For BISD Staff, you can find more information within the BISD Staff Portal, under the Teacher Incentive Allotment icon. The TIA icon contains surveys, informational videos, and other information. You will also find our TEA application and BISD Local Designation system scorecard.
If you have additional questions regarding Burleson ISD Teacher Incentive Allotment, please send an email to annmarie.shelton@bisdmail.net .
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