Past Events

Annual Meeting, California School Boards Association

December 4, 2009, San Diego, CA

PACE Executive Director David Plank and Education Circle Chair Jeff Camp made a presentation to the annual meeting of the California School Boards Association in San Diego on December 4, 2009. Their session was entitled "Teacher Pay Reform: Are you ready to innovate?" Slides from their session are available here.

Alternative Teacher Compensation Fall 2009 Seminars

Northern California and Southern California

September 22, 2009 in Menlo Park, CA
September 23, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA

In Fall 2009, the U.S. Department of Education will begin accepting applications for the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF), a $200 million grant program to fund school districts' performance-based teacher compensation systems. Even in the face of the unprecedented budget crises battering our state, the availability of TIF funds opens up a unique opportunity to think creatively about how teachers are paid in California schools. Therefore, Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) and Full Circle Fund organized this set of seminars as a follow-up to the March 2009 Conference to support a conversation among school districts and local teachers from Northern and Southern California that expressed an interest in moving forward on compensation issues. Guests participated in a discussion on how to design alternative teacher pay systems and how to apply for a Teacher Incentive Fund grant. The goal was to bring together a small group of districts to provide assistance in the initial stages of the compensation design process, with an eye to a possible application for TIF funding.

Presentations from the seminars:

• Education Circle Chair Jeff Camp: Intro and Overview. Click here to view
• Julia Koppich: Redesigning Teacher Pay. Click here to view
• David Plank: Local Revenue Options. Click here to view

Organized by:

• Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)
• Full Circle Fund

Supported by:

• The Noyce Foundation
• The Stuart Foundation

Learning About New Forms of Teacher Compensation

A Day for Superintendents, School Board Members, and Teacher Organization Leaders

March 30, 2009 in Oakland, CA
March 31, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA

New ways of compensating teachers in an era of ferocious budget shortfalls was the topic of discussion for about 400 school superintendents, leaders of teacher organizations and school board members from across California at conferences on March 30-31 in Oakland and Los Angeles.

Welcome letter from Arne Duncan, The U.S. Secretary of Education (pdf)

Click here for video, audio, resources, links and materials from the conferences

Organized by:

• Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)
• Full Circle Fund

Supported by:

• The Noyce Foundation
• The Stuart Foundation

Co-Sponsors:

• Association of California School Administrators (ACSA)
• Bay Area Council
• California Federation of Teachers (CFT)
• California Teachers Association (CTA)
• California School Boards Association (CSBA)
• Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce/Unite LA
• San Diego Chamber of Commerce
• Silicon Valley Leadership Group