Offering $20,000 per teacher filled 90 percent of targeted vacancies in hard-to-staff schools with high-performing teachers across seven districts¶

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q3 i? A $20,000 per-teacher transfer incentive filled 90 percent of targeted vacancies in hard-to-staff schools with some of the districts' highest-performing teachers. → Steven Glazerman 2012

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Steven Glazerman 2012¶

Steven Glazerman, Ali Protik, Bing-ru Teh, Julie Bruch, Neil Seftor. (2012). Moving High-Performing Teachers: Implementation of Transfer Incentives in Seven Districts. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee

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Implementation findings from the seven-district TTI pilot report. The incentive amount and fill rate are as printed: districts "filled 90 percent of their targeted vacancies in hard-to-staff schools" using the $20,000 per-teacher offer.

"By offering $20,000 per teacher, seven school districts piloting a transfer-incentive strategy, known as the Talent Transfer Initiative (TTI), filled 90 percent of their targeted vacancies in hard-to-staff schools with some of the districts' highest-performing teachers."

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