Principal Incentives
The role of the principal as the leader is crucial in improving and sustaining high student achievement, particularly in urban districts with high poverty populations. In June 2006, the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees approved the Principal Incentive Pay Program for initial implementation during the 2006-2007 school year. The purpose of the incentive program is to reward highly effective principals for creating, reaching, and maintaining high standards of student achievement.
The program aligns (1) high student expectations, (2) the Board of Trustees’ performance targets and (3) the Campus Improvement Plans’ performance targets to a monetary incentive for principals when their students perform at high academic levels. It builds on the Dallas ISD’s 14‑year history of recognizing principals, as well as on existing systems centered on a combination of direct and value-added measures of the specific school’s student achievement. Principals are measured on five factors of performance.
Factors |
Description |
State Accountability Rating |
Measure of how a school performed on state-mandated criterion-referenced tests, such as TAKS and TAKS-A, at grades 3-11 (must be at least Academically Acceptable). This rating is commonly known as Academic Excellence Indicator System or AEIS rating. |
School Effectiveness Index (SEI) |
Value-added measure of the students’ academic growth on state and district mandated, criterion and norm-referenced tests at grades 1-11, as well as improvement on other school variables affecting achievement. |
TAKS Met Standard
(Grades 1-2 ITBS/Logramos) |
Percent of student groups that either met the annual TAKS performance targets or had at least 90 percent of students that met the standard. For grades 1-2, the percentage of ITBS/Logramos at or above 40th for K-2 school. |
TAKS Commended Level
(Grades 1-2 ITBS/Logramos) |
Percent of student groups that either met the annual commended performance targets or had at least 30 percent of students (50 percent for magnets) with TAKS scale scores of at least 2400 points. For grades 1-2, the percentage of ITBS/Logramos at or above 80th for K-2 school. |
On-Track Performance |
Percent of student groups that either met the annual performance targets or had at least a 93 percent graduation rate or had at least 90 percent of students that met the standard. |
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