District Award for Teacher Excellence
An amendment for the District Award for Teacher Excellence has been approved by the Texas Education Agency. It is recommended that personnel at the sixteen eligible campuses review the performance levels to know what is expected in order to obtain the incentive award. No more modifications will be allowed by TEA and payments to qualified teachers and staff will take place between August through December 2009. Please contact administrators at your campuses for any questions or clarifications.
Sixteen campuses were selected to participate in the District Award for Teacher Excellence (DATE), based on two or more of the following criteria established by TEA:
- Rated academically unacceptable in 2007;
- Performed lower than the District's average proficiency on TAKS (by subject, grade and/or by campus to be determined by the District;
- Received comparable improvement (CI) ratings in the bottom quartile relative to other campus types in the District;
- Experienced above average dropout/non-compliance rates relative to other campus types in the District;
- Ranked in the bottom half in gains on the Texas Growth Index (TGI);
- Ranked within the top quartile of campuses enrolling high percentages of economically disadvantaged students; or
- Experienced other academic or non-academic indicators, such as experiencing high rates of teacher migration and attrition, free and reduced lunch, etc.
The following campuses qualified and chose to participate in the grant: Andress, Bassett, Bliss, Bowie, Bradley, Burleson, Burnet, Collins, Cooley, Houston, Morehead, Newman, Roberts, Schuster, Travis, and Vilas.
TEA Standard Application System (School Year 2007-2008 through 2008-2009)
The El Paso ISD does not discriminate in its educational programs or employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, military status, or on any other basis prohibited by law. Inquiries concerning the application of Titles VI, VII, IX and Section 504 may be referred to the district compliance officer, Vincent Sheffield, at 881-2619; Section 504 inquiries regarding students may be referred to Cecilia Whiteman at 881-2527.
