2003 National Conference on Teacher Compensation and Evaluation

The fourth annual conference was held November 20-21, 2003, at the Holiday Inn O'Hare International, near Chicago's O'Hare Airport.

Thursday, November 20, 2003

Agenda items marked with a double asterisk (**) indicate the session with a statistical orientation.

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.	Keynote Address: Alternative Forms of Teacher Compensation and Evaluation Gain Momentum Allan Odden, UW-CPRE
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 - 12:00 noon	Small Group Sessions: Performance Pay in Ladue, Missouri, with NO Salary Cap: 1953-2003 Improving Investments in Professional Development Recruiting and Retaining a High Quality Math and Science Teaching Workforce Performance Evaluation in Wisconsin: Mequon-Thiensville Three Years of School-Based Performance Bonuses Building a Strategic Human Resource Management System**
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.	Keynote Address: Five Years of Performance Pay for Teachers Yvonne Chan, Principal, Vaughn Next Century Charter School
2:00 - 2:15 p.m.	Break
2:15 - 3:45 p.m.	Small Group Sessions: Professional Pay in Minneapolis, MN The Second Year of Performance Pay in Greendale, Wisconsin Performance Pay in Denver: The Plan after the Pilot National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: Use of the Standards for Local Evaluation Criterion Validity of Performance Evaluation Systems for Teachers**
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.	Keynote Address: Performance Pay in Arkansas: Results from a School Finance Adequacy Study
5:30 - 7:00 p.m.	Evening Reception, sponsored by Teacher Excellence through Compensation (TEC) Complimentary appetizers, beer, wine and soft drinks Everyone Welcome

Friday, November 21, 2003

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.	Keynote Address: Performance Assessment Using the Framework for Teaching: Seven Years On Charlotte Danielson, Danielson & Associates
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 - 12:00 noon	Small Group Sessions: The Variety of Pay Incentives in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina Continuous Improvement of Evaluation: Sixth Year with the Framework for Teaching Pay for the Acquisition of New Knowledge and Skills in Delaware Performance Evaluation in Waukee, Iowa: Linking the Framework to Licensure The New Performance Pay System in Steamboat Springs, Colorado Modeling Pay Increases Over 35 Years: The Denver System**
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch and Speaker: Teacher Quality: The Key to Effective Education Reform C. Kent McGuire, Dean, School of Education, Temple University Former Assistant Secretary of Education, OERI