Guiding Principles

"Teachers are our most valuable resource, and the focus of all our efforts is to support teaching and learning." FWISD Board of Education, Core Beliefs

To guide the direction of the design of the PEAK Rewards program, the following guiding principles have been drafted:

• Effective teaching is the most important driver of student achievement. It must be driven by a focus on the needs and growth of every individual student.
• Teaching is a team sport. Our students will benefit the most when teachers are supported, enabled and recognized for their ability to effectively collaborate, coach and grow in their craft.
• All teachers influence a student’s ability to achieve academic success, and therefore, all teachers must have an opportunity to earn rewards and incentives.
• Measuring teacher quality is complex and cannot fully be captured in a single measure. It must grow to be multi-dimensional to be fully meaningful.
• Start small, monitor, learn along the way and build the capacity to evolve and adjust the model and approach as needed.
  

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