Posted on Thu, Jul. 9, 2009
Provide cooperative planning time for teachers.
Attract experienced teachers to schools with high faculty turnover by paying them more, beginning in 2010-11.
Increase resources to schools with large percentages of inexperienced teachers, also to begin in 2010-11.
Implement full-site selection - a system of choosing teachers not by seniority but through interviews with principals, staff, and community members, also in 2010-11.
Institute a weighted student-funding formula, with more money for the neediest pupils, in a pilot area in 2010-11, and expand it districtwide within five years.
Contact staff writer Kristen Graham at 215-854-5146 or kgraham@phillynews.com.
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