REL 2005 Policy Forum
Pay and Performance: Teacher Resource Policy

September 29-30, 2005
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Summary

State policymakers from Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas joined guest speakers–Anthony Milanowski, Judy Jeffrey, Lewis C. Solmon, and Jeffrey Buck–to share their knowledge at the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) annual policy forum. The forum provided participants with research, policy, and programmatic knowledge on teacher compensation programs and teacher quality. An important message of the forum was that there are a variety of ways teacher compensation programs and processes can be established and implemented, but that it takes a systemic effort to see results. The focus of SEDL’s policy forum was on what teacher compensation strategies enhance teacher quality and contribute to national and state goals to teach all students to achieve at high standards.
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TOPICS	PRESENTERS
Teacher Compensation Research and Policy Overview	Dr. Anthony Milanowski Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) University of Wisconsin-Madison
Teacher Resources in SEDL's Region	Dr. Zena H. Rudo, Dr. Celeste Alexander SEDL Policy Research James Ball New Mexico Public Education Department
Teacher Quality and Compensation Models	Jeff Buck Denver Public Schools Judy Jeffrey Iowa Department of Education Dr. Lewis C. Solmon Teacher Advancement
Where Do We Go From Here Lessons To Take Back to Our States	Panelists: Anthony Milanowski, Jeffrey Buck, Lewis C. Solmon, and Judy Jeffrey

OTHER RESOURCES
PDFs: Full Summary (PDF)	PowerPoint Presentations: Dr. Anthony Milanowski's Presentation James Ball's Presentation Judy Jeffrey's Presentation Dr. Lewis C. Solmon's Presentation SEDL's Policy Forum Presentation