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Merit Pay?
by NoVA Teacher
Jul 20, 2012
I just read in one of Loudoun County's local papers that their school board has just moved to a form of "merit pay," in that with their new evaluation system, if a teacher doesn't get a "satisfactory" rating, then he/she won't get a step increase. Does anyone know if other VA counties are doing this or are considering this? Thanks for sharing!
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How difficult .... .... can it be to "achieve" a satisfactory rating? Looks to me like this school board has decided to stop rewarding mediocre (or worse) teachers with a longevity increase. This is most certainly not "merit" pay.

On 7/20/12, NoVA Teacher wrote: > I just read in one of Loudoun County's local papers that > their school board has just mo...See More
Jul 22, 2012
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Sounds to me... ...like the original question wasn't even answered.

On 7/22/12, How difficult .... wrote: > .... can it be to "achieve" a satisfactory rating? > Looks to me like this school board has decided to stop > rewarding mediocre (or worse) teachers with a longevity > increase. > This is most certainly not "merit" pay. > > >...See More
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How Difficult You are correct. I didn't answer the question - if I knew I'd have done so. Perhaps you can answer it instead of pointing out that I didn't?? The OP equated this media reported action by Loudoun school board with "merit pay". Now if that was the OP's interpretation or the newspaper reporters interpretation is rather moot. I don't happen to think th...See More
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