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Work Group Objectives

What is Total Compensation Review (TCR)?

TCR is a complete review of our human capital system (the total compensation and benefits program for all employees) to better align it with student achievement. Our plan is not pay-for-performance — it is much more than that!

Who does the TCR Committee work for?

The Committee works directly for the Superintendent. Its charter is to recommend the best ways to update our compensation system with a focus on the five areas below.

What are the five focus areas?

The five areas of review and possible (sub-topics) of discussion are:

  1. Career ladder (movement from 192-to-220 days for teacher career progression, criteria for placement)
  2. Professional learning (topics, dates to meet, SPED and ELL learning focus)
  3. Student and teacher learning time (extended year and extended day)
  4. Salary-schedules (competitiveness, simplify scales, specialty scales, hard-to-fill skill set scales)
  5. Benefits (health care options, VRS co-pay, supplemental pension )

What will work groups do?

In all five areas, members will seek to answer these three questions:

  1. What works?
  2. What needs to change?
  3. How do we make the change?

What are possible immediate objectives of the work groups?

While we still have much work to refine these specifics, the following objectives are likely in the first year, 2011-2012:

  1. The career-ladder group studies and determines the criteria for the different levels of teacher expertise.
  2. The professional learning group conducts an assessment of professional learning in the division.
  3. The time group studies the use of time such as extending the school year, school day, creating expanded schedules, and other models.
  4. The salary-schedules group reviews and affirms ACPS competitiveness in the northern Virginia area.
  5. The benefits group works reviews the supplemental pension plan and learns about options for a higher investment return from insurance/pension-plan experts.

What is the three year plan?

The three-year plan is a broad look at our scheduling and topics. We will develop this plan in collaboration with a consultant. The challenge will be to coordinate, integrate and synchronize the five areas for implementation. Additionally, our pace is impacted by member participation. We need members to meet regularly so that we can cover all five areas.