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Teacher Incentive Fund

The Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF), established in 2006, supports performance-based teacher and principal compensation systems in high-need schools, primarily through grants to school districts and consortia of school districts. TIF supports a variety of performance-based teacher and principal compensation systems that reward teachers and principals for increases in student achievement and boost the number of effective instructors teaching in hard-to-staff subjects and in high need schools. To qualify for a TIF grant, applicants must agree to establish a compensation system that provides teachers and principals in high-need schools with differentiated levels of compensation based on student achievement gains, as well as on classroom evaluations.

General Information

• Awards, Allocation & Funding Information
• Spending Reports by Program: Program: http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/spending/program.xls
• Fact Sheets and Guidance

  ARRA Fact Sheet: http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherincentive/factsheet.html

• Webpage: http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherincentive/index.html

Supporting Information

• Materials and Resources

  U.S. Department of Education Program Plan, http://www.recovery.gov/?q=content/program-plan&program_id=7543

  Center for Educator Compensation Reform

U.S. Department of Education Contact Information:

General: http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherincentive/contacts.html