Teacher Incentive Allotment

• Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) is a key part of HB3, dedicated to recruiting, supporting and retaining highly effective teachers in all schools, with particular emphasis on high need and rural schools.

• Districts, if they choose to, can develop a local designation system and designate high-performing teachers (Master, Exemplary or Recognized). Districts will receive additional funding ($3,000-$32,000 per year) for every designated teacher they employ. Texas Education Agency (TEA), in partnership with Texas Tech University, will approve the local designation systems.

• Districts will receive greater funding for designated teachers who work on rural and/or high needs campuses.

• At least 90% of TIA funds must be used on teacher compensation on the campus where the designated teacher works.

• Increase retention and equity of access to higher performing teachers

• Strengthening of the Evaluation System

• Supports for Teacher Growth

• Increased Teacher Salaries

• Improved Student Outcomes

BISD Cohort D: ALL Teachers (Role Code 087 in PEIMS) in ALL content areas are eligible across all 54 campuses.

 

 

Brownsville ISD will use the following two measurements for the local designation system:

Measure #1 Teacher Observation/T-TESS - Strongly calibrated teacher observation system
which shows a congruence of observation scores to student growth.
 
Measure #2 Student Growth - Accurate and reliable measures of a teacherʼs
impact on student growth, with constant disaggregation and analysis of data to show a
high level of validity and reliability.

We will follow the data collection year requirements; designations will be based on the 2 measures/components and weightings. The district will submit eligible teachers and data to TEA/Texas Tech for review against state measures.
 
Texas Education Agency (TEA) will have final approval. Once a designation is earned by a teacher, it is not tied to a specific subject/content or grade level and will last five years. Teachers not obtaining a designation one year may be submitted in subsequent years.

There are two required components to determine teacher designations.

1. T-TTESS 

        a) Teachers must earn at least a 3 (Proficient) on all T-TTESS Dimensions in the Summative          Evaluation

        b) Average score of all dimensions in Domains 2 and 3 in the Summative Evaluation

                  Numeric Equivalency of T-TESS Ratings

                    1- Needs Improvement

                    2 - Developing

                    3 - Proficient

                    4 - Accomplished

                    5 - Distinguished

2. Student Learning Objective - Percentage of students who Met or Exceeded Growth Expectations. 

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The teacher can also earn automatically earn a "Recognized" Designation by earning certification through the National Board Certification program. 

National Board Certification

80% T-TESS / 20% Student Learning Objectives

Funding Map Based on TEA Allocations

TIA FUNDING SITE

The funding available from the Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) varies by the designation of and campus where the designated teacher works. The exact amount of allotment funding per teacher is determined by a formula that considers the level of socioeconomic need at a campus and whether the campus is rural.

The BISD TIA Handbook is currently under construction, but you can always reach out to Mr. Camarillo to answer any questions you may have. 956-698-1258 or ecamarillo@bisd.us

The Texas Education Agency has released a Guidebook that covers all of the working pieces of the Texas Teacher Incentive Allotment. Please click here to download the: TEA TIA Guidebook

"The guidebook is a stand-alone resource that districts may use to understand what TIA is, how to get started building a system, and a reference for requirements and best practices for building a strong local designation system."

• Policies
• Rules
• Requirements
• Best practices
• Processes
• Timelines

This group of educators, administrators, counselors, community members, and board members designed the BISD TIA Cohort D Application. The group met over a four month period to design and vote on each component of the application.

 2020-2021 Stakeholder Group

The 2021-2022 TIA Stakeholder Engagement Group will convene to discuss and review and discuss updated to the TIA program in BISD and if needed, vote on any changes to the original Cohort D Application.

2021-2022 Stakeholder Group