Teacher compensation law updates

SF 277, the landmark bill approved by the 2007 Iowa Legislature, made significant changes in the Teacher Quality and Student Achievement Law, also known as the teacher compensation law. The ISEA is working closely with the Iowa Department of Education on how to implement the complex provisions of this legislation. Click on the links below for the latest information and watch this site for additional advice and guidance as it becomes available. 

• Student Achievement and Teacher Quality Summary - 2008
• AEA Teacher Quality Orientation Session info
• Teacher Quality Law overview (pdf) 
• Listen to ISEA's In Focus podcast (Episode 11) on teacher compensation law changes
• Listen to ISEA's In Focus podcast (Episode 11) on teacher quality committees
• Download the ISEA's PowerPoint presentation
• Read the Department of Education's May School Leader Update (Legislative edition) for official guidance on SF 277
• About Teacher Quality committees and sample letter to superintendents.
• Q&A about Teacher Quality Committee orientation sessions
• Materials from Orientation Sessions
• Career Path Electronic Worksheet 
• To order a DVD of the Orientation Sessions, contact KBosovich@isea and include your name and mailing address.