TEA-DATE Project: Module 5 Initial Thoughts

Module 5: Financial Sustainability Issues

Initial Thoughts

Now that you have watched the Challenge Scenario, write out your initial responses to the challenge questions below. To save your initial thoughts and move on to the Resources and Perspectives page, hit "next" button below.

Challenge Question #1: What existing sources of funding can our district utilize to help sustain our performance award program?

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Challenge Question #2: What additional sources of funding might our district seek to help sustain our performance award program?

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Challenge Question #3: To what other district initiatives and systems might we more closely align our performance award program in order to enhance organizational efficiency and ensure programmatic sustainability?

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Challenge Question #4: How have other states, districts, and schools sustained performance award programs?

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Challenge Question #5: How can we partner with the school board and business community to ensure broad and ongoing commitment to strategically compensating teachers and principals in our district’s schools?

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Note: if you cannot complete this module in one sitting, it would probably be best that you copy/paste your thoughts into a text document that you can save, so you can copy/paste your thoughts back in the boxes when you are ready to complete the module.

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