Teacher Incentive Allotment
The Texas Education Agency's Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) program is dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and retaining highly effective teachers in all schools, with a particular emphasis on high-needs and rural schools. The Teacher Incentive Allotment provides a pathway to financially recognize top teachers and serves as a great opportunity to honor the hard work and proven success of our Navasota ISD teaching staff.
This is not a merit-pay approach to compensation and it will not replace the district’s current pay structure. For those who earn a distinction based on both teacher observation and student growth data, it will be an additional state stipend completely separate from the current Navasota ISD pay structure.
There are two pathways to earning a designation:
- National Board Certification
- Local Designation System
By statute, the amount of the allotment generated by teacher designations is dependent upon the designation level of the teacher, the social-economic status of the campus where the teacher serves, as well as the rural status of the campus. The TIA is designed to reward the top 33% of teachers across the state of Texas.
MASTER TEACHER
A Master teacher designation generates between $12,000 - $32,000 in additional funding and is awarded to the top 5% of teachers across the state based on their teacher observation data and student growth outcomes.
EXEMPLARY TEACHER
An Exemplary teacher designation generates between $6,000 - $18,000 in additional funding and is awarded to the top 20% of teachers across the state based on their teacher observation data and student growth outcomes.
RECOGNIZED TEACHER
A Recognized teacher designation generates between $3,000 - $9,000 in additional funding and is awarded to the top 33% of teachers across the state based on their teacher observation data and student growth outcomes.
NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION
National Board Certification is a voluntary advanced professional certification for PreK–12 educators that identify teaching expertise through a performance-based, peer-reviewed assessment. Teachers are certified based on standards set by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). A teacher must have completed three years of successful teaching in one or more early childhood, elementary, middle or secondary schools.
- Hold an active lifetime, one-year, or standard Texas certification issued by the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) in a teacher, reading specialist, or Legacy Master Teacher class of certification. Teachers with an intern or probationary certificates are not eligible.
- Hold an active National Board certification.
- NBCT directory listing reflects Texas residency and/or employment.
- Reported by the above Texas school system in a role ID coded as 087 during that year's Class Roster Winter Submission in February.
- Once earned, the designation will remain active until July following the expiration of the National Board certificate.