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Tag Archives: ProComp
The Talking Dog of Denver’s ProComp
The CTU strike has renewed a conversation about teacher compensation, and the issue of performance pay (which did not survive the windy city negotiations). Unfortunately most of the discussion lumps all changes to the standard salary ladder of traditional districts … Continue reading
ProComp 2.0: Deja Voodoo all over again?
Perhaps the biggest flaw in the initial version of ProComp was not the plan itself, but the chasm between how ProComp was described and what it actually contained. During the ballot initiative process numerous groups — including ProComp’s designers and … Continue reading
Negotiating power of unions
Watching the continued dispute between DPS and DCTA over ProComp and other issues, and based on my somewhat cursory knowledge of collective bargaining agreements, I think teacher’s unions are clearly far better negotiators than districts. If I had to choose … Continue reading
Parsing the ProComp impasse
Putting together some of the numbers from different sources of information on this dispute shows a connection that, for me at least, better explains the divide between the DCTA and DPS. 20% of teachers who start at DPS leave in … Continue reading
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