CLASS Project: Introduction to the Teacher Incentive Fund

An effective teacher has the single greatest influence within the classroom on how well a student learns.

The CLASS Project is fundamentally an initiative that puts that research-demonstrated statement into practice.

An acronym for Creative Leadership Achieves Student Success, CLASS provides districts with a framework which integrates * expanded career paths, * relevant professional development, * effective performance evaluations * and new compensation models

to empower educators and give them the time and tools to constantly strive for excellence for themselves and their students and be recognized and rewarded for doing so.

Each district's CLASS Project design looks different because each district has different student and staff needs, but every design strives to strengthen effective teaching and raise student achievement.

Seven CLASS districts have now received federal funds through the Teacher Incentive Fund to build on their work and participate in a five-year action research project.

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Education

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• education
• TIF
• Teacher Incentive Fund
• CLASS Project
• Oregon
• teachers