Seymour teachers to receive performance bonuses

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Most Seymour Community School Corp. teachers will receive performance bonuses as early as Friday.

Those bonuses are around $140 less this year, school officials said.

School board trustees approved a memorandum of understanding for distribution of 2015-16 teacher performance awards during a meeting Tuesday night.

This year, Seymour received $69,752.08 from the state to distribute to its highest-rated teachers, those receiving a score of 3 or 4 on their yearly evaluations.

The money will be divided up among 243 teachers, said corporation business manager Steve Nauman. Teachers earning a rating of 4 (highly effective) will receive $248.52, while a 3 rating (effective) gets them $247.52. Teachers rated less than a 3 will not receive a bonus.

Teacher evaluations are based on students’ ISTEP+ scores and growth, school accountability grades and input from school principals who spend time observing the teachers in the classroom.

A total of $40 million in teacher performance grants was made available to Hoosier schools by the state in 2016. Schools receive the money based on ISTEP scores and graduation rates.

In 2015, Seymour received $108,243.99 from the state in teacher performance money. A total of 237 teachers received bonuses that year, earning $389.04 for teachers rated extremely effective and $1 less for those rated effective.

Read the full story in Thursday’s Tribune and online at tribtown.com.

 

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