TIA / T-TESS

Teacher Incentive Allotment

In June 2019, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 3, which included an optional Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA).  TIA aims to provide a realistic pathway for highly effective teachers to earn six-figure salaries and to help attract and retain these top teachers at traditionally hard-to-staff schools. For additional information on TIA, please visit https://tiatexas.org/about-teacher-incentive-allotment/

National Board Certification

Teachers with up-to-date certification with the National Board receive an automatic “Recognized” designation under TIA. The designation will expire the July following the expiration of the teacher’s National Board Certification. To be eligible for the Recognized Teacher Incentive Allotment designation, National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) must have a one-year or standard Texas teaching certificate and be employed as a teacher (coded as 087 Role ID in PEIMS/TSDS). Teachers with a Recognized designation must be employed as a Texas teacher (087 role ID in PEIMS) and complete a creditable year of service in order to generate funding for that year. The Recognized designation generates anywhere from $5,000 to $8,000 for the NBCT’s district. The total amount depends on the socioeconomic status of the students and the campus’s rural status.

What is the National Board?

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (National Board) is a not-for-profit professional organization created and governed by practicing teachers and their advocates. The founding mission of the National Board is to advance the quality of teaching and learning by

• maintaining high and rigorous standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do
• providing a national voluntary system certifying teachers who meet these standards
• advocating related education reforms to integrate National Board Certification into American education and to capitalize on the expertise of National Board Certified Teachers

Founded in 1987, the National Board began by engaging teachers in the development of standards for accomplished teaching and in the building of an assessment – National Board Certification – that validly and reliably identifies when a teacher meets those standards. Today, there are 25 certificate areas that span 16 content areas and four student developmental levels. The essence of the National Board’s vision of accomplished teaching is captured in the enduring document What Teachers Should Know and Be Able to Do, at the heart of which are the Five Core Propositions

1. Teachers are committed to students and their learning.
2. Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects to students.
3. Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning.
4. Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from experience.
5. Teachers are members of learning communities.

See below for resources for pursuing National Board Certification.

• First-Time and Returning Candidate Resources
• Guide to National Board Certification 

Compensation Guide 

The following sections provide an overview of how designated teachers will be compensated under TIA at Aldine. For purposes of TIA, a designated teacher’s campus at the time of the Winter Class Roster each February will determine that teacher’s allotment. 

Compensation Overview

Compensation Requirements and Considerations

Eligible teachers who are designated on their State Board of Educator Certification (SBEC) as Recognized, Exemplary, or Master will be eligible for performance pay based on their campus’s Economic Disadvantaged percentage, rural/non-rural status, and level of distinction. All campus socioeconomic tiers will be recalculated annually, and corresponding allotment amounts for each campus may vary based on these annual recalculations. 

Teachers will maintain their earned designation on their SBEC for a period of five years. Based on performance during the five-year designation, a teacher can be recommended for a higher designation but not a lower designation. Moving to a higher designation restarts the five-year timeframe. 

Compensation Timing and Structure 

Designated teachers will receive their allotment in June 2024. The District will pay designated teachers in a one-time payment on the June 20 paycheck. The payment will not be part of the employee’s base salary but paid as a one-time payment. It will be eligible for inclusion in the Texas Teacher Retirement System (TRS) and subject to required contributions. For any funds received by Aldine ISD for a designated teacher under TIA, 90 percent will be paid to the designated teacher. The remaining 10 percent will be used for administrative expenses to support the program. 

The Board of Trustees may adjust the compensation reflected in this plan as necessary to utilize funds received under the TIA that were not known at the time this plan was initially adopted. The distribution of TIA funds will comply with state law and Texas Education Agency guidance.