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Principal Incentive Pay
Effective Practices (EPIC) Incentive
Eligibility
School Eligibility:
Twenty total schools are invited to participate in EPIC.
Tier 1 schools. There are three tier one schools comprised of the Elementary, Middle and High school with the highest SPF Growth score. These schools must also display promising practices that inspire student achievement.
Tier 2 schools are composed of the following two groups:
- 12 schools ranked on highest SPF growth and schools with promising practices that we would like to learn more abuout to insprire student achievement in DPS.
- Five selected self-nominated schools.
The three schools ranked highest on SPF Growth scores are invited to participate in EPIC as Tier 1 schools. If any of those schools choose not to participate, the invitation will be made to the next highest ranking SPF Growth score school.
The next 12 schools are those ranked highest on SPF and schools with promising practices that we would like to learn more about to improve student achievement. These schools are invited to participate in EPIC as Tier 2 schools. If any of those schools choose not to participate, the invitation will be made to the next highest ranking SPF Growth score school.
A total of 15 schools will be invited to participate in EPIC based on their SPF Growth scores, and the administrators of those schools may be eligible for the EPIC incentive.
If a school is not invited to participate in EPIC based on their SPF Growth scores, the school can self-nominate themselves to participate in EPIC. Five schools will be chosen as self-nominated schools.
Schools that self-nominate must completely fill out the application and return the application to the Director of Leadership Development by the deadline.
Applications for self-nominated participation in EPIC submitted by the deadline are reviewed by a group led by the Director of Leadership Development. This group selects five Self-Nominated Tier 2 schools to participate in EPIC, and the administrators of those schools may be eligible for the EPIC incentive.
Schools may be designated EPIC schools repeatedly.
Payment Eligibility:
Participating principals at the chosen schools must complete all required training. Upon successful completion of training, principals and assistant principals are eligible to receive half of their total incentive. Only the principals are required to go through the EPIC training, APs are not.
School administrators from selected schools must lead the development of effective practices documentation and/or the mentoring of the effective practices to other schools.
The administrator must complete the Effective Practices documentation according to the standards set in EPIC training to be eligible for this incentive.
The Director of Leadership Development must approve all documentation based on the profile criteria that was outlined during training.
