The Partnership for Innovation in Compensation for Charter Schools (PICCS) is a comprehensive program designed to recruit, retain, develop and reward top quality teachers and school leaders at charter schools. Led by the Center for Educational Innovation - Public Education Association (CEI-PEA), PICCS is funded through federal grants from the Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) program, which supports development of performance-based compensation systems to drive increases in student performance.

 

In 2007, CEI-PEA was initially awarded $10.5 million through TIF to implement a school improvement model tying educator performance to compensation with ten New York City schools. In 2010, CEI-PEA was awarded $17.5 million in federal Teacher Incentive Fund grants to expand PICCS to 13 additional charter schools in New York City and Buffalo.

 

At the heart of the PICCS project is the "PICCS School Improvement Engine," which is a comprehensive approach to increasing student and school performance that connects teaching and learning in practical and substantive ways:

 

PICCS school improvement engine

Data-driven decision making >>
Professional Learning Communities >>
Peer Review >>
Teacher & School Leader Evaluations >>
Performance-based Compensation >>

 

Based on questions PICCS has received from teachers in the project, the "FAQ" addresses what we see as common concerns or points in need of clarification. If you have a question that is not addressed below, please email Carter Clawson, Deputy Director, cclawson@cei-pea.org .