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Welcome to the website for the District Awards for Teacher Excellence (D.A.T.E.) Technical Assistance Center.
Run by the Institute for Public School Initiatives, this website serves as the primary online source for information, tools, and resources to support D.A.T.E. grantees, policymakers, state officials, and district professionals with the design and implementation of performance award programs.
Since the creation of D.A.T.E. in 2006, Texas has spent nearly $550 million to allow districts to design their own strategic compensation programs. For the 2010-2011 school year, 307 districts will be implementing a program. The districts represent over half of Texas' student and teacher population. |
Upcoming Dates
Sept. 1, 2010--Cycle 1, Yr. 3
Grant Period Opens
Nov. 1, 2010--Cycle 1, Yr. 2
Payout Window Closes
Nov. 29, 2010--Cycle 1, Yr. 2
Budget Amendment Deadline
Nov. 30, 2010--Cycle 1, Yr. 2
Interim Expenditure Report Due
Download a full calendar of grant dates and deadlines.
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Fall Cycle 2 Program Implementation Workshops
Programmatic and Budget Amendment "Cheat Sheet"
2010 D.A.T.E. Summer Institute
2010 Summer Leaderhip TASB
Measuring Educator Effectiveness Materials & Additional Resources
Fall Cycle 2 Program Implementation Workshops
The Technical Assistance team has partnered with the Regional Service Centers to provide implementation workshops for Cycle 2 districts. These will be held at the service centers. For a schedule of the workshops, go to our upcoming workshops page.
Programmatic and Budget Amendment "Cheat Sheet"
It is never too early in the implementation year to consider what changes need to be made to your program. To assist with the amendment process, we have created an amendment "cheat sheet" that offers a few scenarios, the type of amendment required, and other management considerations that go with the amendment. The "cheat sheet" is available for download here.
As a reminder, Cycle 1, Year 2 budget amendments are due on Nov. 29. It is essential that you file an amendment in order to fully use your contingency funds.
2010 D.A.T.E. Summer Institute
Thanks to everyone who helped make the D.A.T.E. Summer Institute a success. Over 300 educators attended the event, sharing lessons learned about strategic compensation in Texas.
Click here to download all of the materials and handouts from the event.
To learn more about the goals and objectives of the Institute, click here.
2010 Summer Leadership TASB
Thanks to all who attended the D.A.T.E. presentation at the TASB Summer Leadership conference in San Antonio on Thursday, June 10. You can download a copy of the presentation, "Lessons Learned from Texas Performance Award Programs," here.
A special thanks to Northside ISD for co-presenting with us and sharing their lessons learned. We would like to also thank Fort Worth ISD, who co-presented with us the following week at the TASB Summer Leadership Conference in Fort Worth.
Measuring Educator Effectiveness Symposium Materials & Resources
Materials and additional resources for the Jan. 21 Measuring Educator Effectiveness Symposium are now posted on our website. You can find them and the materials for all of our past workshops here.
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