ECISD Teacher Incentive Allotment

TEA states that teachers who receive National Board Certification will automatically be designated as "Recognized" regardless of the district's TIA Designation System.  Qualifications for National Board Certification can be accessed at www.nbpts.org. The ECISD contact for National Board Certification process is the Talent Development office.

As a designated teacher, you can receive a higher allotment by transferring to a higher needs campus than the one you are currently working or by qualifying the next year at a higher designation level, i.e. Recognized to Exemplary, or Master.

There is no standardized student growth score from Circle, therefore, student growth is determined by the district. District Circle data will be “quartiled” which means divided into 4 equal sections. Within each quartile the average student growth will be determined. Students who demonstrate at or above either the average score or average growth for their respective quartile will have met expected growth. This data is compiled after all Circle data is submitted to the district from Circle.

Your new district will receive your allotment from TEA based on the Winter Class Roster PEIMS Submission. The district is required to disburse the money by August 31^st of the year it is received by the district. Your allotment amount will be subject to the new district’s spending plan.

No, you can only receive the allotment if you are in a TOR role on the Fall and Winter PEIMS submission.

If you return to teaching after staying out a year, you would receive the allotment as long as you are a TOR in the Winter Class Roster submission and your certification is still active.

Yes, the 5-year designation posting is reset so technically you will receive 6 years of designation and allotment.

All teachers are eligible for TIA Qualification under the National Board Certification process. Refer to the TIA Implementation Timeline for Eligible Teaching Groups located on the last page of the ECISD TIA Handbook At the inception of the TIA program in 2019, the district decided to focus on Reading and Math. During that time, it was also decided that all subjects would be TIA eligible over the course of several years.

No. All required data for a submission must be collected during the data capture year.

A teacher whose total points equate to a designation submission can only be submitted for the lowest designation rating listed in either T-TESS or Student Growth.  Designation Parameters are listed at the bottom of the report card. The parameters are in place to ensure the data submitted is statistically valid. ECISD follows TEA’s standards for designations, refer to the links:

TEA T-TESS Performance Standards

TEA Student Growth Performance Standards

Submitting a designation that does not follow the TEA standards could jeopardize the acceptance of the appropriately correlated data that is submitted. ECISD recommends a review of the lower area(s) whether it is T-TESS or Student Growth and creating a personal growth plan within the T-TESS GSPD tool to plan for professional learning that will improve the score in the upcoming data capture year.

Refer to the Designated teacher Public Search on the TEA website,

Designated Teacher Public Search

You can find your current teaching certificate on the TEA State Board of Educator Certification at  SBEC Lookup.