There are increasing calls for linking pay to teacher performance in schemes such as merit pay and pay-for-performance.Imagine that you are a teacherwho has been tasked(in the name of teacher empowerment!)with determining how to reform the way in which teachers get pay increases.

• What would you recommend?
• What would the new system look like if implemented?
• What might be some of the challenges your idea maypresent?
• How would you convinceyour colleaguesand administration that this is the best option?