What is a group-based performance pay system (school-based performance award program) and some of its benefits?
Group-based performance pay plans explicitly encourage employees to work together toward common goals by providing a bonus to if pre-determined collective goals are met. In a school setting, such a pay system provides a way to focus on outcomes, improved student achievement, while avoiding the divisive aspects of individual performance incentives. Individual merit pay created competitive rather than collegial work environments. In contrast, school-based performance incentives could provide bonuses to teams of teachers, to all school employees, or provide additional funds for the school when, for example, student achievement in core content areas exceeds some predetermined criterion for improvement. • What is knowledge- and skill-based pay and some of its benefits? Knowledge- and skill-based pay plans compensate individuals for the depth and variety of skills they possess and are able to use on the job. The advantage of skill-based pay in education is that teachers would receive rewards
