North Buncombe High School's Education Committee Proposal
One of the biggest problems facing education in our state is the increasing need for more teachers in the upcoming decade. It has been estimated that over 10,000 new teachers will need to be found in order to keep up with the increasing number of students and retiring teachers. There is an effective and efficient means to an end on this issue. That solution would be to establish a lottery to fund teaching scholarships and teacher incentives.
After the lottery is established it should, of course, be run for a few years until it is decided that sufficient funds are being produced, that it is running smoothly, and to use the revenue to knock off the initial costs of establishment. In the first year of the lottery actually funding programs the revenue will be split in half (after expenditures are paid).
One half of the funds will go to improving the Teaching Fellows scholarship or any other teaching scholarship. This will serve the dual purpose of attracting more teachers to the possibility of teaching in a public school, and deterring businesses from hiring our teachers and paying off their scholarships for them.
The other half will go to teacher incentives which will be a four step process moving forward as the success of the lottery increases.
Step 1: Teachers of the year will be provided with a cash incentive that varied with the amount of funds left over. This will get more teachers more involved in the program and give new and experienced teachers alike a reason to find ways to improve their methods.
Step 2: Teachers will receive a bonus at the end of the year that varies on the success of the lottery in that year
Step 3: Teachers will get an increase in salary based on funds from the lottery.
Step 4: Teachers will get an annual pay increase for incentive to keep teaching longer.
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