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ABOUT TAP A quality teacher is the most important school-related factor in determining a student’s success. But good teaching doesn’t just happen. It is developed through effective instruction, a deep knowledge of the content at hand, a profound understanding of students and a continuous effort to improve individual and school-wide practice. TAP, the system for teacher and student advancement, was created to attract, retain, develop and motivate talented and capable people to the teaching profession. As part of its charter, the Algiers Charter Schools Association incorporated TAP, ensuring that the comprehensive system would serve as the backbone for improving teacher quality and growth in student achievement. Included below is a description of the elements that compose TAP. · MULTIPLE CAREER PATHS allow teachers to pursue a variety of positions throughout their careers. As they move up the ranks, their qualifications, roles and responsibilities increase and, thus, so does their compensation. These teacher leaders serve as part of the Leadership Team and are responsible for leading school-based professional development. · ONGOING APPLIED PROFESSIONAL GROWTH restructures the school schedule to provide time during the regular school day for teachers to meet, learn, plan, mentor and share with other teachers. This collaborative time allows teachers to learn new instructional strategies and have greater opportunity to become more effective teachers. · INSTRUCTIONALLY FOCUSED ACCOUNTABILITY is a comprehensive system for evaluating teachers that rewards them for how well they teach their students. Teachers are held accountable for meeting the TAP Teaching Skills, Knowledge and Responsibility Standards, as well as for the academic growth of their students. · PERFORMANCE‐BASED COMPENSATION changes the current system by compensating teachers according to their roles and responsibilities, their performance in the classroom and the performance of their students. While each TAP element is a powerful reform in its own right, it is the integration of the four elements that makes the TAP System comprehensive, unique and effective. Unlike other reform measures that narrowly focus on school accountability, teacher learning or school test scores, TAP integrates these goals so that instructional effectiveness is linked directly to and measured by student achievement. For teachers this means that their instructional decisions are made based on student data, and for students it means that they receive targeted instruction based on their individual learning needs. To Find out More about the TAP System visit- http://www.tapsystem.org 
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