PROGRAM REVIEW

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INEE Guidance Notes on Teacher Compensation in
Fragile States, Situations of Displacement and
Post-Crisis Recovery

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What are the Guidance Notes?
The INEE Guidance Notes on Teacher Compensation
address a critical challenge to quality
education by providing a suggested framework for
compensating teachers based on lessons learnt
from practice around the world



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Objective of Guidance Notes

• The Guidance Notes provide a frame of reference
  for discussions on teacher compensation
• Not intended to be prescriptive
• Must be contextualized
• The Guidance Notes offer guidance for creating
  interim teacher compensation arrangements
• Not intended to provide framework for
• negotiation of national teacher compensation
  policy

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Audience and Context

• The Guidance Notes are intended for
• Ministries of Education/Education authorities
• Donors
• United Nations Agencies and Cluster/Sector
  groups
• International Local NGOs
• Teachers and Teacher organizations
• In situations regarding
• Refugees
• IDPs
• Returnees
• Overall populations
• States affected by fragility

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History of the Guidance Notes

• Roundtable on Teacher Compensation at the World
  Bank
• in October 2006
• Outcome Recommended more research, good
  practices and the need to develop a clear set of
  Guidance Notes
• Agencies facilitating broad-based,
  collaborative process

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Process of Development

• Consultants from CfBT Trust
• INEE member case studies from 12 different
  countries
• Consultative workshops in Washington, London,
  Paris,
• Niger, New York, Turkey
• Ongoing technical input and peer review process
  from
• hundreds of experts around the world
• Interim launch and piloting in the field (Sept
  2008 Feb 2009)
• Launch at INEE Global Consultation (March 2009)

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Definitions
Teacher All persons in schools who are
responsible for the education of pupils
Compensation Both monetary and non-monetary
(examples of non-monetary compensation include
food, shelter, bicycles and medical care)




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Guidance Notes Themes
A Policy and Coordination of Teacher
Compensation B Management and Financial
Aspects of Teacher Compensation C Teacher
Motivation, Support and Supervision as Forms
of non-Monetary Teacher Compensation



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Guidance Notes Themes
Policy and Coordination
A1 Collect reliable data and information on
teacher compensation. A2 Develop
coordinated policy on teacher compensation.
A3 Monitor and enforce coordinated policy
on teacher compensation.



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Guidance Notes Themes
Management and Financial Aspects
B1 Recognise that government has the
principal responsibility for ensuring
teachers compensation. B2 Develop an
appropriate system for the identification and
payment of teachers. B3 Identify appropriate
systems for financial controls and payment
mechanisms.



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Guidance Notes Themes
Motivation, Support and Supervision
C1 Value complementary forms of teacher
motivation and support. C2 Ensure
professional development and other forms of
training and support are in place. C3
Institute appropriate management,
supervision and accountability systems for
teachers.



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Use of the Guidance Notes on Teacher Compensation

• Guide inter-agency discussion and inform
• collaborative advocacy.
• Assess current challenges to and strategies for
  
• improving policies and programmes.
• Inform the design, monitoring and evaluation of
  
• policies and programmes.
• Inform training and capacity building.

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Contact For information or feedback
INEE Secretariat network_at_ineesite.org 122 E42nd
Street, 14th Floor New York, NY, USA 10064

www.ineesite.org/teachercomp