Key Dates: Applications Due: October 2, 2009
Anticipated Award Announcement: January 29, 2010

Program Information:  The U.S. Department of Education's Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) supports a variety of performance-based teacher and principal compensation systems that reward teachers and principals for increases in student achievement, and boost the number of effective instructors teaching in hard-to-staff subjects and in high need schools.

Grant Information: To qualify for a TIF Recovery Act grant, applicants must agree to establish a compensation system that provides teachers and principals in high-need schools with differentiated levels of compensation based on student achievement gains, as well as on classroom evaluations.

For More Information:  View the full  Funding Opportunity Announcement  for program and application information. See the TIF Fact Sheet for more detailed information.