Section 115C-310.1 - PurposeThe State Board of Education shall establish a program to develop advanced teaching roles and organizational models that link teacher performance and professional growth to salary increases for classroom teachers in selected local school administrative units. The purpose of the Advanced Teaching Roles program is to do the following:
(1) Allow highly effective classroom teachers to advance by either (i) teaching an increased number of students or (ii) becoming a lead classroom teacher responsible for the student performance of all students taught by teachers on that lead classroom teacher's team.(2) Enable local school administrative units to provide salary supplements to classroom teachers in advanced teaching roles. Selection of a classroom teacher for an advanced teaching role and award of related salary supplements shall be made on the basis of demonstrated effectiveness and additional responsibilities.(3) Enable local school administrative units to create innovative compensation models that focus on classroom teacher professional growth that lead to measurable improvements in student outcomes.(4) Utilize local plans to establish organizational changes related to compensation in order to sustain evidence-based teaching practices that have the capacity to be replicated throughout the State.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 115C-310.1
Added by 2024 N.C. Sess. Laws 57,s. 3J.16-a, eff. 12/11/2024, applicable beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.