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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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:

6. 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)

7. 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)

8. 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

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. Contact: www.ineesite.org/teachercomp INEE Secretariat
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