ECTOR COUNTY, Texas — Ector County ISD announced Thursday that they received a three-year, $8.99 million federal grant.
The federal grant will create a new human capitol investment to develop a reward teachers, principals and campus leadership teams who improve student performance in math and English language arts/reading.
"This is a very competitive, federal grant,” ECISD Superintendent Dr. Scott Muri said in a press release. “Only 29 educational entities in United States earned one of these awards."
The federal grant comes from the Teacher and School Leader Incentive Program through the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.
“We pursued this opportunity because it fits our human capital philosophy of recruiting, retaining, and rewarding excellence among our team members," Dr. Muri said. "This grant enables us to accelerate that strategy, and means ECISD will be among the highest paying districts in the United States when it comes to the most effective principals and teachers.”
ECISD says they are calling this initiative Leadership for Ector's Accelerated Performance, which will be known as LEAP. This will focus on 10 schools that have a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students.
“LEAP builds on our existing strategic compensation and staffing,” ECISD Executive Director of Human Resources Dr. Matthew Spivy said in a press release. “Our most effective teachers could earn an additional $15,000 annually, and our most effective principals up to $30,000 in additional compensation. And it serves high-need schools across our district.”