Welcome to Wasatch Peak Academy, a public K-6 charter school in North SLC!
Wasatch Peak Academy will provide a meaningful educational experience utilizing service-learning and dual-language instruction to inspire in students:
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a genuine appreciation for community and country; |
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a willingness to embrace leadership opportunities; |
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a perpetual enthusiasm for learning; and |
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a standard of individual academic excellence. |
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We are now accepting applications for the 2009-2010 school year! |
Admissions for the 2008-09 school year is open for grades K-6. Apply Now »
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
Lisa Schencker
"Performance pay for teachers is officially back on track in Utah.
Education officials have chosen five schools to divvy up a state allocation of $300,000 a year for two years to create performance pay pilot programs for elementary school teachers and classroom-related staff. Typically, teachers are paid based on experience and education. The schools that were chosen for the program, however, will pay teachers extra based on quality of instruction, students' academic progress and parent, student or community satisfaction."
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"Sandra Shepard, principal at Wasatch Peak Academy, a charter school that will participate in the program, said her school has already started paying teachers for performance. The school had been planning, under the old program, to base that pay on teacher evaluations and results from the state language arts test. She said Wasatch Peak might use the new performance pay money to enhance that program or start an additional one. "I think it's a great time to look at what we're doing and make it better," Shepard said. "I believe teachers all teaching in classrooms next to each other, getting the same pay at the same rate, may not be improving education."
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