Teacher Incentive Allotment

Teachers with a TIA designation who would like to receive TIA funds must use July 31, 2026, as their resignation date. 

Should a designated teacher resign or retire before the payout, the teacher will forfeit the allotment funds.

The Resignation form is used for payroll purposes. To receive the Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA), the teacher must remain in continuous employment for two years in FWISD.  Should a teacher (PEIMS code 087/183 day) choose to resign or retire from FWISD, the date set to resign on the Form 100 is July 31, 2026. This date is determined by a variety of factors: TEA notification of allotment, verification of continued employment processing, and payroll processing.

For the retiring teacher who is TIA designated, they will continue to receive FWISD paychecks for May, June, and July. The designated teacher will receive their TIA monies in the last July paycheck. Once the teacher is “balanced out” and all eligible TRS deposits have been reported to TRS, the annuity payments will begin from TRS. TRS will not make annuity payments until the employee has been paid all eligible TRS monies, inactivated with FWISD, and all funds reported to TRS.

TEXAS TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM (TRS7)
Retirement Date from FWISD for TRS7 form is May 22, 2026.  TRS requires the TRS7 form to reflect the last working day of the teacher, May 22, not the "balanced out day," July 31. TRS will recognize the teacher’s annuity but will not begin to pay the teacher’s annuity payments until the teacher is “balanced out” and inactivated from the school system in July. TRS holds the annuity payments for the months post-employment until the teacher is “balanced out."  TRS then pays the respective annuity payments for time beginning on the resignation date to the teacher. There is NO lost compensation and NO loss of annuity payments for the teacher due to the TIA payment in July; only adjustments in timing of receipt. Any unique and/or extending situation should be addressed by the individual teacher with TRS in advance of completing paperwork. Teachers should contact TRS should there be any further questions regarding their annuity.

Submit a Resignation Form

TEACHER MOVEMENT DURING DATA CAPTURE

The intent of the Teacher Incentive Allotment is to recruit and retain highly effective teachers in hard-to-staff schools. The compensation aspect of TIA is to ensure teachers are rewarded for the work that is happening in their classrooms as reflected in student growth, typically measured through pre- and post-assessments.

MOVING DESIGNATED TEACHERS

Moving an already designated teacher to a new subject area on the same campus will not impact their current TIA designation nor allotment. However, it could render them ineligible for any opportunity to level up, depending on when the movement occurs and whether the new subject area is eligible. (See the Eligible Course List).

Additionally, moving an already designated teacher to another campus (but in still a teacher role) could impact eligibility for leveling up, depending on when the movement occurs and whether the new subject area is eligible.

Movement before the last Friday in October (snapshot) from an eligible course to another eligible course will keep the teacher eligible for data capture (assuming all other qualifications are met, please see the Guidebook). Any movement after October snapshot will render the teacher ineligible for data capture for designation consideration. 

MOVING NON-DESIGNATED TEACHERS

Moving a teacher who is not currently designated could impact the teacher’s ability to have data captured for designation consideration. If the teacher is moved from an eligible course to an ineligible course, the teacher will be rendered ineligible. If this move occurs after the October snapshot, the teacher will also be ineligible for shared pool.

If the teacher is moved prior to October snapshot from any course into an eligible course, the teacher will be eligible for data capture. The teacher will need to remain in that course through the EOY to retain eligibility for data capture.

Any movement after October 31 will render the teacher ineligible for data capture, and therefore, designation consideration.

Principals are encouraged to contact the Office of Performance & Evaluation to fully discuss the impact of teacher movement prior to moving any teacher.

Read the full memo (sign-in to Google required). To complete electronically, click the link below to download the form. Open the document in Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader (not a web browser). Fill in the sections, sign, and click Submit.

Acknowledgement Form

Submit Signed Form

TEACHER MOVEMENT AFTER DATA CAPTURE

The intent of the Teacher Incentive Allotment is to recruit and retain highly effective teachers in hard-to-staff schools.

MOVEMENT DURING VALIDATION PERIOD

To retain eligibility, teachers must remain in a 087 PEIMS coded position (classroom teacher position) from data capture through designation. If a teacher moves out of a 087-teaching position, the teacher will not be eligible to earn a designation (or level up in designation) nor will the teacher generate an allotment. Associate teachers/adjunct teachers are long-term substitutes and do not qualify for TIA.

Pending designations are assigned in February/March and do not guarantee final designations. Final designations and allotments are finalized by TEA in May.

Allotments are generated where the designated teacher is located at the Class Roster Winter snapshot. Allotment amounts are determined by TEA based on 1) designation level, 2) campus SES, and 3) District rural status. Allotment amounts vary for each campus annually and should not be used to determine future financial decisions.

MOVEMENT AFTER VALIDATION PERIOD AND IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS

If a designated teacher moves out of a 087-teaching position, the individual will retain the designation but will not generate an allotment.  

If a designated teacher remains in a 087-classroom teacher position but moves to a different campus, the allotment amount generated will be based on where the teacher is at Class Roster Winter snapshot (see above).

For information on how allotments are generated, please visit TEA's website: tiatexas.org

If a designated teacher separates from Fort Worth ISD before the July payout, the teacher will not receive the allotment payout (see resignations and retirements above).