The Pella Community School District is applying for a grant through the Department of Education called the Teacher Leadership and Compensation Structure. Superintendent Greg Ebeling says that the purpose is to discuss what kinds of teacher leadership positions will be available in the district, and what different roles teachers will have as they lead through important improvement initiatives. He adds that this is part of last year’s legislation with additional funds coming into districts who apply for it. Ebeling concludes by saying that 29 teachers, eight parents, the school improvement advisory committee, and the administrative team have been working on this for the past two and half months.