D.C. charter schools will share nearly $10 million to use during the 2010-11 school year for “innovative compensation strategies” for their teachers, according to an announcement Tuesday by District officials.

The money — part of $20 million the federal government gives the city’s charters each year — is aimed at helping them keep pace with a new D.C. Public Schools teachers contract. The DCPS contract, passed in early July, offers a nearly 22 percent pay raise by 2012 and bonuses of up to $30,000 for the top-performing instructors. The average DCPS salary is predicted to jump from about $67,000 this year to more than $81,000 in the fall.