What is the process to remove a DCPS teacher?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The process is called IMPACT. If the teacher receives an IMPACT score of 150 or less, he or she is immediately fired.

Must be tons of firings everyday

[Anonymous]

This was an unusual situation. This teacher did not have the minimum number of students required to have the scores count in the Impact rating. So this teacher became a Group 2 teacher. Although the students scores were deep in the weeds the teacher was not affected.

This doesn't make any sense. I don't think this is a genuine post. I've had classes as small as 5 and still been observed and IMPACTED.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This was an unusual situation. This teacher did not have the minimum number of students required to have the scores count in the Impact rating. So this teacher became a Group 2 teacher. Although the students scores were deep in the weeds the teacher was not affected.

This doesn't make any sense. I don't think this is a genuine post. I've had classes as small as 5 and still been observed and IMPACTED.

All DCPS teachers are rated by IMPACT, irrespective of having group 1 or group 2 students. There is no such thing as a teacher who is not evaluated -- in fact there never has been, even before IMPACT.

If this is a truly bad teacher, the system is all set up to fire her. If she's not getting fired, blame the principal, the master educator, DCPS central office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The process is called IMPACT. If the teacher receives an IMPACT score of 150 or less, he or she is immediately fired.

Must be tons of firings everyday

IMPACT results aren't known until late July. That's when the annual ax falls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This was an unusual situation. This teacher did not have the minimum number of students required to have the scores count in the Impact rating. So this teacher became a Group 2 teacher. Although the students scores were deep in the weeds the teacher was not affected.

This doesn't make any sense. I don't think this is a genuine post. I've had classes as small as 5 and still been observed and IMPACTED.

All DCPS teachers are rated by IMPACT, irrespective of having group 1 or group 2 students. There is no such thing as a teacher who is not evaluated -- in fact there never has been, even before IMPACT.

If this is a truly bad teacher, the system is all set up to fire her. If she's not getting fired, blame the principal, the master educator, DCPS central office.

True, all teachers are rated using IMPACT, but only Group 1 teachers are rated heavily according to DC-CAS results. However, the principal could have given a truly terrible teacher low CP scores. Those are devastating because there's a heavy penalty for any negative score.

[Anonymous]

OP: Exactly what made this teacher so terrible in your opinion?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
All DCPS teachers are rated by IMPACT, irrespective of having group 1 or group 2 students. quote]

There is no such thing as a Group 1 or Group 2 student. These are designations for teachers.

[Anonymous]

I have to agree if a principal shared a personnel matter with you before sharing it with the teacher, then that is a blunder.

[Anonymous]

It's a blunder either way

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
All DCPS teachers are rated by IMPACT, irrespective of having group 1 or group 2 students. quote]

There is no such thing as a Group 1 or Group 2 student. These are designations for teachers.

I agree this post is bogus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
All DCPS teachers are rated by IMPACT, irrespective of having group 1 or group 2 students. quote]

There is no such thing as a Group 1 or Group 2 student. These are designations for teachers.

I agree this post is bogus.

They are designations for teachers depending on what STUDENTS they teach -- in testing grades or not.

[Anonymous]

DCPS is full of teachers who are dreadful. Some barely show up and others do the absolute minimum. For all our years at DCPS, we along with many other parents have collectively written letters documenting some outrageously horrid teachers. We've supplied several years of test scores that show this teachers students are going nowhere. Letters were sent to the Principal, her boss and many " higher-ups" in the system including the Chancelor and Mayor.

Every single one of these teachers is still teaching (some, many years later). Everyone knows how lousy these teachers are but they are never removed. Some years our kids have gotten great teachers and other years, the burden has fallen completely on our shoulders when our kids have literally learned zero during the day.

Must be nice getting Tenure after 2 years.

Pitiful.

[Anonymous]

Teachers in DCPS are no longer given tenure after 2 years. IMPACT did away with that 3 years ago. And as its been said many times before, it is no longer difficult to get rid of an ineffective teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCPS is full of teachers who are dreadful. Some barely show up and others do the absolute minimum. For all our years at DCPS, we along with many other parents have collectively written letters documenting some outrageously horrid teachers. We've supplied several years of test scores that show this teachers students are going nowhere. Letters were sent to the Principal, her boss and many " higher-ups" in the system including the Chancelor and Mayor.

Every single one of these teachers is still teaching (some, many years later). Everyone knows how lousy these teachers are but they are never removed. Some years our kids have gotten great teachers and other years, the burden has fallen completely on our shoulders when our kids have literally learned zero during the day.

Must be nice getting Tenure after 2 years.

Pitiful.

There is no tenure in DCPS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCPS is full of teachers who are dreadful. Some barely show up and others do the absolute minimum. For all our years at DCPS, we along with many other parents have collectively written letters documenting some outrageously horrid teachers. We've supplied several years of test scores that show this teachers students are going nowhere. Letters were sent to the Principal, her boss and many " higher-ups" in the system including the Chancelor and Mayor.

Every single one of these teachers is still teaching (some, many years later). Everyone knows how lousy these teachers are but they are never removed. Some years our kids have gotten great teachers and other years, the burden has fallen completely on our shoulders when our kids have literally learned zero during the day.

Must be nice getting Tenure after 2 years.

Pitiful.

There is no tenure in DCPS

Great starting point. Now, if teachers could simply be promoted, retained or fired at will, based on performance, like in most other fields in today's society, perhaps teaching would become the respected profession it deserves to be.