New QSRs up for Bridges, Harmony, (Old) DOAR

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't get how this works. So the QSR observer (unknown to the teacher) -- an adult who presumably has a clipboard or similar--- comes to a classroom to observe. And teachers don't shape up? How dumb can they be??

"...In another observation the teacher repeatedly
threatened to “rip up” student work. Another
teacher threatened to “scream and holler” at
students and characterized him/herself as “one
against thirty,” in apparent opposition to the
students.
In one particularly unsettling observation the
teacher suspended students on the spot, saying,
“I’m allowed to suspend twenty students this year,
who is next?” Students who were put out of the
classroom were crying in ISS immediately after,
indicating that they were hurt."

It is a team of people who come, unannounced, and stay on site for a few days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't get how this works. So the QSR observer (unknown to the teacher) -- an adult who presumably has a clipboard or similar--- comes to a classroom to observe. And teachers don't shape up? How dumb can they be??

"...In another observation the teacher repeatedly
threatened to “rip up” student work. Another
teacher threatened to “scream and holler” at
students and characterized him/herself as “one
against thirty,” in apparent opposition to the
students.
In one particularly unsettling observation the
teacher suspended students on the spot, saying,
“I’m allowed to suspend twenty students this year,
who is next?” Students who were put out of the
classroom were crying in ISS immediately after,
indicating that they were hurt."

It is a team of people who come, unannounced, and stay on site for a few days.

Still, I am amazed that the teachers don't clean up their act for this. Makes you wonder what it is like when they AREN'T there.

[Anonymous]

Here is the protocol - explains how the visits are planned and conducted and when QSRs are triggered. All schools are visited during the first year of operations, and any Tier 3 school is visited annually http://www.dcpcsb.org/sites/default/files/report/2016-17%20QSR%20Protocol.pdf

In school year 2016-17, DC PCSB may complete QSRs at campuses for one of the following reasons or at the Board’s discretion:

• Eligible to petition for 15-year Charter Renewal during the 2017-18 school year.
• Eligible for five-year or ten-year Charter Review during the 2017-18 school year.
• School designated Focus or Priority by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)
• Tier 3 ranking on the Performance Management Framework (PMF) Qualitative Site Review (QSR)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't get how this works. So the QSR observer (unknown to the teacher) -- an adult who presumably has a clipboard or similar--- comes to a classroom to observe. And teachers don't shape up? How dumb can they be??

"...In another observation the teacher repeatedly
threatened to “rip up” student work. Another
teacher threatened to “scream and holler” at
students and characterized him/herself as “one
against thirty,” in apparent opposition to the
students.
In one particularly unsettling observation the
teacher suspended students on the spot, saying,
“I’m allowed to suspend twenty students this year,
who is next?” Students who were put out of the
classroom were crying in ISS immediately after,
indicating that they were hurt."

It is a team of people who come, unannounced, and stay on site for a few days.

Still, I am amazed that the teachers don't clean up their act for this. Makes you wonder what it is like when they AREN'T there.

Seriously. What school is this?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't get how this works. So the QSR observer (unknown to the teacher) -- an adult who presumably has a clipboard or similar--- comes to a classroom to observe. And teachers don't shape up? How dumb can they be??

"...In another observation the teacher repeatedly
threatened to “rip up” student work. Another
teacher threatened to “scream and holler” at
students and characterized him/herself as “one
against thirty,” in apparent opposition to the
students.
In one particularly unsettling observation the
teacher suspended students on the spot, saying,
“I’m allowed to suspend twenty students this year,
who is next?” Students who were put out of the
classroom were crying in ISS immediately after,
indicating that they were hurt."

It is a team of people who come, unannounced, and stay on site for a few days.

Still, I am amazed that the teachers don't clean up their act for this. Makes you wonder what it is like when they AREN'T there.

Seriously. What school is this?!

city arts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:City Arts... wow.

"Some classrooms, primarily in the early elementary grades, were marked by
observable instructional engagement and procedures. In others there was noticeable
hostility between students and teachers, no clear procedures, and little to no observable
instruction. Likewise, in some observations students were cognitively challenged in welldesigned
learning tasks. In others no learning occurred. "

I know it's terrible but this line from their report did make me laugh because I could imagine this exchange said matter of factly:
"One student got permission to
leave the room for the bathroom, but said, “I know
you’re not going to let me back in!” The teacher
responded, “No, probably not.”

I do think it's very likely that all the great and positive interactions were likely in the PK and K classrooms. It's easy to engage and redirect kids at that age. In the older elementary years is when it gets more difficult.

I love these QSR reports. I think all schools in the metro area should start using them. Way more valuable then test scores for helping parents evaluate a school.

[Anonymous]

I wonder what will happen to their buildings...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what will happen to their buildings...

Seriously?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My god. Seriously why do we have to put up with these crappy charters? At what point does the charter board pull the plug? Five years of Harmony is five years too many, and I don't even know what to say about this ongoing Doar drama that has plagued Edgewood for far too long.

I was beyond horrified the other day when I spent a couple of hours in a Tier 1 charter (not one that gets any mention on DCUM). I'm dying to see what their QSR says when it comes out. As part of my visit, I sat in on an IEP meeting. It was awful: lots of buzzwords, little substance. And some of their discipline/accountability practices are just ridiculous. And when the parent called them out a few times on things, like the fact that on paper her kid is on X reading level but she (and I) have never seen him read one single word...they had no explanation.

Any school that's been open more than a couple years has a QSR. Look it up.

It's only been open for a couple (2 or 3) years.

Rocketship?

Yes

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My god. Seriously why do we have to put up with these crappy charters? At what point does the charter board pull the plug? Five years of Harmony is five years too many, and I don't even know what to say about this ongoing Doar drama that has plagued Edgewood for far too long.

I was beyond horrified the other day when I spent a couple of hours in a Tier 1 charter (not one that gets any mention on DCUM). I'm dying to see what their QSR says when it comes out. As part of my visit, I sat in on an IEP meeting. It was awful: lots of buzzwords, little substance. And some of their discipline/accountability practices are just ridiculous. And when the parent called them out a few times on things, like the fact that on paper her kid is on X reading level but she (and I) have never seen him read one single word...they had no explanation.

Any school that's been open more than a couple years has a QSR. Look it up.

It's only been open for a couple (2 or 3) years.

Rocketship?

Yes

Rocketship does not yet have a Tier http://www.dcpcsb.org/sites/default/files/2017-11-8%20PMF%20Score%20Card%20SY16-17_Rocketship%20DC%20PCS%20%E2%80%93%20Rise%20Academy_2017.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder what will happen to their buildings...

Seriously?

Lots of charters rent buildings on the private market. So it may not belong to DCPS at all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My god. Seriously why do we have to put up with these crappy charters? At what point does the charter board pull the plug? Five years of Harmony is five years too many, and I don't even know what to say about this ongoing Doar drama that has plagued Edgewood for far too long.

I was beyond horrified the other day when I spent a couple of hours in a Tier 1 charter (not one that gets any mention on DCUM). I'm dying to see what their QSR says when it comes out. As part of my visit, I sat in on an IEP meeting. It was awful: lots of buzzwords, little substance. And some of their discipline/accountability practices are just ridiculous. And when the parent called them out a few times on things, like the fact that on paper her kid is on X reading level but she (and I) have never seen him read one single word...they had no explanation.

Any school that's been open more than a couple years has a QSR. Look it up.

It's only been open for a couple (2 or 3) years.

Rocketship?

Yes

Rocketship does not yet have a Tier http://www.dcpcsb.org/sites/default/files/2017-11-8%20PMF%20Score%20Card%20SY16-17_Rocketship%20DC%20PCS%20%E2%80%93%20Rise%20Academy_2017.pdf

Technically no they don't, but their PMF score is 71.3 which would put them in Tier 1.