Principal Announcements

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Exactly ^ I left a high poverty school because I was told I would never be scored fairly because the ME's would not be able to justify any high scores. Since I have been at my new school, I have been highly effective with no problems.

This happens to A LOT of DC teachers a teacher's IMPACT will read as if she's a bumbling illiterate who drools and has a tick.

The next year she'll be a highly effective hero at a high performing school.

This is an issue Henderson and Kamras need to look at honestly as the issue is OBVIOUS and the evaluation system needs to be tweaked so that it's fair and doesn't send teachers running for the hills.

DO you really think Henderson and Kamras -- and many others in DCPS administration and city government --- don't already know this? Of course they know it -- how could they not? The question is why do they perpetuate this system? Are they in some kind of weird denial? Is there something in it for them to perpetuate a system that is turning out -- under their watch -- just as all the critics and nay-sayers said it would? If so, What? why do they remain on staff in the midst of this debacle?

Great questions! Of course they know this.

What's interesting is that the independent study that was released recently noted that 'the highly effective teachers are in the schools with lower poverty which results in higher student achievement for those kids. DC needs highly effective teachers in every school-not concentrated in the wealthier areas' (paraphrase) It was laughable to me on the one hand; understandable that an outsider didn't get it on the other.

My question is will they FINALLY be transparent and fix the issue or simply allow for a manipulation of data.

I may be an optimist or a fool, but I've been very impressed with DCPS' willingness to be real about the work that needs to be done, willingness to listen and to actually make changes based on what they hear. (This is one of the reasons I'm surprised they haven't addressed the IMPACT teacher effectiveness flaw). They strike me as an earnest bunch who really mean well and want to get this right for the children of DC. It's such a HUGE job filled with so many pitfall. They've got a way to go but have made some inroads. IMPACT is such a low hanging fruit I can't understand why they're playing blind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exactly ^ I left a high poverty school because I was told I would never be scored fairly because the ME's would not be able to justify any high scores. Since I have been at my new school, I have been highly effective with no problems.

This happens to A LOT of DC teachers a teacher's IMPACT will read as if she's a bumbling illiterate who drools and has a tick.

The next year she'll be a highly effective hero at a high performing school.

This is an issue Henderson and Kamras need to look at honestly as the issue is OBVIOUS and the evaluation system needs to be tweaked so that it's fair and doesn't send teachers running for the hills.

DO you really think Henderson and Kamras -- and many others in DCPS administration and city government --- don't already know this? Of course they know it -- how could they not? The question is why do they perpetuate this system? Are they in some kind of weird denial? Is there something in it for them to perpetuate a system that is turning out -- under their watch -- just as all the critics and nay-sayers said it would? If so, What? why do they remain on staff in the midst of this debacle?

Great questions! Of course they know this.

What's interesting is that the independent study that was released recently noted that 'the highly effective teachers are in the schools with lower poverty which results in higher student achievement for those kids. DC needs highly effective teachers in every school-not concentrated in the wealthier areas' (paraphrase) It was laughable to me on the one hand; understandable that an outsider didn't get it on the other.

My question is will they FINALLY be transparent and fix the issue or simply allow for a manipulation of data.

I may be an optimist or a fool, but I've been very impressed with DCPS' willingness to be real about the work that needs to be done, willingness to listen and to actually make changes based on what they hear. (This is one of the reasons I'm surprised they haven't addressed the IMPACT teacher effectiveness flaw). They strike me as an earnest bunch who really mean well and want to get this right for the children of DC. It's such a HUGE job filled with so many pitfall. They've got a way to go but have made some inroads. IMPACT is such a low hanging fruit I can't understand why they're playing blind.

You must be a DCPS administrator? This was a flaw from the start not to mention VAM; they are only just publishing it because they can no longer fudge the truth, it was pretty obvious for most people from the start. It's common sense.

[Anonymous]

No not an administrator. Just trying to be fair to those tasked with 1,000,000,000 things to do.

But you are correct. Banneker students could've seen the need for some serious IMPACT trouble shooting before the ink on the proposal was dry. But in their zeal to be first in the nation to come up with a unique teacher evaluation system that tied student achievement to teacher effectiveness, (stop! Reread that part to truly appreciate how asinine it is) they rushed out what we have now. I still believe hearts were in the right place but sheesh!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to a source who shall remain anonymous, here's the list of 26 DC's School leadership changes for school year 2015-16. It is reported that four more schools may be added later.


Schools
Aiton ES
Bancroft ES
Brookland EC (will be known as Bunker Hill ES in 15/16)
Bruce Monroe ES
Dunbar SHS
Hendley ES
Janney ES
Johnson MS
Kelly Miller MS
ML King ES
Kramer MS
Luke C. Moore Academy SHS
Malcolm X ES
Mamie D. Lee (consolidating school)
Payne ES
Peabody ES/Watkins ES
Powell ES
Roosevelt SHS
Sharpe Health (consolidating school)
Shepherd ES
Simon ES
Smothers ES
Thomas ES
Takoma Education Center
Washington Metropolitan HS
West EC
Wilson SHS

At what point might they add the other 4 schools? The principals' contracts end June 26th, I believe, with new principals starting June 29th.

Principal Churn 2014 - incoming for 2014
?Eric Bethel – Turner Elementary School
?Lloyd Bryant – Anacostia High School
?Charlette Butler – Hart Middle School
?Donyale Butler – Savoy Elementary School
?Heather Hairston – C.W. Harris Elementary School
?Katie Larkin – H.D. Cooke Elementary School
?Katie Lundgren – Marie Reed Elementary School
?Jennifer Thomas – Hearst Elementary School
?Debra Bell – Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School
?Carrie Broquard – Lafayette Elementary School
?Mayra Canizales – Oyster-Adams Bilingual School
?La’Mont Geddis – Malcolm X Elementary School
?Jennifer Jo Huff – Plummer Elementary School
?Carolyn Jackson-King – Orr Elementary School
?Kemi Husbands – Langdon Education Campus
?Elizabeth Namba – Hyde-Addison Elementary School
?John Payne – Duke Ellington School of the Arts
?Yetunde Reeves – Ballou High School
?Kim Spence – Simon Elementary School
?Gary Washington – C.H.O.I.C.E. Academy
?Eugenia Young – Roosevelt STAY

Principal churn 2013
Bancroft Elementary
Brightwood Education Campus
Browne Education Campus
Burroughs Education Campus
Coolidge Senior High
Drew Elementary
Houston Elementary
Ketcham Elementary
Kimball Elementary
aSalle-Backus Education Campus
Langley Elementary
Leckie Elementary
McKinley Tech Senior High
Nalle Elementary
Orr Elementary
J. O. Wilson Elementary

Principal churn 2012
Aiton Elementary School
Ballou STAY High School
Brookland Education Campus at Bunker Hill*
Browne Education Campus*
Cardozo Senior High School
Alice Deal Middle School**
Garfield Elementary School
Garrison Elementary School
Langdon Education Campus*
Moten Elementary School
Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering High School
Prospect Learning Center
Seaton Elementary School
Shaw Middle School
Walker-Jones Education Campus
Washington Metropolitan High School
Winston Education Campus
H.D. Woodson Senior High School

Added one more to the list!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Not sure if the PP knows how to use the quote functions on this site, but the Takoma Education Center principal is out too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if the PP knows how to use the quote functions on this site, but the Takoma Education Center principal is out too.

She is being transferred to a job at DCPS central office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if the PP knows how to use the quote functions on this site, but the Takoma Education Center principal is out too.

She is being transferred to a job at DCPS central office.

Didn't central office budget just get cut 20-25%? How is it that they're now pulling in a whole bunch of principals?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if the PP knows how to use the quote functions on this site, but the Takoma Education Center principal is out too.

As PP says, yes, she is being transferred to an administrative position in the office. And it's Takoma Education CAMPUS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if the PP knows how to use the quote functions on this site, but the Takoma Education Center principal is out too.

As PP says, yes, she is being transferred to an administrative position in the office. And it's Takoma Education CAMPUS.

I only copied what was written in the previous message

[Anonymous]

Ch. Henderson announced Shepherd ES's new principal moments ago:

blah, blah, blah

After balancing your input and recommendations with the needed experience and skills that research links to success, we concluded that your recommendation, Jade Brawley, is the strongest candidate to lead the Shepherd school community. We are happy to report that Ms. Brawley has accepted the offer to be the Shepherd Elementary School principal. Her official appointment begins on June 29, 2015.

Jade Brawley has served the students of DC Public Schools for over 14 years and for her entire career in education. She began as a general education teacher at Davis Elementary for one year, before transitioning to work at Whittier Education Campus. She taught at Whittier for ten years before being promoted to the role of instructional coach at Tubman Elementary School. In 2014, Ms. Brawley was selected as a member of the Mary Jane Patterson Fellowship, a rigorous, 30-month program designed to prepare DCPS's highest performing leaders for the principalship. As a fellow, Ms. Brawley has served as a resident principal at Eaton Elementary and Anne Beers Elementary. She holds a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Pittsburgh and a master's degree in elementary education from Trinity University.

blah, blah, blah

Do any DCUM families know anything about her?

[Anonymous]

She graduated from Wilson.

[Anonymous]

I'm a little nervous that she seems pretty young--graduated from college the same year I did, 2000--and hasn't run a school before. However, she was a Patterson Fellow, and I've had a good experience with the one Patterson Fellow I've met so far--I hope the criteria for this fellowship are stringent.

Any Eaton parents who can comment, since it looks like she rotated through Eaton this past year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a little nervous that she seems pretty young--graduated from college the same year I did, 2000--and hasn't run a school before. However, she was a Patterson Fellow, and I've had a good experience with the one Patterson Fellow I've met so far--I hope the criteria for this fellowship are stringent.

Any Eaton parents who can comment, since it looks like she rotated through Eaton this past year?

37-38 is not very young.

[Anonymous]

I went to elementary school with Jade! Wow, nice to see what she's doing.

[Anonymous]

Like my daughter, who goes to shepherd, I am not good with math, but 30 months from 2014 is not 2015? So is she coming to Shepherd as a permanent position, or as part of her rotation?