Leaving the suburbs for DCPS pay??

[Anonymous]

I'm a previous poster. I taught at Ballou.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a previous poster. I taught at Ballou.

As scary as it sounds?

This year's audit was quite eye-opening.

[Anonymous]

If you are just coming for the pay & don’t have drive to teach kids facing poverty or black kids (of all incomes), then please stay in the suburbs.

[Anonymous]

There are schools in the suburbs that have the same issues as some DC schools. You can't say all schools anywhere are good or bad. The suburbans schools have more systems in place than DC so that will make a difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a previous poster. I taught at Ballou.

It seems like most teachers posting here have taught at schools like Ballou and Dunbar that most DCUM folks don't send their kids too. Not saying your experience isn't of interest, but just that they're not representative of the school environments most families here would consider.

[Anonymous]

So, to the poster who revived this thread on 5/27, have you heard enough to keep you from applying to DCPS?

[Anonymous]

This thread is stupid.

If you're good at your job, and better compensation for your work is a motivating factor, then go for it. The whole point of higher compensation is to reward the best practitioners.

It's pathetic that some of you need to have this explained. Just to be clear: no matter how much teachers went into teaching because they love teaching? It's still a job. The best of the best deserve to be compensated accordingly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is stupid.

If you're good at your job, and better compensation for your work is a motivating factor, then go for it. The whole point of higher compensation is to reward the best practitioners.

It's pathetic that some of you need to have this explained. Just to be clear: no matter how much teachers went into teaching because they love teaching? It's still a job. The best of the best deserve to be compensated accordingly.

Are you reading a different thread than I am?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is stupid.

If you're good at your job, and better compensation for your work is a motivating factor, then go for it. The whole point of higher compensation is to reward the best practitioners.

It's pathetic that some of you need to have this explained. Just to be clear: no matter how much teachers went into teaching because they love teaching? It's still a job. The best of the best deserve to be compensated accordingly.

This post is laughable. DCPS does not pay more to reward better teachers; the higher pay serves as incentive to put up with miserable conditions. You sound like an ideologue with a low IQ.

[Anonymous]

Obviously, I agree with the poster who said, " While teaching is a job people still want to be well compensated." The OP asked if the extra compensation or hazard pay from was worth the time and money. People have responded accordingly. This thread is not stupid, it is informative both for prospective DCPS employees and parents who want to build a case for enrolling their children in alternative schools (private, home school or charter)

[Anonymous]

Ballou teacher, can a student pass a class with 3 F's and a B-? How are F's treated percentage wise? Does the student just get a 63% instead of lets say 51%?

Asking for a friend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also left DCPS because of the unannounced visits every two days to say "I gotcha". But I mostly left because there were kids being beat up or intimidated by the class bully and the young principal refused to do anything because he didn't want the young child of color to be criminalized. Although that young kid was punching other children, kicking, scratching, cursing, etc. multiple times a day in a daily basis. On one particular day this kid threw a chair and it hit another kid in the back. Fortunately, the other child was okay. But that incident was not documented and the students were used to the violence. Whenever I had parent volunteers the violent child was sent to another classroom to prevent parents from being concerned. Of course, when you teach first grade, the kids have a hard time advocating for themselves or really conveying to their parents the kind of drama that unfolds during the school day.

This happens at my school quite frequently. We have a few students who hit, kick, bite, punch, push, threaten to kill, and cuss out students and teachers on a regular basis. Yet, the principal refuses to suspend the students because it will look bad on the school’s record. It’s appalling!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ballou teacher, can a student pass a class with 3 F's and a B-? How are F's treated percentage wise? Does the student just get a 63% instead of lets say 51%?

Asking for a friend.

I'm pretty sure there are other threads about Ballou specifically. Please don't derail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ballou teacher, can a student pass a class with 3 F's and a B-? How are F's treated percentage wise? Does the student just get a 63% instead of lets say 51%?

Asking for a friend.

Not the Ballou teacher but another DCPS HS teacher - F's are worth 63% in ASPEN. Students can technically pass with 3 F's and a B-. BUT they have to pass the midterm and final if they were offered.

[Anonymous]

How much more do DCPS teachers make though, like 30% more?