S/O: How are APS principals evaluated?

[Anonymous]

On one of the other threads, someone said that certain APS schools always have high turnover because it's known that the principal doesn't treat their teachers well. This made me wonder--How are principals in APS evaluated? Who evaluates them, and how? If a principal consistently has high turnover, are they put on probation? Just wondering..it's hard to tell from the outside how this would work.

[Anonymous]

I would hope high turnover would be a red flag. Admin/HR should be doing exit interviews with all departing teachers.

[Anonymous]

I understood it was partially tied to test scores?

[Anonymous]

Which thread was this? I wonder if it’s my neighborhood school.

[Anonymous]

Which thread was this? I wonder if it’s my neighborhood school.

The one about teachers leaving Williamsburg.

[Anonymous]

It's got to be test scores. My least favorite principal actively chases out kids with learning disabilities. They go to another school, they go to private, they get homeschooled but they are not in their testing pool and the school don't have to dedicate resources to them. Also, they designate over 20% of their pop as gifted which is statistically impossible. Mine is so designated and I still don't like this person. Test scores explain actions year over year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's got to be test scores. My least favorite principal actively chases out kids with learning disabilities. They go to another school, they go to private, they get homeschooled but they are not in their testing pool and the school don't have to dedicate resources to them. Also, they designate over 20% of their pop as gifted which is statistically impossible. Mine is so designated and I still don't like this person. Test scores explain actions year over year.

From things I have heard second hand, this is how our principal is too.

[Anonymous]

Curious about this too. And what if there is no valid test score data (ie these last 2 years) but high turnover, parent complaints, and poor staff survey results? Would APS just leave a principal in place if there are other significant signs of a problem?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's got to be test scores. My least favorite principal actively chases out kids with learning disabilities. They go to another school, they go to private, they get homeschooled but they are not in their testing pool and the school don't have to dedicate resources to them. Also, they designate over 20% of their pop as gifted which is statistically impossible. Mine is so designated and I still don't like this person. Test scores explain actions year over year.

What school is this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's got to be test scores. My least favorite principal actively chases out kids with learning disabilities. They go to another school, they go to private, they get homeschooled but they are not in their testing pool and the school don't have to dedicate resources to them. Also, they designate over 20% of their pop as gifted which is statistically impossible. Mine is so designated and I still don't like this person. Test scores explain actions year over year.

What school is this?

100% McKinley.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's got to be test scores. My least favorite principal actively chases out kids with learning disabilities. They go to another school, they go to private, they get homeschooled but they are not in their testing pool and the school don't have to dedicate resources to them. Also, they designate over 20% of their pop as gifted which is statistically impossible. Mine is so designated and I still don't like this person. Test scores explain actions year over year.

What school is this?

100% McKinley.

DC was put in the ADHD and "slow reader" bucket at McKinley with no attempts to provide extra help and our pleas were rejected with hostility by the "bully." We didn't know if DC had disabilities but we were on a wait list for comprehensive testing though we strongly suspected boredom. In the mean time (COVID closure), we pulled DC into private and within a few months DC became a straight-A student who finally enjoys school and homework (and up to grade level in reading)! Testing appointments delayed so long due to covid that we just canceled once we realized DC was thriving in a new in-person school environment.