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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is my 10th year as a teacher in a DCPS Title I school. I have been rated highly effective each year, so I have been eligible for salary raises and bonuses. For those who are unfamiliar, if you get a lot of high scores on the evaluation, you can skip along the pay scale, so I am paid as if I have 25+ years of experience and a PhD. This program is an effort to retain the teachers DCPS has identified as really, really good. However, because I have maxed out on the pay scale and the contract has expired,  I have not had any wage increase for several years. I am paid exactly the same amount as I was three years ago. I don’t know how many teachers are in my position but it is a poorly thought out policy that the “best” teachers get wage stagnation. I would be fine if the new contract was everything the same from the old contract (which it probably will be) and an automatic 3% or whatever COLA on the pay scale. [/quote]

What's your salary? Just curious.[/quote]

The teachers at the highest end of the pay scale make $116k plus 10-20k bonus per year depending on school and subject.[/quote]

That bonus is only for highly effective teachers and it’s actually $2k-$20k.[/quote]

Yes, I am the PP who discussed maxing out the pay scale. For teachers in Title I schools, our bonus is 10-20k. 2k is for teachers who are not in Title I schools. I was referring to the wage stagnation for the teachers DCPS says they want to keep the most (those who have been rated highly effective for many years in Title I schools). Unfortunately, I don’t think this group is a high priority in the union negotiations because I only ever hear about how terrible IMPACT is from the union, so I don’t believe those of us who are receiving these high evaluations are a priority. I’ve been denigrated by some of the hardcore union members for taking the pay raise and bonus.[/quote]

I’ve been rated highly effective once and I took the raise and bonus. I know exactly what you’re talking about and I could not care less how others feel about it. However, the tool itself is overly subjective (most evaluation systems have some type of subjectivity) and it should be fixed because some of us could do cartwheels down the length of the hallway and not be rated HE while others barely do the minimum and receive HE. I know first hand that how it is used as a tool to reward favorites. Not in every situation, but in far too many. [/quote]

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