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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I care about my score, I'm 25 and just had a baby. My husband makes great money but this year I get the FIVE pay skips and 10k bonus.

I get highly effective every year and it helps me and my family. I also do go above and beyond, many teachers think that's 'not right' but what job rewards you just for being average?

Also I'm sorry not all teachers deserve HE, we are not all highly effective some of us are simply effective.
If you have corrupt admin, you need to record your lesson as soon as they walk in. Yes, it will disrupt the flow a little at the beginning but they already did that by walking in.

Like someone else said it is a game, if you don't like it teach in VA or MD. It's interesting how many teachers whine about impact but don't leave. FYI charters in DC have no impact and those teachers leave at a higher rate.

It's DCPS' lack of support for teachers and their practice that does it for me. The lack of modernization and resources for all schools.

PS. IDGAF about tenure, it has cons too. Yes we can change Impact but it's not fair to get rid of it cause admit it, some of you all are just salty.

OP there's no such thing as a school system that is excellent for teachers. If you feel undervalued find a better school.[/quote]
Wow- lots of life advice from a 25 year old. 
Hard pass. 
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NP who has been highly effective for awhile but it is tough to have such strong opinions after working at one school for three years.  It is usually better to wait until you have more experience before you judge all teachers and proclaim what a hard worker you are.[/quote]

Thank you for your assumptions but this is my 6th year teaching, I got a lead position at 19, proud past Walls grad. Oh and I was a para for a year.

And I am stating my opinion, but you all are crying about how corrupt impact is and how EVERYTHING is DCPS or parents fault yet your students are STILL way behind grade level. If you can’t move students at least 1.5 years in 1 year you don’t deserve HE.
And the comparison to NW (generally white)  teachers is embarrassing, yes teachers in NW have it easier I taught in one for 2 years before moving on to title 1. But being Black myself, the victim mentality some of you all have scares me.

Luckily many teachers feel like I do, we just aren’t as vocal. Especially in the WTU FB group, which I have never posted in. But I do participate in all the surveys about impact. They aren’t ever going to get rid of it but hopefully they do tweak it. I suspect nothing will ever be good enough for people like you guys though…[/quote]

So you were hired as a lead teacher (sounds like ECE) before you even had a college degree? You must be the most amazing teacher in the city. Or you are full of it.[/quote]

I got my BS at 19, I started college in HS through my school. And you're not gonna say the praxis exams were hard are you? Basic middle school, maybe HS math.

And no I teach 3rd grade plus (depends on how admin feels), was the ECE assumption supposed to be a jab? Because I guarantee I couldn't teach those sweet babies, not my area of expertise.

It's actually amazing that you have come this far as an adult and still judge other adults solely based on age. I have colleagues who have been with DCPS for 30+ years who also don't love Impact but play the game and get HE pretty much every year. The only thing they are mad about is they've been at 116k for a while. Not everyone thinks like the most vocal teachers on social media. [/quote]

An overwhelming majority of teachers oppose IMPACT. I think recent survey data showed 75% — I get HE every year and think it’s a miserable system. Puts staff members against each other, easy to manipulate certain components, completely inequitable for those in testing grades. Not everyone thinks like this 25 year old unicorn on step 12. Glad it works for you but surely you can see how it’s a detrimental program [/quote]

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