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[quote=Anonymous][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]

PP you're sharing a lot of personal identifying information on an anonymous message board....

Also wanted to ask your thoughts on Ward 3 having the highest percentage of HE teachers while Ward 8 has the lowest. Are Ward 3 teachers better???
Or is it because it is much easier to help kids grow when they come to school daily, don't have at home trauma or behavior challenges, and get amazing parental support and tutoring at home? If your answer is "yes obviously" then I wonder if you still think Impact is fair to all teachers.

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Thank you for your concern but my collogues know how I feel and even if other teachers identified me I wouldn't die, I haven't said anything that would get me fired.

I have a few things to say to that...
1. Ward 5 and 8 actually have the lowest percentage of teachers getting HE, according to the most 'recent' data they put out from FY19. And the past data reflects this as well. They are both at 35% and W7 is at 37% AND so is W4.

2. The highest percentage of teachers who get HE actually come from W2, getting 60% but W3 is close with 54% the SAME as W6.

My point is people always specifically want to pinpoint W7&8 but from the data they should really include W5.

To answer your question it is not easier to teach at a W3 school specifically but rather a non-title 1 school. That is the reason their bonus is much lower. 
Also many teachers have the mindset that successfully dealing trauma, absent parents, truancy, behavioral challenges, etc. ISN'T part of our jobs. News flash, it absolutely is. Don't play and say a lot of teachers don't just send the 'bad' kids out of their classrooms, call parents, take recess away, and all the other things that never work long term.
The onus isn't just on teacher though, it's admin who push DCPS' dumb SEL and don't get a REAL program of their own and fail to foster the right ideals at their school.

So more than Impact that I dislike, it's the support DCPS gives and the mindset of some admin and educators. 
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