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[quote=Anonymous]Underpaid? Maybe, but not compared to many other districts.

Overworked? For the 17 years that I taught at DCPS, I would wake up at 4am every morning to grade papers and develop lessons. More often than not, my "planning period" would be spent attending meetings of dubious value or covering other classes. The small period of time between when we were required to report for work and when classes started was also often spent attending mandated meetings. After school, I would clean my classroom and call parents. I spent weekends at the library finding books for my classroom.

As the years went on, DCPS became more prescriptive about what and how we could teach, which robbed the job of much of the creativity and joy that I enjoyed.

I could have stayed for many more years but the deal breaker was IMPACT because it added so much unnecessary stress.

You can make extraordinary demands on your employees and if they feel that you appreciate them, they will deliver. But DCPS is not that type of work environment. This, I believe, is why retention is so low.
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