D.C. to Reward, Dismiss Teachers Based on Evaluations
The District of Columbia plans to give raises and bonuses to more than 600 teachers and dismiss some 227 others based on data generated by its teacher-evaluation system, officials announced today.
The nationally watched IMPACT evaluation system was created under former Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee. Officials fleshed out the dismissal and bonus components of the system through a collective bargaining pactsigned last year with the Washington Teachers Union.
According to this year's results, 663 D.C. teachers were rated the highest level, "highly effective," and are eligible to receive performance bonuses of up to $25,000. Of those teachers, 290 will get base-salary increases as well.
The district will terminate 65 teachers who received "ineffective" ratings, along with 141 others whose performance didn't improve enough over last year.
Another 94 teachers will be dismissed for not maintaining a valid license, and a handful of teachers who lost their placements and could not find new ones will also be let go.
Other teachers' performance improved enough to avoid being terminated. 58 percent of the 566 teachers who last year received the rating of "minimally effective," the second lowest under the system, were rated "effective" or
