Insights on teacher evaluation in DC
I know at some point I’ve mentioned DC’s teacher evaluation system, IMPACT. As always, there is a lot being written and researched on the subject, including this recent call from the Network for Public Education to assist with a research project.
Cool beans.
I’m not going to add any redundant critique about IMPACT and, more broadly, teacher evaluation. I am opposition to them in their current forms.
Here’s what I will add, however. The IMPACT system, which strictly grades teacher performance on a highly detailed nine-point rubric, does nothing to foster collaboration or cooperation between teachers. It breeds cutthroat competition.
But how?
In the majority of cases, it’s the little things. Teachers will avoid responsibilities or are reluctant to serve more difficult students because they cannot “afford” the effects on “their IMPACT.” Teachers will consider leaving more difficult schools MID-YEAR and transition elsewhere because they can sense that their IMPACT Insights on teacher evaluation in DC | @ THE CHALKFACE:
