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Public Comment: Teacher Turnover, Salary Bands, and Teacher Evaluations

September 21, 2016 By douglascountyparents

The first step to solving a problem is admitting you have one. I was beginning to hold hope that the district was beginning to recognize the growing problem with attracting and retaining great teachers and staff, but after reviewing tonight’s presentation, it appears that I am wrong. After too many years of refusing to acknowledge […]

Filed Under: 2016, Pay Bands, Pay for performace, Public Comments to BoE, Staff morale, Staff turnover, Teacher Evaluations Tagged With: Market Based Pay, public comment, salary bands, teacher evaluation, teacher turnover

Jerry Goings Article 2: “DCSD Market Pay System- Does it Work?”

April 6, 2016 By douglascountyparents

Jerry Goings Article 2: “DCSD Market Pay System- Does it Work?”

DCSD Market Pay System- Does it Work? Article #2 By: Jerry Goings, Retired Principal, Highlands Ranch High School I was first introduced to the concept of a Douglas County School District Market Pay System while serving on the DCSD negotiations team during the spring of 2012. At this time our district used negotiations to make […]

Filed Under: Jerry's Corner, News, Our Voices, Pay Bands, Pay for performace, Staff morale, Teacher Evaluations Tagged With: fleeing teachers, Market Based Pay, pay band, pay for performance, salary bands, teacher evaluation, teacher morale, teachers

Is the Douglas County Performance Pay/Market Pay system really working?

January 24, 2016 By douglascountyparents

Is the Douglas County Performance Pay/Market Pay system really working?

Is the Douglas County Performance Pay/Market Pay system really working? by Jerry Goings, Retired Principal, Highlands Ranch High School   My name is Jerry Goings.  I recently retired as the principal of Highlands Ranch High School.  Despite my retirement, I remain passionate about education and I feel compelled to share my perspective on the current […]

Filed Under: 2016, Jerry's Corner, Pay for performace, Teacher Evaluations Tagged With: DCSD, Jerry Goings, Market Pay, pay for performance, teacher evaluation

Was it worth it?

October 16, 2014 By douglascountyparents

Was it worth it?

Since 2010, the district has spent over $12,000,000 (so far) developing and implementing a Pay for Performance system (that voters actually turned down). The DCSD Board and admin said they wanted a way to identify the ineffective teachers. This extremely expensive system showed us that we had 9 (yes, 9) ineffective teachers. Meanwhile 256 teachers […]

Filed Under: 2014, Loss of Educational Opportunities, Memes, Parent Voice, Pay for performace, Staff turnover, Teacher Evaluations, Wasteful Spending Tagged With: p4p, teacher turnover

Pet projects and priorities in Douglas County School District

August 25, 2014 By douglascountyparents

By Pat Crowley Community member and parent of former DCSD students Lone Tree Published in Denver Post Your Hub August 2014 The colloquialism caddywhompus, meaning “uneven”, “broken” or “out of whack,” aptly describes the current state of our school district’s finances. In my opinion, there is a decided lack of fiduciary responsibility being demonstrated by […]

Filed Under: 2014, Central Admin Costs, Letter to the Editor, Parent Voice, Teacher Evaluations, Wasteful Spending Tagged With: Crowley, spending, Your Hub

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