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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Pet projects and priorities in Douglas County School District
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 […]
A Veteran Teacher’s Comments to the Board 2/18/14
My name is Niki Mitchell. I teach full day kindergarten at Saddle Ranch Elementary. I began teaching in Douglas County in 1991 as a student teacher at Eagle Ridge Elementary. I then taught kindergarten at Mountain View, I opened Coyote Creek, taught full day kindergarten and 1st grade at Redstone and now I am proud […]