IMPACT - Teacher Assessment Updating

TEACHER EVALUATION SYSTEM GUIDEBOOKS(from DCPS website)  INSERT UPDATES for 2023-24

https://dcps.dc.gov/publication/current-impact-guidebooks LAST UPDATE September 2022

Recognizing the importance of ensuring that talented and committed individuals are serving all of our students, DCPS has developed IMPACT, the new system for assessing the performance of teachers and other school-based staff.

Through IMPACT, DCPS seeks to create a culture in which all school-based personnel have a clear understanding of what defines excellence in their work, are provided with constructive and data-based feedback about their performance, and receive support to increase their effectiveness.

IMPACT is the culmination of over a year’s worth of research and design informed by extensive guidance and feedback from the DCPS community. Critical to the development process were over 40 question and answer sessions and over 50 focus groups with school-based personnel. In all, more than 500 teachers and other school-based staff were involved in this process.