IMPACT - The DCPS Effectiveness Assessment System for School-Based Personnel

Background
Recognizing the importance of ensuring that talented and committed individuals are serving all of our students, DCPS developed IMPACT, our system for assessing the performance of teachers and other school-based staff. To revise IMPACT for the 2010-11 school year, we held over 100 feedback sessions with over 1000 educators.

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.

Among the innovations in the IMPACT system are the use of student achievement data and the introduction of Master Educators – subject-based expert teachers – to help assess and improve instructional performance.

For information about IMPACT, please:

•  Download a guidebook
• Watch as Jason Kamras, Director of Teacher Human Capital discusses IMPACT. Video: DCPS Parent Chat: IMPACT

Learn more

• An Overview of IMPACT
• IMPACT Guidebooks
• IMPACTplus
• Value-Added
• Master Educators