Great kids, horrible leadership - Anonymous employee DC Public Schools Employee Review

Culture varies by school, but district leadership assesses principal's ability to form healthy culture and replaces principals when necessary. My school's culture is much stronger under a relatively new person/ Salary is robust, better than comparable places, though not enough to work in a really challenging school with weak culture. (But great if you're at a well-run school!) IMPACT is allegedly controversial but I appreciate the opportunity for merit pay.

District-provided resources vary dramatically in quality. City politics are too involved in schools. Parents direct their political energy towards advocating for schools in a way that is well-intentioned but oftentimes misinformed. Very DC.

●Opportunity to create systems and processes to better support schools ●Great retirement plan ●Really intelligent colleagues that you could brainstorm with ●competitive pay

●Lack of PD opportunities for central staff ●People leaders never received people leader training ●Bloated senior leadership ●hybrid schedule only includes 1 day remote, so you come to work to sit in online meetings all day