{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-613.52a","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 1-613.52a","heading":"DCPS Educator Evaluation and Performance Working Group.","body":"(a)\nThere is established a DCPS Educator Evaluation and Performance Working Group (\"Working Group\"), which shall provide to the Mayor and the Council comprehensive recommendations for revisions to the District of Columbia Public Schools (\"DCPS\") educator-performance evaluation system.\n\n(b)\n(1)\nThe Working Group shall be composed of the Chairman of the Council, or his or her designee, the Chancellor of DCPS, or his or her designee, and 12 individuals designated by the Chairman of the Council, representing the following entities or groups:\n(A)\nCurrent or former educators, at least one of whom shall be chosen from a list submitted by the Washington Teachers Union;\n(B)\nCurrent or former DCPS employees of the Teamsters, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, and Council of School Officers bargaining units, at least one of whom shall be chosen from a list submitted by those unions;\n(C)\nCurrent or former school leaders, at least one of whom shall be chosen from a list submitted by the Chancellor;\n(D)\nDCPS central staff chosen from a list submitted by the Chancellor;\n(E)\nResearchers or academics with expertise in educator evaluation systems; and\n(F)\nThe State Board of Education.\n(2)\nThe Chairman, or his or her designee, shall serve as the Chairperson of the Working Group.\n\n(c)\nThe Working Group shall convene beginning in November 2026 and meet regularly until the report required in subsection (d) of this section is published.\n\n(d)\nBy November 1, 2027, the Working Group shall submit a report to the Mayor and the Council that recommends a new method for evaluating educator performance that considers the manner, content, and process by which educators are evaluated, the incentives and consequences associated with the results of the evaluation, training required for both evaluators and educators, resources required, and future changes to the system. The report shall assess:\n(1)\nCriteria for evaluating educators, which shall include both objective and subjective measures;\n(2)\nLogistical details concerning evaluations, including who participates in evaluations, the frequency of evaluations, formative evaluations, and processes for adjudicating disputes in evaluations;\n(3)\nIncentives and consequences for evaluation scores, including compensation, additional responsibilities, and professional development;\n(4)\nTraining for educators subject to evaluation, training for evaluators, and considerations to reduce bias in evaluations;\n(5)\nProcesses for adopting future changes to the educator evaluation; and\n(6)\nResources required to implement the recommended personnel evaluation system within the funds provided to DCPS through the Uniform Per Student Funding Formula.\n\n(e)\nFor the purposes of this section, the term \"educator\" means a DCPS staff member required to undergo evaluation as determined by that staff member's collective bargaining unit, and includes teachers, librarians, counselors, school-based social workers and psychologists, related service providers, speech language pathologists, special education coordinators, program coordinators and deans, instructional coaches, aides, office staff, custodial staff, and school administrators.","path":["Title 1. Government Organization.","Chapter 6. Merit Personnel System.","Subchapter XIII-A. Performance Management."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/1-613.52a","current_through":"2026-10-22 (D.C. Law 26-190)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-26T05:48:18Z","sha256":"2874eef5ad9c88dfb91fd4c08a0c49ff6852a6dc724b8483416b7b9c66e48178","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-613.52","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-613.53"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}