Teacher Weekly
Oct. 31, 2018
More Teachers are Choosing to Stay with DPS
We are excited to share recent data that shows more teachers are choosing to stay with DPS year over year. We know that retaining teachers means thriving schools and better outcomes for our kids, and we are committed to prioritizing keeping great educators in every classroom. 

Recent data on teacher retention -- which was pulled from employee roster information and teacher surveys -- shows:

  • Teacher retention at DPS climbed over the past three years to 86%, and for our teachers of color and top-performing teachers, retention was even greater. Eighty-seven percent of our teachers of color and 91% of our top-performing teachers returned to DPS this year! 

  • We are making progress when it comes to retaining our novice teachers. Retention of our new-to-career teachers increased from 79% in 2017-18 to 82% in 2018-19. 

  • Since the inception of the Highest-Priority Incentive in 2015, we have seen teacher retention in those schools increase by 6 percentage points. Feedback from our teachers let us know that the incentive is one of the important factors that influenced teachers’ decisions to stay in their schools in over half of the teachers surveyed.

Click here to see more 2018-19 teacher retention updates. 

We are committed to making DPS the best place to be a teacher and ensuring that we can continue to celebrate increasing these numbers each year through strategies that prioritize retaining our new-to-career teachers, educators of color and top-performing teachers in our intensive tier schools.
Update on Talks with Denver Classroom Teachers Association
On Monday, DPS and Denver Classroom Teachers Association (DCTA) came together to continue talks on the ProComp agreement, which expires in January. The agreement will determine how to allocate the roughly $34 million DPS receives each year from the ProComp mill levy that Denver voters approved in 2005.

Interim Superintendent Dr. Ron Cabrera joined the discussion, heard feedback from DCTA representatives and teachers, and shared how he will bring his personal core values of moral purpose, respect and dignity, learning, and joy to the bargaining table. Dr. Cabrera expressed DPS’ commitment to listening, having a civil, respectful dialogue and finding common ground in order to reach an agreement that ensures all educators feel valued at DPS. 

The teams will meet again in November to continue this work, and we will keep sharing updates regarding our conversations to improve teacher compensation. 
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