About Us

The Growth and Performance Team is dedicated to the operations and management of all evaluation systems across Denver Public Schools (DPS). 

DPS growth and performance systems are designed to provide clear, inclusive, and equitable expectations to support the growth and development of all team members and achieve our vision of all students thriving, not by accident but by design.  Frameworks/systems we support are listed below and all relevant resources can be accessed from the green menu bar.

• Core Competencies Evaluation (CCE)
  
  • Centrally-managed employees who are hourly/non-exempt and not part of a bargaining unit/union.
    
    
• Classified
  
  • List of eligible employees can be found here
    
    
• Leadership Excellence and Development (LEAD)
  
  • Principals, Assistant Principals and Deans
    
    
• Leading Effective Academic Practice (LEAP)
  
  • Teachers
    • Comprehensive Performance Evaluation (used for position exceptions)
       
• Leadership Investment Framework for Talent (LIFT)
  
  • Central Office Employees who are salaried/non-exempt
    
    
• Special Service Providers (SSP-GPS)
  
  • Audiologists, DHH Teachers, Educational Interpreters, Itinerant Teachers, OT/PT, Counselors, Psychologists, Social Workers, OT/PT, Speech Pathologists, Nurses, Teachers of Visually Impaired