Probation At any time after October 15, a classroom teacher whose work is judged not satisfactory based on the scoring criteria shall be placed on probation and notified in writing of the specific areas of deficiencies and provided a written reasonable plan of improvement. A. A classroom teacher’s work is not judged satisfactory, and therefore shall be placed on probation, when the overall comprehensive score is 1 – Unsatisfactory. A continuing contract teacher under RCW 28A.405.210 with more than five (5) years of teaching experience whose comprehensive summative evaluation score is 2 – Basic for two (2) consecutive years or for two (2) years within a consecutive three (3) year time period shall also be placed on probation. B. Teachers may only be placed on probation from the Comprehensive evaluation system described above. C. Teachers on continuing contracts who have been assigned to teach outside of their endorsements shall not be subject to nonrenewal or probation based on evaluations of their teaching effectiveness in the out-of-endorsement assignments. D. In the event that an evaluator determines that the performance of a teacher under his/her supervision merits probation, the evaluator shall report the same in writing to the Superintendent. The report shall include the following: 1. The evaluation report prepared pursuant to the provisions of Section 6 above, and, 2. A recommended specific and reasonable program designed to assist the teacher in improving his or her performance. E. If the Superintendent concurs with the administrator’s judgment that the performance of the employee is unsatisfactory, the Superintendent shall place the teacher in a probationary status for a period of not less than sixty (60) school days, any time after October 15. The probationary period may be extended into the following school year if the teacher has more than five (5) years of teaching experience and the final summative rating as of May 15th is 1 – Unsatisfactory. Before being placed on probation, the Association and the teacher shall be given notice of action of the Superintendent which notice shall contain the following information: 1. Specific areas of performance deficiencies identified from the instructional framework; 2. A suggested specific and reasonable program for improvement; 3. A statement indicating the duration of the probationary period and that the purpose of the probationary period is to give the teacher the opportunity to demonstrate improvement in his/her area or areas of deficiency. F. A plan of improvement will be developed and will include the specific evaluative criteria, which must be met, and the measures and benchmarks, which will be used to determine the teacher’s success or failure. The plan will include a system for periodic feedback during the term of probation will include supports provided and funded by the district, and the dates those supports will be put in place.
Promotional Probation a. An employee on promotional probation may be failed at any time without right of appeal or hearing, except as provided in C.3., below, and except that failing an employee on promotional probation must not be arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable. b. An employee who fails promotional probation shall receive a performance evaluation stating the reason for failure of promotional probation. c. When an employee fails his or her promotional probation, the employee shall have the right to return to his or her former class provided the employee was not in the previous class for the purpose of training for a promotion to a higher class. When an employee is returned to his or her former class under the provisions of this Section, the employee shall serve the remainder of any uncompleted probationary period in the former class. A regular employee who accepts promotion to a limited-term position, other than at the direction of the employee's agency/department head, shall not have the right to return to his or her former class. d. If the employee's former class has been deleted or abolished, the employee shall have the right to return to a class in his or her former occupational series closest to, but no higher than, the salary range of the class which the employee occupied immediately prior to promotion and shall serve the remainder of any probationary period not completed in the former class.
Rejection on Probation On rejection on probation, when an employee has completed more than one (1) year of continuous employment and ceases to be employed by reason of rejection during a probationary period, one (1) week’s pay.
Volunteer Firefighting Leave Leave without pay will be granted when an employee who is a volunteer firefighter is called to duty to respond to a fire, natural disaster or medical emergency.
FLORIDA CONVICTED/SUSPENDED/DISCRIMINATORY COMPLAINTS By submission of an offer, the respondent affirms that it is not currently listed in the Florida Department of Management Services Convicted/Suspended/Discriminatory Complaint Vendor List.