Common use of CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEE EVALUATIONS Clause in Contracts

CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEE EVALUATIONS. 17.1 Evaluation and assessment of the performance of each certificated employee shall be made on a continuing basis as follows: • Probationary personnel every year • Personnel with permanent status at least every other year. • Personnel with permanent status, who have been employed at least ten years with the school district and are highly qualified as defined in 20 U.S.C. Sec. 7801 (ESEA), and whose previous evaluation rated the employee as satisfactory may be evaluated every five years. 17.1.1 A probationary employee shall have three (3) observations each year: the first to be completed on or before the end of the first trimester; the second completed on or before February 15; and the final completed no later than thirty calendar days before the last day of the school year in which the evaluation takes place. 17.1.2 The annual evaluation for personnel with permanent status shall be preceded by at least one formal classroom observation, which will take place on or before March 15. 17.1.3 The evaluation and form utilized for evaluation shall be that which is in Appendix G of the contract