Common use of EVALUATION GUIDELINES Clause in Contracts

EVALUATION GUIDELINES. A. Evaluations of the certified teaching staff shall be made by individuals who have successfully completed the comprehensive training modules and assessments on evaluation of certified teachers conducted by the State Board of Education in accordance with applicable law and/or State Board regulation. Such a qualified individual is hereinafter referred to as “evaluator.” B. At the start of the school term, the building principal or designee shall provide all teachers with written notice that a performance evaluation will be conducted in that school term to each teacher affected. The notice must include: ● copy of the rubric used to rate the teacher against identified standards and goals and other tools to be used to determine a performance evaluation rating; ● a summary of the manner in which student growth and professional practice measure are used in the evaluation relate to the evaluation ratings; ● a summary of District’s procedures related to the provision of professional development or remediation in the event the teacher receives a “needs improvement” or “unsatisfactory,” including the evaluation tools to be used during the remediation period and ● the assigned evaluator(s) for the teacher. Teachers and the Union shall be notified as soon as practical of any changes in evaluators that occur during the school year. Newly hired teachers shall be given the information described above within thirty (30) days of their employment or at the beginning of the school year, whichever is later. Teachers who are reassigned after the beginning of the school year shall be informed as to who shall formally evaluate them at the time they are given their new assignment. The Union shall be notified in the event there have not been any changes in the evaluation procedures, criteria/standards, the instruments to be used and the evaluators from the prior year. C. Evaluation or observation of teachers shall not be conducted in an arbitrary or capricious manner and shall not be for the purposes of harassment. D. Any forms used in the performance evaluation process can be found in the “Framework for the Improvement of Professional Practice.”

EVALUATION GUIDELINES. A. Evaluations of the certified teaching staff shall be made by individuals who have successfully completed the comprehensive training modules and assessments on evaluation of certified teachers conducted by the State Board of Education in accordance with applicable law and/or State Board regulation. Such a qualified individual is hereinafter referred to as “evaluator.” B. At the start of the school term, the building principal or designee shall provide all teachers with written notice that a performance evaluation will be conducted in that school term to each teacher affected. The notice must include: ●  copy of the rubric used to rate the teacher against identified standards and goals and other tools to be used to determine a performance evaluation rating; ●  a summary of the manner in which student growth and professional practice measure are used in the evaluation relate to the evaluation ratings; ●  a summary of District’s procedures related to the provision of professional development or remediation in the event the teacher receives a “needs improvement” or “unsatisfactory,” including the evaluation tools to be used during the remediation period and ●  the assigned evaluator(s) for the teacher. Teachers and the Union shall be notified as soon as practical of any changes in evaluators that occur during the school year. Newly hired teachers shall be given the information described above within thirty (30) days of their employment or at the beginning of the school year, whichever is later. Teachers who are reassigned after the beginning of the school year shall be informed as to who shall formally evaluate them at the time they are given their new assignment. The Union shall be notified in the event there have not been any changes in the evaluation procedures, criteria/standards, the instruments to be used and the evaluators from the prior year. C. Evaluation or observation of teachers shall not be conducted in an arbitrary or capricious manner and shall not be for the purposes of harassment. D. Any forms used in the performance evaluation process can be found in the “Framework for the Improvement of Professional Practice.”

EVALUATION GUIDELINES. A. Evaluations of the certified teaching staff shall be made by individuals who have successfully completed the comprehensive training modules and assessments on evaluation of certified teachers conducted by the State Board of Education in accordance with applicable law and/or State Board regulation. Such a qualified individual is hereinafter referred to as “evaluator.” B. At the start of the school term, the building principal or designee shall provide all teachers with written notice that a performance evaluation will be conducted in that school term to each teacher affected. The notice must include: ● copy of the rubric used to rate the teacher against identified standards and goals and other tools to be used to determine a performance evaluation rating; ● a summary of the manner in which student growth and professional practice measure are used in the evaluation relate to the evaluation ratings; ● a summary of District’s procedures related to the provision of professional development or remediation in the event the teacher receives a “needs improvement” or “unsatisfactory,” including the evaluation tools to be used during the remediation period period; and ● the assigned evaluator(s) for the teacher. Teachers and the Union shall be notified as soon as practical of any changes in evaluators that occur during the school year. Newly hired teachers shall be given the information described above within thirty (30) days of their employment or at the beginning of the school year, whichever is later. Teachers who are reassigned after the beginning of the school year shall be informed as to who shall formally evaluate them at the time they are given their new assignment. The Union shall be notified in the event there have not been any changes in the evaluation procedures, criteria/standards, the instruments to be used and the evaluators from the prior year. C. Evaluation or observation of teachers shall not be conducted in an arbitrary or capricious manner and shall not be for the purposes of harassment. D. Any forms used in the performance evaluation process can be found in the “Framework for the Improvement of Professional Practice.”