Common use of Evidence and Artifacts Clause in Contracts

Evidence and Artifacts. Both the educator and the evaluator will contribute to evidence collection necessary to complete this evaluation. The educator may provide additional evidence to aid in the assessment of the educator’s professional performance against the instructional framework rubric, especially for criteria not observed in the classroom. The evidence provided by the educator may be discussed with the evaluator and may be used to determine the final evaluation score. Evidence includes representative examples, conversations, artifacts or observable practices of the educator’s ability and skill in relation to the instructional framework rubric gathered from the normal course of employment. Artifacts are a type of evidence and include any products generated, developed, or used by a certificated educator. If a second- or third-year Provisional educator received a summative score of Proficient or Distinguished in the previous year, then he or she will focus evidence collection for Domain 4 components on the components rated as Basic or below in the previous year. If all Domain 4 components were rated as Proficient or above, then the educator and evaluator will collaborate to choose one (1) Domain 4 component to focus on and collect evidence. The evaluator will carry over remaining component scores.