Common use of Focused Evaluation Clause in Contracts

Focused Evaluation. In the years when a comprehensive summative evaluation is not required, teachers who received a comprehensive summative evaluation performance rating of level 3 or above in the previous school year may choose to complete a focused evaluation. The District and the Association agree that it is not desirable for a teacher to be placed on probation from a Focused Evaluation Process. Transfer from the focused to the comprehensive summative evaluation may be at the request of the teacher or at the direction of the teacher’s evaluator. A request or decision to transfer a teacher from a focused to a comprehensive summative evaluation must be communicated, in writing, between the evaluator and the teacher on or before October 31st, unless a later date is mutually agreed to by the evaluator and the teacher. A. The criterion area to be evaluated shall be proposed by the teacher prior to, or at the first pre- observation conference, plus professional growth activities specifically linked to the selected criteria. It must be approved by the evaluator and it may have been identified in the previous comprehensive summative evaluation as a criterion that may benefit from additional attention and professional growth. B. If the employee chooses criterion 1, 2, 4, 5, or 7, he/she must also complete the student growth components in criterion 3 or 6. C. Observations and conferences for the focused evaluation shall follow the process set forth in Section 4.3, Procedural Components of Evaluation, and Section 4.4, Comprehensive Evaluation Process, above. D. The score received on the selected criterion is the score assigned as the final summative score. E. A group of teachers may focus on the same evaluation criterion and share professional growth activities. This collaboration should be initiated by the teacher(s) and no individual shall be required to work on a shared goal.

Focused Evaluation. In the years when a comprehensive summative evaluation is not required, teachers who received a comprehensive summative evaluation performance rating of level 3 or above in the previous school year may choose to complete a focused evaluation. The District and the Association agree that it is not desirable for a teacher to be placed on probation from a Focused Evaluation Process. Transfer from the focused to the comprehensive summative evaluation may be at the request of the teacher or at the direction of the teacher’s evaluator. A request or decision to transfer a teacher from a focused to a comprehensive summative evaluation must be communicated, in writing, between the evaluator and the teacher on or before October 31st, unless a later date is mutually agreed to by the evaluator and the teacher. A. 1. The criterion area to be evaluated shall be proposed by the teacher prior to, or at the first pre- observation conference, plus professional growth activities specifically linked to the selected criteria. It must be approved by the evaluator and it may have been identified in the previous comprehensive summative evaluation as a criterion that may benefit from additional attention and professional growth. B. 2. If the employee chooses criterion 1, 2, 4, 5, or 7, he/she must also complete the student growth components in criterion 3 or 6. C. 3. Observations and conferences for the focused evaluation shall follow the process set forth in Section 4.3, Procedural Components of Evaluation, and Section 4.4, Comprehensive Evaluation Process, above. D. The 4. A summative score received is assigned using the summative score from the employee’s most recent comprehensive evaluation. This score becomes the focused summative evaluation score for any of the subsequent years following the comprehensive summative evaluation in which the employee is placed on a focused evaluation. Should an employee provide evidence of exemplary practice on the selected criterion is chosen focused criterion, a level 4 (Distinguished) score may be awarded by the score assigned as the final summative scoreevaluator. E. 5. A group of teachers may focus on the same evaluation criterion and share professional growth activities. This collaboration should be initiated by the teacher(s) and no individual shall be required to work on a shared goal.

Focused Evaluation. In the years when a comprehensive summative evaluation is not required, teachers who received a comprehensive summative evaluation performance rating of level Proficient – 3 or above in the previous school year may choose are required to complete a focused evaluation. The District and the Association agree that it is not desirable for a teacher to be placed on probation from a Focused Evaluation Process. Transfer A teacher may be transferred from the a focused to the a comprehensive summative evaluation may be at the request of the teacher or at the direction of the teacher’s evaluator. A request or decision not to transfer a teacher from a focused to a comprehensive summative evaluation must be communicated, in writing, between the evaluator and the teacher on or before October 31st31, unless a later date is mutually agreed to by the evaluator and the teacher. A. The criterion area to be evaluated shall be proposed by the teacher prior to, or at the first pre- pre-observation conference, plus professional growth activities specifically linked to the selected criteriacriterion. It must be approved by the evaluator and it may have been identified in the a previous comprehensive summative evaluation as a criterion that may benefit benefitting from additional attention and professional growth.attention. (Appendix A-4) B. If the employee chooses criterion 1, 2, 4, 5, or 7, he/she must also complete the student growth components in criterion 3 or 6. C. If the criterion selected for a focused evaluation has been determined to be non- observable, a classroom based observation will not be required. D. Observations and conferences for the focused evaluation shall follow the process set forth in Section 4.3subsection 3.3, Procedural Components of Evaluation, and Section 4.4subsection 3.4, Comprehensive Evaluation Process, above. D. E. The score received on the selected criterion is the score assigned as the final summative score. E. F. A group of teachers may focus on the same evaluation criterion and share professional growth activities. This collaboration should be initiated by the teacher(s) and no individual shall be required to work on a shared goal.