Common use of Goal Setting Conference Clause in Contracts

Goal Setting Conference. At the goal setting conference, the evaluator and teacher shall: i. Discuss the teacher's reflection on Self-assessment on the Continuum of Teaching Practice (Appendix D-3). ii. Discuss how the teacher will use results from the Student Data Analysis and Reflection Form (Appendix D-7). iii. Discuss identified areas for continuing growth from previous evaluation. iv. With the evaluator, the teacher will identify one C/BSTP’s, in addition to Standard 5, to be the focus of the evaluation. (Appendix D-2 and D-3) The teacher would be evaluated on all elements contained within the chosen C/BSTP. During the goal setting conference, the teacher may choose to change the C/BSTP based upon the conversation with the evaluator. The teacher and evaluator will fill out the Goal Setting Conference Agreement Form (Appendix D-4) v. Evaluator and teacher will mutually decide on the type and scope of evidence used to show that goals have been adequately addressed. Evidence may include: Sample lesson/unit plans, Student work/ projects, Class rules and procedures, Discipline records, Professional Learning Communities, Membership in professional organizations, Formal and informal mentoring, Participation on committees, Technology used, Use of student learning teams, Materials to promote critical thinking and problem solving, Collaborative lesson planning, Video tapes of lessons/students performances, Audiotapes of lessons/student performances, Photographs, Use of professional literature to inform instruction, Writing professional articles, Data/feedback collected by teacher, Data/feedback collected by coach/administrator, Artifacts from professional conference, workshops, and reading, Records of student progress (grade book, charts, graphs, tables) on curricular goals. vi. Every effort should be made to reach agreement on goals and model for evaluation, but in the event that the teacher and evaluator cannot agree upon goals under subsesction iv. above, the teacher shall have the final responsibility for choosing the goals. If the teacher and evaluator cannot agree upon goals, and the teacher’s previous evaluation included a “Needs Improvement”, “Unsatisfactory” or the teacher has been pulled back into the evaluation cycle, is on a Remediation Plan or PAR, the evaluator shall have the final responsibility for choosing goals.