Common use of Number of Evaluations Clause in Contracts

Number of Evaluations. A. A teacher’s performance shall be assessed based on the Ohio Educator Standards and rubrics for teaching and the criteria set forth in the evaluation instrument as found in Appendix U. B. Staff members new to the Mansfield City School District shall have a complete (all 10 sections) the 1st phase, and shall have a complete (all 10 sections) the 2nd phase, by one person (No third party evaluators shall be used) for not less than thirty (30) continuous minutes on each occasion during their first year of employment. C. Staff members new to an assignment shall be observed by one person (No third party evaluators shall be used) for both observation phase for not less than thirty (30) continuous minutes on each occasion. D. Beginning with the 2015-16 school year, the Board will not conduct an evaluation of a teacher who meets one of the following requirements: 1. Staff member who are on leave for 50% or more of the school year, 2. The teacher has submitted notice of retirement and that notice has been accepted by the Board not later than the first (1st) day of December of the school year in which the evaluation is otherwise scheduled to be conducted. 3. Staff members who received a rating of “Accomplished” shall have one complete evaluation cycle (both phase 1 & phase 2) every three years as long as the teacher’s student academic growth measure of the most recent school year for data is available, is average or higher. In the “off years” the teacher shall have two walkthroughs, one in fall, one in the spring (following the timeline outline in 401 (B) 3) which shall constitute an evaluation cycle. 4. Staff members who received a rating of “Skilled” shall have one complete evaluation cycle (both phase 1 & phase 2) once every two years as long as the teacher’s student academic growth measure of the most recent school year for data is available, is average or higher. In the “off years” the teacher shall have two walkthroughs, one is fall, one in the spring (following the timeline outline in 401 (B) 3) which shall constitute an evaluation cycle.