Common use of PROBATIONARY PROCEDURE Clause in Contracts

PROBATIONARY PROCEDURE. For those teachers (excluding provisional, or first and second year employees) whose instructional deficiencies are judged to be too serious to be sufficiently corrected in the post-evaluation conference, a probationary period from February 1, to May 1, shall be established for the purpose of improvement in the deficient areas. The Superintendent may make the decision to place the teacher be placed on probation. The plan of improvement shall be written fully in compliance with state law. The Superintendent will make the decision to place the employee on probation only after full consultation with an administrator from outside of the district or a retired administrator (an outside designee). The Association and the District have agreed upon three individuals who can be selected to perform this service. The Superintendent will notify the teacher of the decision. This notification to the teacher shall include a specific identification of deficiencies to be corrected, and a precise and reasonable definition of competence in those areas. Within five (5) days of the receipt of the written notification, the principal and the teacher shall meet to establish in writing a jointly-planned course of action for improvement and an outline of the District's plan for the purpose of discussing the teacher's improvement. All observations of the teacher shall be conducted openly and with the knowledge of the teacher. Within five (5) days of the receipt of the reports, the teacher may request and will be given a hearing with the Superintendent. If the evaluation indicated that the teacher has successfully met the definitions of competence outlined in the initial notice of probation, the probation shall be revoked and record of it removed from the teacher's personnel file after two (2) consecutive successful years. If necessary, the recommendation and evaluation procedure shall be repeated after May 1 but not later than May 5. Evaluation results and/or probation are not grievable matters; however, the failure to follow legally required procedures may be grievable.