Process for Year-One Evaluation Grievance. The Teacher may choose to submit the grievance appealing the Year One Rating of Less than Effective to a review panel for a hearing. At the time that the teacher decides to appeal the Year One Rating of Less than Effective, the evaluator shall be notified. 1. The Year-One Evaluation Grievance must be filed in writing within eleven (11) working days after the summative evaluation is finalized and signed by both the teacher and evaluator. The teacher filing the appeal shall notify her/his evaluator as well as the Chief Human Resources Officer and the CCEA President in writing of the intent to appeal not later than six (6) working days after the summative evaluation is provided by the evaluator. Failure to acknowledge receipt of the summative evaluation signing waives a teacher’s right to grieve the evaluation. Such communication will only state that an appeal will be filed. 2. The Teacher will provide the alleged procedural violation(s) and/or misattributeddata along with any artifacts and / or body of evidence intended to support a change of rating. This information will be submitted in a sealed envelope to the facilitator(s) for the appeals panel. It will not be opened until both the teacher’s and the evaluator’s documents are received. 3. Within five (5) working days after receiving notification that a grievance appeal has been filed by a teacher, the evaluator shall provide the appeals panel with copies of any and all information previously provided to the teacher regarding the determination of professional practice ratings (Standards I-IV) in any and all elements that were rated less than proficient and the growth data that was used in determining the rating in Standard VI. This information will be submitted in a sealed envelope to the facilitator(s) for the appeals panel. It will not be opened until both the teacher’s and the evaluator’s documents are received. 4. A hearing will be held before the appeals panel no later than ten (10) working days following submission of the appeal documents from the teacher and evaluator unless the parties mutually agree to extend the timeline. 5. The panel is expected to meet and review the evidence submitted. 6. The teacher shall be given the opportunity to address the review panel in person or in writing. The review panel shall review any written information provided by the appealing Teacher prior to meeting to render a decision. 7. The review panel shall be comprised of members (both teachers and administrators) that are not directly involved in the evaluation process for the appealing teacher or from the teacher’s building. The panel shall be selected and comprised as follows: a. Panel members shall be selected and trained in a manner designed to ensure the credibility and expertise of the panel members. The panel shall be comprised of equal numbers of teachers and administrators, with no more than six (6) panel members total. A process shall be developed to ensure continuity of the review panel members. b. Teachers on the review panel (and pool) shall be non-probationary and shall have been rated as effective on their most recent evaluation and shall be selected from a list provided by the Association. c. Administrators serving on the review panel (and pool) shall be rated as “effective” on their most recent evaluation, shall be experienced in evaluating instructional practices, shall be familiar with evaluation procedures and processes as outlined in statute as well as the Negotiated Agreement. d. The Association President and Chief Human Resources Officer or their designees will jointly assemble the panel from their respectivepools. e. There shall be a pool of individuals (teachers and administrators) who are trained to serve on a panel. The training shall be mutually designed and/or agreed upon between the District and the Association. f. Review panel members shall receive annual training consisting, at aminimum, of: i. Review of CDE documents regarding the state model evaluation system ii. Review of the purposes of evaluation and philosophy of evaluation iii. Review of the district Master Agreement regarding evaluation
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