Common use of Proposing the Goals Clause in Contracts

Proposing the Goals. (a) For Educators with PTS and ratings of proficient or exemplary, the goals may be team goals. In addition, these Educators may include individual professional practice goals that address enhancing skills that enable the Educator to share proficient practices with colleagues or develop leadership skills. (b) Educators must consider goals for grade-level, subject-area, department teams, or other groups of Educators who share responsibility for student learning and results, except as provided in(c) below. Educators may meet with teams to consider establishing team goals. Evaluators may participate in such meetings. (c) For Educators in each of their first three years of practice, the Evaluator or his/her designee will meet with each Educator by October 1 (or within four weeks of the Educator’s first day of employment if the Educator begins employment after September 15) to assist the Educator in completing the self- assessment and drafting the professional practice and student learning goals, which must include induction and mentoring activities. (d) Unless the Evaluator indicates that an Educator in his/her second or third years of practice should continue to address induction and mentoring goals pursuant to 603 CMR 7.12, the Educator may address shared grade level or subject area team goals. (e) For Educators with PTS and ratings of needs improvement or unsatisfactory, the professional practice goal(s) must address specific standards and indicators identified for improvement. In addition, the goals may address shared grade level or subject area team goals. Goals are written by the Evaluator with input from the Educator for inclusion in the Directed Growth Plan.