Common use of SHORT FORM OF EVALUATION Clause in Contracts

SHORT FORM OF EVALUATION. 1. All employees who contract again with the District after their first three (3) years of service in the Newport School District shall be defined as continuing employees and may be evaluated pursuant to this Article. 2. After a beginning employee has four (4) consecutive years of satisfactory evaluations, he/she shall have the option of using the short form of evaluation. 3. Employees who choose the short form evaluation shall notify their principal/supervisor by October 1. Notice will be placed in their file accordingly. 4. Continuing employees who choose the short process shall have one (1) thirty (30) minute required observation before May 30. The principal will sign off on the evaluation form that the employee has given satisfactory service. The short form of evaluation may not be used as a basis for determining that an employee’s work is unsatisfactory or as probable cause for non-renewal of an employee’s contract. 5. If the evaluator or employee has reason to believe the short process option should be dropped during the year, written notification must be given of the reasons for the decision by February 1. If they disagree, the principal shall have the right to the final decision. The employee shall have the right to appeal to the Superintendent. 6. If a teacher changes grade level configurations (P, K-4, 5-8, 9-12), the teacher will remain on his/her current form of evaluation.