Common use of Summative Evaluation Conference Clause in Contracts

Summative Evaluation Conference. The summative evaluation conference shall be for the purpose of reviewing with the teacher all pertinent evaluative data gathered during the cycle. The evaluator is responsible for completing a summative evaluation report, a copy of which is given to the teacher by March 1st for non- tenured bargaining unit members or by May 1st for tenured bargaining unit members. A summative evaluation conference shall be mutually scheduled between the teacher and the evaluator. The teacher has the right to postpone the summative evaluation conference once to a mutually acceptable date within ten (10) work days. It is the teacher's responsibility to provide the evaluator with any data he or she wishes to be considered in the summative evaluation report, allowing sufficient time for the evaluator's consideration prior to drafting the report. Evaluation of a teacher shall not be based upon any undocumented information or materials which have been received by the evaluator but not been shared with the teacher. At the conclusion of the summative conference, the teacher may, within seven (7) working days, file a written response which would be attached to the summative evaluation report and be included in the teacher's personnel file. All formative and summative evaluation reports and attached teacher comments are placed in the employee's personnel file. This data is confidential.