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Section 1 Frequency
of Evaluation
Section
1a Probationary
Unit Members
Each
probationary unit member shall be evaluated on a continuing basis.
A
formal evaluation shall be completed each school year. These unit
members
will receive at least one formal observation not later than the
beginning
of Winter Break, and another formal observation not later than
March
1.
Section
1b Temporary
Unit Members
Each
temporary unit member shall be evaluated on a continuing basis.
A
formal evaluation shall be completed each school year. These unit
members
will receive at least one formal observation not later than the
beginning
of Winter Break, and another formal observation not later than
March
1.
Temporary
unit members, not working in the first seven weeks of the
school
year, shall have at least one formal observation no later than four
weeks
prior to the end of the school year.
Section
1c Permanent
Unit Members
Each
permanent unit member shall be evaluated on a continuing basis.
Informal
observations may occur without notice. Permanent unit
Members
shall be (formally) evaluated no less than once every two (2)
years,
except those unit members who have been employed by the
District
for at least ten (10) years, who are deemed highly qualified as
defined
in 20 U.S.C. Section 7801, and whose most recent evaluation
met
or exceeded standards, shall be evaluated no less than once every
five
(5) years. This interval shall be reduced to once every two (2) years
at
the request of either the unit member or the evaluator. Permanent unit
members given a rating of “Practice Not Consistent With Minimum
Standards” in one half or more of the elements of any one
teaching
standard
on the appropriate “Final Evaluation Summary form,” shall be
formally
evaluated each school year until given a rating of “Practice
Consistent
With Professional Standards.”
Section 2 Areas
of Evaluation
The District shall evaluate the performance of certificated unit
members using
the applicable evaluation form.
1.
The
Certificated Teacher Evaluation Form is based on the California Standards for
the Teaching Profession.
2.
The
Counselor Evaluation Form is based, in part, on The National Standards for
School Counseling Programs.
3. The Site Resource and District Resource Evaluation
Forms provide
for the inclusion of specific
responsibilities relevant to the position.
Section 3 Use
of Publishers’ Norms
The evaluation and assessment of unit members’
performance pursuant to this
Article shall not include the use of publishers’
norms established by standardized
tests.
Section 4 Notice
to Unit Members
No later than the end of the seventh week of the
year, in which the formal or
informal evaluation is to take place, the
administrators shall provide for unit
members:
1.
a designated evaluation packet
a. “Confirmation of Initial
Conference”
b.
“Evaluation”
form
c.
“Preliminary
Evaluation” form
d.
“Final
Evaluation Summary” form
2.
the name of their evaluator
3.
a copy of the “Evaluation Procedures”
4.
a copy of the “Certificated Evaluation Calendar”
In addition,
Certificated Teachers only, will receive #5 - #8.
5.
a copy of the “The California Standards for the Teaching
Profession”
6.
a copy of the “Examples of Evidence List”
7.
a copy of the “El Rancho Unified School District Rubric
Supporting
the
California Standards for the Teaching Profession”
8.
a copy of the Teachers’ Resource List
Section 5 Pre-Conference
and Evaluation Plan
Unit
members being evaluated and the evaluator shall meet to establish:
Section
5a A
formal evaluation plan that shall offer the evaluatee(s) an opportunity
to
sign up for the first formal classroom observation. Pre-observation
conferences, post observation conferences and the final summary
evaluation
shall be scheduled by mutual agreement within the parameters
of the
Certificated Evaluation Calendar.
Section
5b The
evaluatee(s) may include any of the following as documentation of
progress
toward meeting the standards of proficiency in the areas of
evaluation
described in Section 2:
video/audio tapes, curriculum units,
teacher
journals, logs and calendars, interviews, lesson plans, evidence
of
communications with parents/students, examples of student work,
records
of participation in school improvement efforts, reports on
professional
growth activities, or other relevant documentation.
Section 6 Classroom
Observations
Each evaluation plan shall include a minimum of
one (1) formal classroom
observation in the evaluation year. A unit member
who receives a negative observation/evaluation, prior to the Final
Evaluation, shall be entitled at his/her
request, to additional classroom observations,
evaluation conferences and
written evaluations with criteria and resources
for improvement as needed.
Section 7 Formal
Evaluation Summary
Section
7a All
final evaluation conferences for permanent, temporary and
probationary
unit members shall be completed no later than (30)
calendar
days prior to the last day of instruction. All final evaluation
conferences
for probationary-two unit members shall be completed by
March
1st. The evaluator shall transmit a copy to the unit member
thirty
(30) calendar days prior to the end of the school year. The
evaluator
and the evaluatee must sign all copies of the evaluation.
Section 7b If
a permanent unit member is given a rating of “Practice Not Consistent
With Minimum Standards” in less than 10 of the elements of all
standards 1-6, he/she shall be provided the opportunity to
volunteer for
support from the PAR program and/or the site
administrator.
Section 7c If
a permanent unit member is given a “Practice Not Consistent With
Minimum
Standards” in 10 or more of the elements
of all standards 1-6,
he/she
shall be referred to the PAR program. Any rating of “one” requires
the
evaluator to indicate in writing the specific teacher instructional
practices
that are not consistent with minimum standards. Evaluatee
will be given a copy of the Teachers’ Resource List to be discussed
with the
evaluator.
Section
7d The
evaluatee shall have the right to submit a written response to the
evaluation,
and that response shall become a permanent attachment to
the
evaluatee’s personnel file.
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