Accomplished School Counselors. 1. The Board of Education shall evaluate a school counselor who received a final summative rating of Accomplished on his/her most recent evaluation once every three school years so long as the metric of student outcomes is Skilled or higher on the Evaluation Rubric. During the year in which the school counselor is not fully evaluated, the Board of Education shall conduct at least one observation and one conference. The observation(s) must occur during a time(s) where non-confidential activities are scheduled so no breach in confidentiality occurs.
Accomplished School Counselors. The Board of Education will evaluate a school counselor who received a final summative rating of Accomplished on his/her most recent evaluation once every three (3) school years so long as the metric of student outcomes for the most recent school year for which data is available, is Skilled or higher on the evaluation rubric. During the year in which the school counselor is not fully evaluated, the Board of Education will conduct at least one (1) observation and one (1)
Accomplished School Counselors. The Board of Education will evaluate a school counselor who received a final summative rating of accomplished on his/her most recent evaluation once every three (3) school years so long as the metric of student outcomes for the most recent school year for which data is available, is skilled or higher on the evaluation rubric. During the year in which the school counselor is not fully evaluated, the Board of Education will conduct at least one (1) observation and one (1) conference. The observation(s) must occur during a time(s) where non-confidential activities are scheduled so no breach in confidentiality occurs. If the school counselor’s metric of student outcomes, for the most recent school year for which data is available, is developing or ineffective, the school counselor will be fully evaluated in accordance with this agreement. Growth Plan/Improvement Plan Beginning the 2017-2018 school year A school counselor with a final summative rating of accomplished will develop a professional growth plan. A school counselor with a final summative rating of skilled will develop a professional growth plan collaboratively with his/her evaluator. A school counselor with a final summative rating of developing will develop a professional growth plan with his/her evaluator. The school counselor must obtain approval for his/her professional growth plan from his/her evaluator. A school counselor with a final summative rating of ineffective will develop an improvement plan with his/her evaluator. The evaluator directs development of the improvement plan. The school counselor must obtain approval for his/her improvement plan from his/her evaluator. A school counselor new to the field or new to the Board of Education will begin the school year on a professional growth plan. Notwithstanding anything in this agreement to the contrary, an evaluator has discretion to place a school counselor on an improvement plan at any time based on deficiencies in any individual component of the evaluation system and provide reasonable time and support.
