Alternative Evaluation Procedure Clause Samples
Alternative Evaluation Procedure. 1. A permanent unit member with a minimum of five (5) years in the District may, with the mutual agreement of the certificated evaluator he/she has chosen, elect to participate in the alternative evaluation process subject to the following conditions:
a. The unit member must have had evaluation ratings of “Proficient” or above over the course of the last five years.
b. The unit member will have designated either one or two evaluation partners to work with during the process who also meet the eligibility criteria.
c. The alternative evaluation process is available no more than once every four years for qualifying evaluatees.
d. Evaluatee notifies his/her evaluator of their intent to use the alternative evaluation process by the end of the 4th week of the school year or on the date of the agreed evaluation calendar for that year. The evaluator’s response shall be given by the end of the 5th week.
2. At a pre-evaluation conference held in compliance with the District’s evaluation calendar for the year, the peer evaluators and their evaluating administrator shall meet, discuss, and mutually agree upon the evaluation plan including constrains. Evaluatees and evaluator will mutually agree on scheduled updates (if any) during the year.
Alternative Evaluation Procedure. 17.4.1 The District and the Association share the belief that offering alternatives to the traditional evaluation system will improve excellence in instruction by promoting the professional growth of experienced teachers.
17.4.1.1 Participants
17.4.1.1.1 The following certificated personnel will be eligible to participate in an alternate evaluation system:
a) All permanent certificated employees who have worked for the District six consecutive years and who have received two satisfactory evaluations (excluding probationary evaluations) and with agreement by the site administrator may participate in the alternative evaluation process.
b) Participation will be voluntary by the permanent certificated unit member with the approval of the site administrator.
c) There will be no limit on the number of participants at each site.
d) The alternative evaluation option, if mutually agreed upon between the evaluatee and the site administrator, shall take the place of the traditional evaluation methods as outlined in Article 17 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
17.4.1.1.2 (a) Teachers whose participation in the alternative evaluation program is judged to detract from the teacher’s instructional and professional performance may be returned, during the following evaluation period to the traditional evaluation process, whereby the unit member will not be evaluated that next year, unless they have received an unsatisfactory evaluation under the alternative evaluation process, as outlined in Article 17 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the District and HTA. The administrator must specify to the affected teacher, in writing, the reasons for the evaluation reassignment.
17.4.1.1.3 (b) A unit member may request to have the alternative evaluation process be extended beyond the current evaluation year when the unit member can demonstrate good cause for that extension. The extension request must be approved by the site administrator and the Superintendent.
Alternative Evaluation Procedure