Common use of APEX Review Panel Clause in Contracts

APEX Review Panel. 15.11.7.1 The APEX Review Panel shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Superintendent or designee. The Superintendent or designee shall be the final decision-making authority in determining the educator’s final Performance Evaluation Rating. 15.11.7.2 The APEX Review Panel shall be comprised of members who were not directly involved in the evaluation process for the appealing educator. 15.11.7.3 The selected APEX Review Panel members and alternates shall be trained so as to ensure credibility and expertise of the panel members. The panel shall be comprised of three (3) educators selected by the Association and three (3) administrators selected by the district. No more than six (6) panel members shall comprise the panel. 15.11.7.4 The appealing educator shall be given the opportunity to address the review panel and provide evidence to the review panel in person or in writing. The review panel shall review any written information provided by the appealing educator prior to the meeting to render a recommendation. 15.11.7.5 The APEX Review Panel may invite the educator or the educator’s evaluator to present in person or in writing where clarification is necessary; however, the educator and evaluator shall have the right of refusal without prejudice. 15.11.7.6 In order to overturn a rating of ineffective or partially effective, the panel must unanimously find that the rating of ineffective or partially effective was inaccurate. If the review panel is not unanimous, they shall submit the majority opinion and minority opinion to the Superintendent or designee. 15.11.7.7 The educator is permitted to appeal the second consecutive Performance Evaluation Rating of ineffective or partially effective. The educator filing an appeal shall include all grounds for the appeal within a single written document. Any grounds not raised at the time the written appeal is filed shall be deemed waived. 15.11.7.8 The grounds for an appeal shall be limited to the following: - The evaluator did not follow evaluation procedures that adhere to the requirements of statute, rule and Agreement, and that failure had a material impact on the final Performance Evaluation Rating that was assigned (e.g., an observation was never completed or feedback was never shared with the educator); and/or - The data relied upon was inaccurately attributed to the educator (e.g., data included in the evaluation was from students for whom the educator was not responsible).

APEX Review Panel. 15.11.7.1 14.12.7.1 The APEX Review Panel shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Superintendent or designee. The Superintendent or designee shall be the final decision-making authority in determining the educatorteacher’s final Performance Evaluation Rating. 15.11.7.2 14.12.7.2 The APEX Review Panel shall be comprised of members who were not directly involved in the evaluation process for the appealing educatorteacher. 15.11.7.3 14.12.7.3 The selected APEX Review Panel members and alternates shall be trained so as to ensure credibility and expertise of the panel members. The panel shall be comprised of three (3) educators teachers selected by the Association and three (3) administrators selected by the district. No more than six (6) panel members shall comprise the panel. 15.11.7.4 14.12.7.4 The appealing educator teacher shall be given the opportunity to address the review panel and provide evidence to the review panel in person or in writing. The review panel shall review any written information provided by the appealing educator teacher prior to the meeting to render a recommendation. 15.11.7.5 14.12.7.5 The APEX Review Panel may invite the educator teacher or the educatorteacher’s evaluator to present in person or in writing where clarification is necessary; however, the educator teacher and evaluator shall have the right of refusal without prejudice. 15.11.7.6 14.12.7.6 In order to overturn a rating of ineffective or partially effective, the panel must unanimously find that the rating of ineffective or partially effective was inaccurate. If the review panel is not unanimous, they shall submit the majority opinion and minority opinion to the Superintendent or designee. 15.11.7.7 14.12.7.7 The educator teacher is permitted to appeal the second consecutive Performance Evaluation Rating of ineffective or partially effective. The educator teacher filing an appeal shall include all grounds for the appeal within a single written document. Any grounds not raised at the time the written appeal is filed shall be deemed waived. 15.11.7.8 14.12.7.8 The grounds for an appeal shall be limited to the following: - The evaluator did not follow evaluation procedures that adhere to the requirements of statute, rule and Agreementmaster agreement, and that failure had a material impact on the final Performance Evaluation Rating that was assigned (e.g., an observation was never completed or feedback was never shared with the educatorteacher); and/or - The data relied upon was inaccurately attributed to the educator teacher (e.g., data included in the evaluation was from students for whom the educator teacher was not responsible).