Common use of CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEE EVALUATION Clause in Contracts

CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEE EVALUATION. A. Evaluation and assessment The evaluation guidelines set forth in the Education Code will be followed. Employee competency will be evaluated as it reasonably relates to: 1. The progress of pupils toward the standards established by the governing board at each grade level in each area of study. The standards are to be made available to the evaluator and the evaluatee. The evaluation and assessment of a certificated employee’s competence, pursuant to this section, shall not include the use of publisher’s norms established by standardized tests. The District shall consult the Association about the instruments used to measure these standards. 2. The instructional techniques and strategies used by the employee. 3. The employee’s adherence to curricular objectives. 4. The establishment and maintenance of a suitable learning environment, within the scope of the employee’s responsibilities. 5. School and District assigned duties 6. Professional Development B. Evaluation Process 1. The intent of evaluating employees is to maintain and/or improve the quality of education in the District. The evaluation process, as applied to certificated employees, will utilize uniform procedures throughout the district. Each certificated employee evaluation will be supported by accurate and valid data from which judgments are to be made. 2. Within the first ten (10) workdays of the school year the site administrator(s) will hold an in- service, for the entire certificated staff being evaluated that year, in which they will explain the uniform evaluation procedures and criteria to be used in the evaluation process. Attendance at this in-service will be mandatory. 3. Administrators shall formally evaluate each: a. Permanent certificated employee every other year or every five years for those who have been employed at least ten (10) years with the school district, are highly qualified, as defined in 20 U.S.C. Sec 7801 and whose previous evaluation rated the employee as meeting or exceeding standards, if the evaluator and certificated employee being evaluated agree. The certificated employee or the evaluator may withdraw consent at any time (must be in writing). b. Non-permanent certificated employee once per school year. The administrator may elect to evaluate more frequently. Certificated employees have the right to request further evaluations. Hourly categorical teachers may be excluded from this provision. The following categorically funded, temporary certificated staff, who has successfully served the District for two years, will subsequently be evaluated every other year: Preschool, Xxxxxx- Xxxxx, ROP and Title 1 funded teachers. If a unit member is scheduled to be evaluated during a particular school year, but is granted a leave of absence for one (1) semester or longer, such evaluation shall take place during the first year of return. 4. Teachers to be evaluated during a particular year shall be furnished a copy of the evaluation procedures, advised of the criteria upon which the evaluation is to be based, and notified of their evaluator within the first thirty (30) work days of the year in which the evaluation is to take place. Any teacher desiring to use the alternative evaluation process (see section C) shall reach mutual agreement with his/her evaluator on an Alternative Evaluation Plan within the first 30 days of the school year. If such agreement is not reached, evaluation shall be the standard process. 5. The teacher being evaluated and the evaluator shall meet within the first forty-five (45) workdays to: a. Establish objectives to be achieved during the evaluation period. (1) There will be three (3) objectives focused on student academic achievement and mutually agreed to by the evaluator and evaluatee. Measurements of student(s) performance will be based on at least one pre/post instrument of assessment. Additional measures of student growth may be project or performance-based assessments. (2) Standards of performance will be reasonable, and will be mutually agreed to by the teacher and evaluator. (3) If circumstances change during the course of the evaluation period which require modification of the original objectives, changes shall be mutually agreed to by both the teacher and the evaluator. b. Established a general timeline for one formal observation, post-observation conference and final evaluation meeting. The evaluator and evaluatee will mutually agree on a specific date/time for this observation at least 5 days prior to the observation occurring.

CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEE EVALUATION. A. Evaluation and assessment The evaluation guidelines set forth in the Education Code will be followed. Employee competency will be evaluated as it reasonably relates to: 1. The progress of pupils toward the standards established by the governing board at each grade level in each area of study. The standards are to be made available to the evaluator and the evaluatee. The evaluation and assessment of a certificated employee’s competence, pursuant to this section, shall not include the use of publisher’s norms established by standardized tests. The District shall consult the Association about the instruments used to measure these standards. 2. The instructional techniques and strategies used by the employee. 3. The employee’s adherence to curricular objectives. 4. The establishment and maintenance of a suitable learning environment, within the scope of the employee’s responsibilities. 5. School and District assigned duties 6. Professional Development B. Evaluation Process 1. The intent of evaluating employees is to maintain and/or improve the quality of education in the District. The evaluation process, as applied to certificated employees, will utilize uniform procedures throughout the district. Each certificated employee evaluation will be supported by accurate and valid data from which judgments are to be made. 2. Within the first ten (10) workdays of the school year the site administrator(s) will hold an in- service, for the entire certificated staff being evaluated that year, in which they will explain the uniform evaluation procedures and criteria to be used in the evaluation process. Attendance at this in-service will be mandatory. 3. Administrators shall formally evaluate each: a. Permanent certificated employee every other year or every five years for those who have been employed at least ten (10) years with the school district, are highly qualified, as defined in 20 U.S.C. Sec 7801 and whose previous evaluation rated the employee as meeting or exceeding standards, if the evaluator and certificated employee being evaluated agree. The certificated employee or the evaluator may withdraw consent at any time (must be in writing). b. Non-permanent certificated employee once per school year. The administrator may elect to evaluate more frequently. Certificated employees have the right to request further evaluations. Hourly categorical teachers may be excluded from this provision. The following categorically funded, temporary certificated staff, who has successfully served the District for two years, will subsequently be evaluated every other year: Preschool, Xxxxxx- Xxxxxx-Xxxxx, ROP and Title 1 funded teachers. If a unit member is scheduled to be evaluated during a particular school year, but is granted a leave of absence for one (1) semester or longer, such evaluation shall take place during the first year of return. 4. Teachers to be evaluated during a particular year shall be furnished a copy of the evaluation procedures, advised of the criteria upon which the evaluation is to be based, and notified of their evaluator within the first thirty (30) work days of the year in which the evaluation is to take place. Any teacher desiring to use the alternative evaluation process (see section C) shall reach mutual agreement with his/her evaluator on an Alternative Evaluation Plan within the first 30 days of the school year. If such agreement is not reached, evaluation shall be the standard process. 5. The teacher being evaluated and the evaluator shall meet within the first forty-five (45) workdays to: a. Establish objectives to be achieved during the evaluation period. (1) There will be three (3) objectives focused on student academic achievement and mutually agreed to by the evaluator and evaluatee. Measurements of student(s) performance will be based on at least one pre/post instrument of assessment. Additional measures of student growth may be project or performance-based assessments. (2) Standards of performance will be reasonable, and will be mutually agreed to by the teacher and evaluator. (3) If circumstances change during the course of the evaluation period which require modification of the original objectives, changes shall be mutually agreed to by both the teacher and the evaluator. b. Established a general timeline for one formal observation, post-observation conference and final evaluation meeting. The evaluator and evaluatee will mutually agree on a specific date/time for this observation at least 5 days prior to the observation occurring.

CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEE EVALUATION. ‌ A. Evaluation and assessment The evaluation guidelines set forth in the Education Code will be followed. Employee competency will be evaluated as it reasonably relates to: 1. The progress of pupils toward the standards established by the governing board at each grade level in each area of study. The standards are to be made available to the evaluator and the evaluatee. The evaluation and assessment of a certificated employee’s competence, pursuant to this section, shall not include the use of publisher’s norms established by standardized tests. The District shall consult the Association about the instruments used to measure these standards. 2. The instructional techniques and strategies used by the employee. 3. The employee’s adherence to curricular objectives. 4. The establishment and maintenance of a suitable learning environment, within the scope of the employee’s responsibilities. 5. School and District assigned duties 6. Professional Development B. Evaluation Process 1. The intent of evaluating employees is to maintain and/or improve the quality of education in the District. The evaluation process, as applied to certificated employees, will utilize uniform procedures throughout the district. Each certificated employee evaluation will be supported by accurate and valid data from which judgments are to be made. 2. Within the first ten (10) workdays of the school year the site administrator(s) will hold an in- service, for the entire certificated staff being evaluated that year, in which they will explain the uniform evaluation procedures and criteria to be used in the evaluation process. Attendance at this in-service will be mandatory. 3. Administrators shall formally evaluate each: a. Permanent certificated employee every other year or every five years for those who have been employed at least ten (10) years with the school district, are highly qualified, as defined in 20 U.S.C. Sec 7801 and whose previous evaluation rated the employee as meeting or exceeding standards, if the evaluator and certificated employee being evaluated agree. The certificated employee or the evaluator may withdraw consent at any time (must be in writing). b. Non-permanent certificated employee once per school year. The administrator may elect to evaluate more frequently. Certificated employees have the right to request further evaluations. Hourly categorical teachers may be excluded from this provision. The following categorically funded, temporary certificated staff, who has successfully served the District for two years, will subsequently be evaluated every other year: Preschool, Xxxxxx- Xxxxx, ROP and Title 1 funded teachers. If a unit member is scheduled to be evaluated during a particular school year, but is granted a leave of absence for one (1) semester or longer, such evaluation shall take place during the first year of return. 4. Teachers to be evaluated during a particular year shall be furnished a copy of the evaluation procedures, advised of the criteria upon which the evaluation is to be based, and notified of their evaluator within the first thirty (30) work days of the year in which the evaluation is to take place. Any teacher desiring to use the alternative evaluation process (see section C) shall reach mutual agreement with his/her evaluator on an Alternative Evaluation Plan within the first 30 days of the school year. If such agreement is not reached, evaluation shall be the standard process. 5. The teacher being evaluated and the evaluator shall meet within the first forty-five (45five(45) workdays to: a. Establish objectives to be achieved during the evaluation period. (1) There will be three (3) objectives focused on student academic achievement and achievementand mutually agreed to by the evaluator and evaluatee. Measurements of student(s) performance will be based on at least one pre/post instrument of assessment. Additional measures of student growth may be project or performance-based assessments. (2) Standards of performance will be reasonable, and will be mutually agreed to by the teacher and evaluator. (3) If circumstances change during the course of the evaluation period which require modification of the original objectives, changes shall be mutually agreed to by both the teacher and the evaluatortheevaluator. b. Established a general timeline for one formal observation, post-observation conference and final evaluation meeting. The evaluator and evaluatee will mutually agree on a specific date/time for this observation at least 5 days prior to the observation occurring.