Consulting Teacher. 1. The participation of the Consulting Teacher shall be voluntary. 2. Any statements made by a Consulting Teacher to anyone about a teacher under remediation, which are related to their function as a Consulting Teacher, are confidential and may not be used by any party (or their agents) in any subsequent evaluations, conversations, legal proceedings, hearings, etc. It is the intent of the parties that any statements made by the Consulting Teacher to or about the teacher under remediation shall be privileged and strictly confidential. 3. The Consulting Teacher shall not be engaged to evaluate the performance of the teacher under remediation, and the Consulting Teacher shall not testify on behalf of any party during a hearing on the dismissal of the teacher following remediation with respect to either the rating process or for opinions of the teacher’s performance under remediation. 4. The Board shall provide full legal assistance and completely hold harmless any Consulting Teacher who becomes a defendant in any type of litigation because of his/her involvement as a Consulting Teacher. Further, the Board agrees to fully indemnify any such Consulting Teacher for any legal costs, assessments, damages, bodily injury, etc., because of his/her involvement as a Consulting Teacher. If the involvement in any such legal proceeding requires time off from work, the teacher shall not suffer any loss of pay, leave days, seniority, or fringe benefits. 5. The Consulting Teacher shall:
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