Common use of Consulting Teachers and Remediation Clause in Contracts

Consulting Teachers and Remediation. (1) A staff member shall be eligible to work as a consulting teacher provided the staff member meets the following criteria: (a) Is not a supervisory, managerial, or administrative staff member. (b) Has at least five (5) years of experience in the appropriate specific discipline. (c) Has reasonable familiarity with the assignment of the staff member in need of remediation. (d) Has received an Excellent rating on the most recent evaluation. (2) The Board shall furnish the Union with a roster of all staff qualified as consulting teachers and shall update such roster from time to time as names are added or deleted. The roster shall include the discipline and/or qualified teaching area of each staff member. When a consulting teacher is needed and written notice of such is delivered to the Union, the Union shall submit to the Administration a roster of at least five (5) qualified staff members or all such qualified staff members if that number is less than five (5), from which the Administration shall select the consulting teacher. Should the Union fail to submit a roster within ten (10) working days of receipt of request for such roster, then the Administration may select any consulting teacher, provided however, that the selected consulting teacher is not a newly eligible staff member that was unknown to the Union. Any staff member may decline to serve as a consulting teacher. To the extent possible, consulting teachers shall be selected on a rotating basis. (3) A consulting teacher shall receive release time (schedule to be worked out as part of the remediation plan) to perform the duty as a consulting teacher and shall receive compensation to be determined by agreement among the Board, the Administration, the consulting teacher and the Union. (4) Any tenured staff member who receives an overall evaluation rating of unsatisfactory, and the reasons for such rating are deemed remediable, shall be placed on remediation status. It is understood that a staff member may be rated unsatisfactory if the documented weakness(es) of the staff member is/are major, and interfere(s) with the staff member’s competence. (5) Any staff member who receives an unsatisfactory shall be placed on a formal remediation plan developed in accordance with Article 24A of The School Code. The remediation plan shall require a half-point and final evaluation during the remediation period. While the consulting teacher shall participate in the development and implementation of the remediation plan and shall provide advice and counsel to the staff member rated unsatisfactory on how to improve professional skills and to successfully complete the remediation plan, the sole responsibility for the formal evaluations shall rest with the evaluator. If the staff member on remediation status is subsequently evaluated with an overall performance rating of Satisfactory or better, the staff member shall be evaluated in the year following the receipt of the “unsatisfactory” rating and, thereafter shall be reinstated to the evaluation cycle set forth in the District’s Evaluation Plan. If the staff member on remediation status is still evaluated with an overall rating of unsatisfactory at the end of the ninety (90) school day remediation plan, the Board shall automatically institute dismissal procedures against the staff member in accordance with The School Code.

Consulting Teachers and Remediation. (The appeals process for any teacher who receives a summative rating of unsatisfactory will be included in the district evaluation plan. 1) A staff member shall be eligible to work as . In the case that a consulting teacher provided is needed for remediation the staff member meets evaluator of the teacher who was rated “unsatisfactory” will select from teachers who meet the following criteria: (a) a. Is not a supervisory, managerial, or administrative staff member.teacher as defined by this Agreement; (b) b. Has at least five (5) years of experience in the appropriate specific discipline.teaching experience; (c) c. Has a reasonable familiarity with the assignment of the staff member in need of remediation.teacher to whom he/she may serve as consultant; (d) d. Has received an Excellent rating “excellent” on the his/her most recent evaluation; and e. Otherwise meets the requirements of the School Code for a consulting teacher. (2) . Where no teachers who meet these criteria are available within the district, the district shall request and the Regional Office of Education shall supply, to participate in the remediation process, an individual who meets these criteria. 3. The Board shall furnish the Union with a roster master list of all staff teachers qualified as consulting teachers and shall update such roster master list from time to time as names are added or deleted. The roster master list shall include name the discipline and/or qualified teaching area of each staff memberteacher. When a consulting teacher is needed and written notice of such is delivered to the Union, the Union shall submit to the Administration a roster of at least five (5) qualified staff members teachers from those teachers on the master list or of all such qualified staff members teachers if that number is less than five (5), from which the Administration shall select the consulting teacher. Should the Union fail to submit a roster within ten (10) working school days of receipt of request for such roster, then the Administration may select any consulting teacher, provided however, however that the selected consulting teacher is not a newly eligible staff member that was unknown included on the master list the Administration furnished to the Union. Any staff member teacher may decline to serve as a consulting teacher. To the extent possiblepracticable, consulting teachers shall be selected on a rotating basis. (3) 4. A consulting teacher shall receive release released time (schedule to be worked out as part of the any remediation plan) to perform the his/her duty as a consulting teacher and shall receive compensation to be determined by agreement among the Board, the Administration, the consulting teacher and the Unionteacher. (4) 5. Any tenured staff member teacher on continued contractual service who receives an overall evaluation composite rating of “unsatisfactory”, and the reasons for such rating are deemed remediable, shall be placed on upon “remediation status. It is understood that .” Within thirty (30) school days of being placed upon remediation status, a staff member may be rated unsatisfactory if the documented weakness(es) of the staff member is/are major, and interfere(s) with the staff member’s competence. (5) Any staff member who receives an unsatisfactory remediation plan shall be placed on a formal remediation plan developed in accordance with Article 24A of The School Codeby the District for implementation to correct the remediable deficiencies cited. The remediation plan shall require a half-point and final evaluation during the remediation periodlast ninety (90) school days. While the consulting teacher shall participate in the development and implementation of the remediation plan and shall provide advice and counsel to the staff member rated unsatisfactory on how to improve professional skills and to successfully complete the remediation plan, the sole responsibility for the formal evaluations shall rest with the evaluator. If the staff member on remediation status is subsequently evaluated with an overall performance rating of Satisfactory or better, the staff member shall Teachers must be evaluated in at the year following the receipt of the “unsatisfactory” rating and, thereafter shall be reinstated to the evaluation cycle set forth in the District’s Evaluation Plan. If the staff member on remediation status is still evaluated with an overall rating of unsatisfactory midpoint and at the end of the ninety (90) school day remediation planperiod. Participants in the plan shall include the teacher, a qualified evaluator, and a consulting teacher selected by the Board evaluator. The written remediation plan shall automatically institute dismissal procedures against contain the staff member following components: a. Description of the condition(s) in accordance with The School Code.need of change b. Clear definition of an acceptable level of performance c. Plan of identified expectations to be achieved d. Indication of assistance to be provided e. System of monitoring progress f. Indicators for success

Consulting Teachers and Remediation. (1) A staff member shall be eligible to work as . In the case that a consulting teacher provided is needed for remediation the staff member meets evaluator of the teacher who was rated “unsatisfactory” will select from teachers who meet the following criteria: (a) a. Is not a supervisory, managerial, or administrative staff member.teacher as defined by this Agreement; (b) b. Has at least five (5) years of experience in the appropriate specific discipline.teaching experience; (c) c. Has a reasonable familiarity with the assignment of the staff member in need of remediation.teacher to whom he/she may serve as consultant; (d) d. Has received an Excellent rating “excellent” on the his/her most recent evaluation; and e. Otherwise meets the requirements of the School Code for a consulting teacher. (2) . Where no teachers who meet these criteria are available within the district, the district shall request and the Regional Office of Education shall supply, to participate in the remediation process, an individual who meets these criteria. 3. The Board shall furnish the Union with a roster master list of all staff teachers qualified as consulting teachers and shall update such roster master list from time to time as names are added or deleted. The roster master list shall include name the discipline and/or qualified teaching area of each staff memberteacher. When a consulting teacher is needed and written notice of such is delivered to the Union, the Union shall submit to the Administration a roster of at least five (5) qualified staff members teachers from those teachers on the master list or of all such qualified staff members teachers if that number is less than five (5), from which the Administration shall select the consulting teacher. Should the Union fail to submit a roster within ten (10) working school days of receipt of request for such roster, then the Administration may select any consulting teacher, provided however, however that the selected consulting teacher is not a newly eligible staff member that was unknown included on the master list the Administration furnished to the Union. Any staff member teacher may decline to serve as a consulting teacher. To the extent possiblepracticable, consulting teachers shall be selected on a rotating basis. (3) 4. A consulting teacher shall receive release released time (schedule to be worked out as part of the any remediation plan) to perform the his/her duty as a consulting teacher and shall receive compensation to be determined by agreement among the Board, the Administration, the consulting teacher and the Unionteacher. (4) 5. Any tenured staff member teacher on continued contractual service who receives an overall evaluation composite rating of “unsatisfactory”, and the reasons for such rating are deemed remediable, shall be placed on upon “remediation status. It is understood that .” Within thirty (30) school days of being placed upon remediation status, a staff member may be rated unsatisfactory if the documented weakness(es) of the staff member is/are major, and interfere(s) with the staff member’s competence. (5) Any staff member who receives an unsatisfactory remediation plan shall be placed on a formal remediation plan developed in accordance with Article 24A of The School Codeby the District for implementation to correct the remediable deficiencies cited. The remediation plan shall require a half-point and final evaluation during the remediation periodlast ninety (90) school days. While the consulting teacher shall participate in the development and implementation of the remediation plan and shall provide advice and counsel to the staff member rated unsatisfactory on how to improve professional skills and to successfully complete the remediation plan, the sole responsibility for the formal evaluations shall rest with the evaluator. If the staff member on remediation status is subsequently evaluated with an overall performance rating of Satisfactory or better, the staff member shall Teachers must be evaluated in at the year following the receipt of the “unsatisfactory” rating and, thereafter shall be reinstated to the evaluation cycle set forth in the District’s Evaluation Plan. If the staff member on remediation status is still evaluated with an overall rating of unsatisfactory midpoint and at the end of the ninety (90) school day remediation planperiod. Participants in the plan shall include the teacher, a qualified evaluator, and a consulting teacher selected by the Board evaluator. The written remediation plan shall automatically institute dismissal procedures against contain the staff member following components: a. Description of the condition(s) in accordance with The School Code.need of change b. Clear definition of an acceptable level of performance c. Plan of identified expectations to be achieved d. Indication of assistance to be provided e. System of monitoring progress f. Indicators for success