Continuous Evaluations. Evaluation will continue regularly throughout the teacher’s service, although the supervisory burden will naturally be greatest in the earlier years of teaching service. It is the expectation of the District that building principals routinely observe all teachers’ instruction on an annual basis. The non-tenure teacher and any teacher on probation must be observed a minimum of twice yearly and receive a comprehensive annual evaluation. Tenured teachers will continue to improve their instructional and leadership skills through annual goal- setting that includes descriptions of how the teacher/educator will seek continued improvement. The principal and/or supervisor will work closely with the educator to establish projects, leadership opportunities and/or strategies for continued growth in the profession or to determine that the educator is interested in pursuing the traditional evaluation process. This process may replace the traditional observation/evaluation procedure for not more than three (3) consecutive years. The principal may invoke the traditional observation/evaluation procedure at any time deemed necessary. The traditional procedure for a tenured teacher will minimally include one observation and the summative evaluation.
