EVALUATION OF TEACHER PERFORMANCE. 1. The Local and Board believe that students are best served when a high quality of classroom instruction and teaching performance is provided and maintained, and when positive encouragement of and adequate assistance and support for teaching performance is provided. To this end it is agreed that there shall be a system of formal information collection, assistance, and evaluation as provided in this Article. a. Nothing in this Article restricts the powers and duties of Principals, Vice Principals or the Superintendent of Schools to visit teachers’ classrooms or teaching areas for purposes of supervision and improving instruction. 2. A formal evaluation of a teacher may be conducted at any time by the Superintendent or a Principal or Vice Principal in accordance with this Collective Agreement or when requested by the teacher, but it is expected that a teacher new to the District will be evaluated in their first year of employment and other teachers normally once every four
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Samples: Provincial and Local Matters Agreement, Provincial and Local Matters Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
EVALUATION OF TEACHER PERFORMANCE. 1. The Local and Board believe that students are best served when a high quality of classroom instruction and teaching performance is provided and maintained, and when positive encouragement of and adequate assistance and support for teaching performance is provided. To this end it is agreed that there shall be a system of formal information collection, assistance, and evaluation as provided in this Article.
a. Nothing in this Article restricts the powers and duties of Principals, Vice Principals or the Superintendent of Schools to visit teachers’ classrooms or teaching areas for purposes of supervision and improving instruction.
2. A formal evaluation of a teacher may be conducted at any time by the Superintendent or a Principal or Vice Principal in accordance with this Collective Agreement or when requested by the teacher, but it is expected that a teacher new to the District will be evaluated in their her/his first year of employment and other teachers normally once every four
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Provincial and Local Matters Agreement