Common use of Formal Observation Clause in Contracts

Formal Observation. a. Provisional employees shall have at least one prearranged formal observation conducted within the first ninety (90) days of the school year. First year teachers must have two thirty minute observations within the first ninety (90) days of the school year. The total annual observation time cannot be less than (90) minutes. Each provisional staff member must have two thirty (30) minute observations per year with the remainder of the required ninety (90) minutes comprised of mini-observations or an additional formal observation. An employee in provisional status as defined in RCW 28A.405.220 shall be observed at least three times in the performance of his or her duties and the total observation time for the school year shall not be less than ninety (90) minutes. Documented evidence gathered through informal observations must be communicated to the teacher. b. Non-provisional (30-minute formal and 30-minute accumulative) c. The observations will occur no later than five (5) working days after the planning meeting (barring extenuating circumstances). d. Observations will not take place the first week of the school year, the last day before or after a break or on the day following an absence of the employee unless mutually agreed upon. e. The evaluator will document all formal observations using the negotiated form and provide the information to the employee within three (3) working days following the observation. f. The teacher shall be provided the opportunity to submit additional evidence to aid in the assessment of the teacher’s professional performance against the instructional framework rubric, especially for those criteria not observed in the classroom. The evidence provided by the teacher shall be incorporated on the negotiated form prior to the post-observation conference, and be used to determine the final evaluation score.

Appears in 6 contracts

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

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Formal Observation. a. All classroom teachers shall be observed at least twice each school year. The total annual observation time cannot be less than sixty (60) minutes. Observations lasting less than 10 minutes may not be used for evaluation without the consent of the employee. b. Provisional employees shall have at least one prearranged formal observation conducted within the first ninety (90) days of the school year. First year teachers must have two thirty minute observations within the first ninety (90) days of the school year. The total annual observation time cannot be less than (90) minutes. Each provisional staff member must have two thirty (30) minute observations per year with the remainder of the required ninety (90) minutes comprised of mini-observations or an additional formal observation. An employee in the third year of provisional status as defined in RCW 28A.405.220 shall be observed at least three times in the performance of his or her duties and the total observation time for the school year shall not be less than ninety (90) minutes. Documented evidence gathered through informal observations must be communicated to the teacher. b. c. Non-provisional (teachers will have one pre-scheduled 30-minute formal observation and 30-an additional 30- minute accumulative)accumulative observation time. c. d. The observations will occur no later than five (5) working days after the planning meeting (barring extenuating circumstances). d. e. Observations will not take place the first week of the school year, the last day before or after a break or on the day following an absence of the employee unless mutually agreed upon. e. f. The evaluator will document all formal observations using the negotiated form and provide the information to the employee within three (3) working days following the observation. f. g. The teacher shall be provided the opportunity to submit additional evidence to aid in the assessment of the teacher’s professional performance against the instructional framework rubric, especially for those criteria not observed in the classroom. The evidence provided by the teacher shall be incorporated on the negotiated form prior to the post-observation conference, conference and be used to determine the final evaluation score.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

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Formal Observation. a. All classroom teachers shall be observed at least twice each school year. The total annual observation time cannot be less than sixty (60) minutes. Observation must last at least 15 minutes to be used in the evaluation process. b. Provisional employees shall have at least one prearranged formal observation conducted within the first ninety (90) days of the school year. First year teachers must have two thirty minute observations within the first ninety (90) days of the school year. The total annual observation time cannot be less than (90) minutes. Each provisional staff member must have two thirty (30) minute observations per year with the remainder of the required ninety (90) minutes comprised of mini-observations or an additional formal observation. An employee in the third year of provisional status as defined in RCW 28A.405.220 shall be observed at least three times in the performance of his or her duties and the total observation time for the school year shall not be less than ninety (90) minutes. Documented evidence gathered through informal observations must be communicated to the teacher. b. c. Non-provisional (teachers will have at least one pre-scheduled 30-minute formal observation and an additional 30-minute accumulative)accumulative observation time. c. d. The observations will occur no later than five (5) working days after the planning meeting (barring extenuating circumstancescircumstances or mutual agreement between the evaluator and teacher). d. e. Observations will not take place the first week of the school year, the last day before or after a break or on the day following an absence of the employee unless mutually agreed upon. e. f. The evaluator will document all formal observations using the negotiated form and provide the information to the employee within three (3) working days following the observation. f. g. The teacher shall be provided the opportunity to submit additional evidence to aid in the assessment of the teacher’s professional performance against the instructional framework rubric, especially for those criteria not observed in the classroom. The evidence provided by the teacher shall be incorporated on the negotiated form prior to the post-observation conference, conference and be used to determine the final evaluation score.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement

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