INFORMAL CAST. Informal CAST occurs when an educator and / or his or her evaluator identifies a need for improved performance on the part of the educator. If the educator initiates the request for help, the first offer of help shall be informal CAST. Signs that informal CAST may be needed include: ● The educator has earned or is earning a GPA equivalent of 2.499 or lower in his / her work in Part I PACE (Xxxxxxx domain 1) element-use and in completion of the Part II (deliberate practice) element. ● An educator is struggling in progressing from “not-using” to “beginning” and/or “developing” in performance against observed and practiced Xxxxxxx elements / lesson strategies. ● Human Resources and the CFEA will, after an analysis of reported observational data, and by April 15 of each year, alert an educator and his/her respective evaluator that an educator’s PACE Part I and Part II scoring components signal possible low-performance on the final evaluation scale. (not using, beginning, developing, applying, innovating). ● A determination by the evaluator that the educator is not moving from the initial stages of attempting to meet the standards of element-use to the more advanced and successful application of the elements in instructional strategies and delivery. ● Pre- and post-conferences indicate that the educator would benefit from more dialogue, observation, and feedback. Performance measures may not yet be dire, and improvement is sought by both educator and evaluator through an informal process of providing closer monitoring, more frequent communication, and other support (e.g. professional development). ● An educator who finds difficulty in the regular accomplishment of one (or more) of the following: ○ Planning and delivering his / her standards-based lessons with Xxxxxxx elements that serve to stimulate and augment student learning and/or engagement in the educator’s classroom. ○ Establishing an orderly environment of clear expectations that include regular progress- monitoring feedback to students. ○ Connecting students’ prior learning, new content and knowledge, appropriate skills and strategies, and higher-order-thinking to the lesson. ○ Engaging students of diverse interests and abilities. The educator may approach any member of the administrative team to begin the informal CAST process; however, the administrator will assist in directing the educator to the member of the administrative team who may best provide the specific support and assistance, based on the...
