Mid-December. Final Evaluation Conference At the final evaluation conference, the Evaluation Committee shall review its evaluation and recommendations with the Contract Faculty Member. A copy of all evaluation reports will be provided to the Contract Faculty Member. In the event that the Evaluation Committee recommends that the Contract Faculty Member’s contract not be renewed or that the Contract Faculty Member not be employed as a permanent faculty member, the recommendation will be forwarded to the Superintendent/President who shall determine whether to forward the recommendation to the Board of Trustees for final action. In the event that the Evaluation Committee’s recommendation is not unanimous, the Superintendent/President shall, along with his/her recommendation, forward to the Board of Trustees any dissenting report prepared by an evaluation committee member and a copy of the contract faculty’s evaluation packet. The Board of Trustees shall make the final decision with respect to the forwarded recommendation(s). A recommendation from the Evaluation Committee to enter into a new contract for the ensuing year or in the case of the final year of contract faculty member’s third contract that the contract employee be employed as a permanent faculty member for all subsequent academic years, shall be forwarded to the Superintendent/President. The Superintendent/President shall forward the Evaluation Committee’s recommendation and his/her recommendation to the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees shall make the final decision with respect to the forwarded recommendation. In the event of a recommendation not to enter into a contract for the following year or not to employ the Contract Faculty Member as a permanent member of the faculty, the effected contract faculty member may file a grievance in accordance with Education Code Section 87610.1. If a contract faculty member is evaluated as “Needs Improvement” with a recommendation to employ the Contract Faculty Member for the following academic year, the Evaluation Committee and the Contract Faculty Member shall develop a written improvement plan. The plan must have identifiable objectives and include the timelines within which each objective is to be achieved. At the conclusion of the timelines included in the plan for improvement, the Contract Faculty Member shall submit to the Evaluation Committee a written report outlining the steps taken by the Contract Faculty Member in compliance with the plan for improvement. ...
