Probation Employees shall be placed on probation subject to the following:
1. At any time after October 15, an employee whose work is not judged satisfactory based on district evaluation criteria shall be notified in writing by the Superintendent that the employee is being placed on probation commencing on the date identified in the notice.
2. For classroom teachers who have been transitioned to the revised evaluation system, the following comprehensive summative evaluation performance ratings mean a classroom teacher's work is “not judged satisfactory” as that term is used in subsection 1 above: Level 1 (Unsatisfactory); or Level 2 (Basic) if the classroom teacher is a continuing contract employee with more than five years of teaching experience and if the level 2 (Basic) comprehensive summative evaluation performance rating has been received for two consecutive years or for two years within a consecutive three-year time period.
3. The written notice of probation shall enumerate the specific areas of deficiency along with a reasonable program for improvement. In addition to the support and assistance of a second evaluator under paragraph 7 below, a reasonable program for improvement shall identify the satisfactory levels of performance to be achieved in the areas of deficiency and the supports or assistance offered to help the employee improve in those areas.
4. All written communications to the employee shall be served upon the employee personally or sent by certified or registered mail or by leaving a copy of the notice at the house of his/her usual abode with some person of suitable age and discretion then residing therein.
5. A probationary period shall be established beginning any time after October 15, for a minimum of sixty (60) days, and ending no later than May 1. The purpose of the probationary period is to give the employee the opportunity to demonstrate improvement in his/her areas of deficiencies.
6. During the probationary period the evaluator shall meet with the employee at least twice monthly to evaluate the progress being made on the remediation plan during the remediation process. A written evaluation of this progress will be provided in a timely fashion to the employee after each meeting.
Probation Period It is understood and agreed that the first ninety days of employment shall constitute a probationary period during which period the Employer may, in its absolute discretion, terminate the Employee's employment, for any reason without notice or cause.
Promotional Probation a. An employee on promotional probation may be failed at any time without right of appeal or hearing, except as provided in C.3., below, and except that failing an employee on promotional probation must not be arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable.
b. An employee who fails promotional probation shall receive a performance evaluation stating the reason for failure of promotional probation.
c. When an employee fails his or her promotional probation, the employee shall have the right to return to his or her former class provided the employee was not in the previous class for the purpose of training for a promotion to a higher class. When an employee is returned to his or her former class under the provisions of this Section, the employee shall serve the remainder of any uncompleted probationary period in the former class. A regular employee who accepts promotion to a limited-term position, other than at the direction of the employee's agency/department head, shall not have the right to return to his or her former class.
d. If the employee's former class has been deleted or abolished, the employee shall have the right to return to a class in his or her former occupational series closest to, but no higher than, the salary range of the class which the employee occupied immediately prior to promotion and shall serve the remainder of any probationary period not completed in the former class.
Probationary Period A newly hired employee or a former employee who is rehired, except as otherwise provided herein, shall be on a probationary period for the first ninety (90) working days of his/her employment or re-employment. An employee who has been voluntarily or involuntarily transferred to another position covered by this Agreement shall be a probationary employee for the first ninety (90) working days of his/her employment in that position. An employee that has been transferred from a District position that is not covered by this Agreement shall be a probationary employee for the first ninety (90) working days of his/her employment in a position covered by this contract. The probationary employee shall accrue no seniority during the probationary period. The District shall have the right to discharge a 90 day probationary employee during the probationary period, and such employee shall not have recourse to the grievance procedure. If an employee is promoted, or is transferred to a new position within the District, that employee shall serve a period of probation of ninety (90) working days in that new position. If the employee does not successfully complete that period of probation, the employee will return to the identical job classification, at the same salary level, with the same level of seniority and the same job skills classification, which the employee had before the promotion or transfer. The employee will not necessarily be returned to the same job which the employee had before the promotion or transfer, however. A probationary employee, who voluntarily requests to be returned to the employee’s previous position will be permitted to do so only at the discretion of the Aberdeen School District. Upon the completion of the probationary period, the employee shall be added to the seniority list as of the last date of hire. The successful completion of the probationary period should not be construed as creating a contract or as guaranteeing employment for any specific duration or as establishing a just cause termination standard.
