Observation Frequency for Teachers Clause Samples

Observation Frequency for Teachers. 1. Teachers in years one (1) through four (4) in the District shall receive at least three (3) observations per evaluation cycle. 2. Except as set forth in Section 2.a. below, limited and extended limited contract teachers in their fifth (5th) year or more in the District shall receive a minimum of two (2) observations per year. In any year that the teacher’s contract is set to expire or in any year in which the teacher may be considered for continuing contract, the teacher will receive at least one (1) additional observation. a. A limited or extended limited contract teacher who has worked for the District for at least four (4) years and has been evaluated in each of those years, who received a final summative evaluation rating of Accomplished in their most recent evaluation will be evaluated every three (3) years, so long as the teacher’s student academic growth measure is “average” or higher in each year. However, if that teacher is in the final year of a limited or extended limited contract, or the teacher has submitted for consideration for continuing contract status, he/she will be fully evaluated (i.e. three

Observation Frequency for Teachers. All teachers shall be evaluated based on the components of the Full Formal Evaluation Cycle unless they qualify for a Less-Frequent Cycle as set forth below. The formal evaluation cycle for teachers shall consist of: a professional growth/improvement plan, a pre-observation conference, a formal holistic observation, a post-conference, classroom walkthroughs, a formal focused observation(s), and a final summative conference. The Less Frequent Evaluation Cycle consists of a professional growth plan, two