PAR Program. The PAR Program is a yearlong process that involves frequent, ongoing, classroom-based assistance and a standards based review of a teacher’s practice. Aimed at improving teacher quality, a trained Peer Consultant Teacher (PCT) provides personalized assistance and instructional support for Participating Teachers (PT) who are interested in improving their professional practice and voluntarily request to participate. The PAR program affirms the district’s efforts to support and appraise teachers based on the guidelines of the district’s Teacher Appraisal Process (TAP). PAR is fully aligned with TAP and utilizes the same domain rubrics, observation cycles and ISBE descriptors that define the TAP process. Participating Teachers (PT) in PAR use the same forms, follow the same timelines, complete the same events, and adhere to guidelines as outlined in the TAP document.
PAR Program. 12 1. Referred Teacher Participants (RTP)
14 a. A Referred Teacher Participant is a teacher with permanent status who 15 receives an unsatisfactory overall rating on the year-end evaluation (related to 16 instructional skills, classroom management, knowledge of subject matter, or 17 other related aspects of teaching performance). Permanent teachers may not 18 be referred to PAR for an isolated problem with his or her teaching 19 performance if the overall evaluation is satisfactory. A teacher may not be 20 referred to PAR for attendance problems, repeated tardiness, failure to 21 complete required attendance or grade reports or to comply with other similar 22 administrative requirements or directives. The purpose of such participation 23 is to help the RTP correct the job-related deficiencies and achieve a 24 satisfactory level of teaching performance.
26 b. The PAR Committee shall make a good faith effort to assign a Consulting 27 Teacher to the RTP prior to September 1st. At the request of the RTP 28 Consulting Teacher, Director of Human Resources, or on its own initiative, 29 the Committee may assign a different Consulting Teacher to work with the 30 RTP at any time during the year.
32 c. The Consulting Teacher shall use such methods as he or she deems 33 appropriate to help the RTP correct the job-related deficiencies and achieve a 34 satisfactory level of teaching performance. The Consulting Teacher will 35 submit periodic (no less than one every three months) written Status Reports 36 to the Committee and Director of Human Resources. The Consulting Teacher 37 will continue to provide assistance to the RTP until he or she receives a 38 satisfactory evaluation. The Consulting Teacher will submit a written Final 39 Report to the Committee and Director of Human Resources. A copy of each 40 report and the Final Report of the Consulting Teacher will be submitted to, 41 and discussed with, the RTP before it is submitted to the Committee. The 42 RTP will have the right to submit to the Committee a written response to each 43 Status Report and to the Final Report of the Consulting Teacher. The RTP has 44 the right to meet with the Committee before it makes a final recommendation 45 to the Board of Education.
1 d. At all levels of the process, the RTP has the right to be represented by the 2 Association Representative of his or her choice.
4 e. After consideration by the PAR Committee, the results of the RTP’s 5 participation in the PAR Program shall be forwar...
PAR Program. Allows exemplary teachers to assist other teachers in the areas of subject matter knowledge, teaching strategies, classroom management and/or teaching methods and instruction (as outlined in the Certificated Employee Summary Evaluation in the following categories: Student Progress, Learning Environment and Other Professional Responsibilities).
PAR Program. If no improvement is noted at the final evaluation conference and the evaluatee receives multiple "unsatisfactory" ratings in one or more domains as indicated in the evaluator's comment section, the evaluatee will be required to participate in the PAR Program, if funded and operative, as a Referred Participating Educator during the next school year. This will be in addition to the regularly scheduled evaluation process.
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18.3.1 Any permanent teacher who has received an unsatisfactory rating on the Certificated Employee Assessment Report and is referred to PAR is required to participate in PAR.
18.3.2 If a teacher referred to PAR grieves a procedural violation of an evaluation, the PAR process shall continue until a final decision on the grievance has been made. If the grievance results in the rescission of the unsatisfactory evaluation, the referral to PAR shall be withdrawn. If the appeal is denied, the referral to PAR shall continue to be implemented.18.3.3 by the second Friday in May:
18.3.3.1 The Evaluator’s recommendations for classroom/instructional improvement shall be completed, aligned with student learning, clearly stated, and consistent with Education Code Section 44662. These recommendations shall be considered as the performance goals required by Education Code Sections 44664(a) and 44500(b)(2).
18.3.3.2 A copy of the Evaluator’s recommendation shall be given to the RT.
PAR Program. A program that allows exemplary teachers to assist permanent teachers in the areas of subject matter knowledge, instructional techniques and strategies, and classroom management.
PAR Program. If no improvement is noted at the final evaluation conference and the employee receives an unsatisfactory rating in one or more of the California Standards for the Teaching Profession as indicated in the evaluator’s comment section, the employee will be required to participate in the PAR Program, if funded and operative, as a Referred Participating Teacher during the next school year. This will be in addition to the regularly scheduled evaluation process.
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