PEER ASSISTANCE AND REVIEW (PAR) PROGRAM Sample Clauses

PEER ASSISTANCE AND REVIEW (PAR) PROGRAM. A. There shall be Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) Program, hereafter referred to as "Program," for all permanent bargaining unit members. The goal of Peer Assistance and Review is to improve the quality of teaching. The PAR Program provides a mechanism whereby exemplary bargaining unit members assist other bargaining unit members in one or more of the areas of subject matter knowledge, instructional strategies and teaching methodology. The Program shall have two components.
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PEER ASSISTANCE AND REVIEW (PAR) PROGRAM. The Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) Program has been developed to assist permanent teaching unit members who have an unsatisfactory evaluation in the areas of instructional techniques or methodology and/or subject matter knowledge. A teaching unit member who is placed in PAR is also placed on Xxxx Valley School District’s Support and Improvement Plan. A teaching unit member who seeks improvement of their already proficient performance may request participation in PAR. Such self referral shall not be subject to the PAR evaluation process. A copy of the PAR Program is available from the Human Resources Department.
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PEER ASSISTANCE AND REVIEW (PAR) PROGRAM. 16.011 The Association and the Board of Education believe that optimum student performance can be achieved only if there is a qualified teacher in every classroom. The parties believe, further, that a peer assistance and review (PAR) program, the primary goals of which are to provide help to teachers entering the profession and to improve the performance of a veteran teacher who is not performing at an acceptable level, can significantly contribute to the attainment of this objective.
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PEER ASSISTANCE AND REVIEW (PAR) PROGRAM. A. Support for Permanent Teachers placed on a plan of assistance due to an unsatisfactory evaluation.
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Related to PEER ASSISTANCE AND REVIEW (PAR) PROGRAM

  • Peer Assistance and Review Program 1. MCEA and MCPS agree to jointly operate a Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) Program. The PAR Program is a mechanism for maintaining systemwide quality control and ensuring that all MCPS teachers responsible for teaching students are functioning at or above the high MCPS standards of performance. It provides intensive assistance for any teacher who has not yet achieved that standard or who falls below acceptable standards. Assistance and review are provided to both experienced MCPS teachers in need of significant improvement and teachers in their first year of teaching.

  • Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) Consulting Teachers (CT) will be assigned to all new teachers with no prior teaching experience and tenured teachers rated ineffective on the qualitative measures at the end of the previous school year and recommended by the PAR Panel. Evaluations for Probationary and Ineffective Teachers:

  • EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM The District’s Educational Assistance Program will be continued during the life of this Agreement. Employees who wish to enroll in job-related and promotion oriented courses, which will improve their job knowledge, and performance will be compensated by the District for expenses as follows:

  • Dependent Care Assistance Program The County offers the option of enrolling in a Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP) designed to qualify for tax savings under Section 129 of the Internal Revenue Code, but such savings are not guaranteed. The program allows employees to set aside up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) of annual salary (before taxes) per calendar year to pay for eligible dependent care (child and elder care) expenses. Any unused balance is forfeited and cannot be recovered by the employee.

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Section 1. The Employer agrees to provide to the Union the statistical and program evaluation information provided to management concerning Employee Assistance Program(s).

  • Employee Assistance Program A. The State recognizes that alcohol, nicotine, drug abuse, and stress may adversely affect job performance and are treatable conditions. As a means of correcting job performance problems, the State may offer referral to treatment for alcohol, nicotine, drug, and stress related problems such as marital, family, emotional, financial, medical, legal, or other personal problems. The intent of this section is to assist an employee's voluntary efforts to treat alcoholism, nicotine use, or a drug-related or a stress-related problem.

  • Quality Assurance Program An employee shall be entitled to leave of absence without loss of earnings from her or his regularly scheduled working hours for the purpose of writing examinations required by the College of Nurses of Ontario arising out of the Quality Assurance Program.

  • Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP) services and the PEBT The Parties request that the PEBT Board undertake a review to assess the administering of all support staff Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP) plans.

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