Peer Assistance Program. An experienced teacher beyond the first year of teaching who is encountering teaching problems or seeks to improve his or her teaching skills, may request or an administrator may offer to be assigned a consulting teacher. All parties (teacher/administrator/consulting teacher) will agree to participation in this program. Peer Assistance does not apply to a teacher in the Mentor Program. The building administrator will notify the RACT building representative of a teacher’s participation in this program. Observations and feedback given by consulting teachers are non- evaluative and will not become a part of any teacher file or teacher evaluation. The consulting teacher will be compensated 3% of the base (pro-rated as necessary). Release time will be made available for the consulting teacher to conduct observations and it is up to administration to make arrangements to cover the consulting teacher’s class or assignment.
Peer Assistance Program. 13 The Peer Assistance Program shall allow for multiple teachers who will work in cooperation 14 with the employee’s supervisor to define specific needs and provide assistance to the 15 employee in addressing those teaching needs. The mentoring may include, but need not be 16 limited to, observation of the employee by the mentor teacher and observation of the 17 mentor teacher in his or her own class or in preparing and providing a lesson to the 18 employee’s class. An employee shall be entitled to access the Peer Assistance Program on a 19 voluntary basis by his or her own initiative or based upon the recommendation of his/her
Peer Assistance Program. A Peer Assistance/Participating Teachers
1. Permanent classroom teachers may request assistance with their teaching practice through voluntary peer assistance. At the District’s discretion, the District may assign a Support Teacher Provider to assist the teacher receiving voluntary peer assistance. The District may also refer permanent classroom teachers to peer assistance.
2. Any documentation of the teacher receiving peer assistance will remain the property of the teacher receiving peer assistance and will not be placed in the teacher’s personnel file. All communication and documentation between the teacher receiving peer assistance and the Support Teacher Provider will be confidential and will not be shared with other individuals, including the site principal unless the Support Teacher Provider has written consent from the teacher receiving peer assistance.
3. With the approval of the site administrator, Participating Teachers shall be released two (2) days per semester to participate in the Program and receive assistance and guidance from their Support Teacher Provider.
Peer Assistance Program. A. Purpose The Association and the Superintendent may by mutual agreement establish a Peer Assistance Program that allows exemplary teachers to assist permanent and new teachers to develop as professionals. The focus of this Program is to improve instruction, including subject matter knowledge, strategies and teaching methods. The major emphasis of the Peer Assistance Program in the Alameda County Office shall reside in the voluntary aspects of the program as outlined below.
Peer Assistance Program. The Association and the District agree that the purpose of teacher unit member involvement in the Peer Assistance and Review process is to enhance teaching and other services provided by unit members performance through the rendering of assistance. Consulting Unit MembersTeachers and teacher members of the Peer Assistance and Review Panel shall not be involved in the formal evaluation procedures as defined in Article 9. This program is to be closely coordinated with other District programs for training and assistance to beginning unit membersteachers.
Peer Assistance Program. Section 1 - Structure
Peer Assistance Program. The Professional Development Committee shall help to establish i voluntary Peer Assistance Program to be implemented by September.
Peer Assistance Program. 7 The Banning Unified School District (“District”) and the Banning Teachers 8 Association (“Association”) hereby mutually agree to participate in a Peer 9 Assistance Program. This program will be subject to the following terms and 10 conditions and detailed as follows.
Peer Assistance Program. (Effective 9/1/07)
Peer Assistance Program. A. Peer Assistance/Participating Teachers
1. Permanent classroom teachers may request assistance with their teaching practice through voluntary peer assistance. AT the District’s discretion, the District may assign a Support Teacher Provider to assist the teacher receiving voluntary peer assistance. The District may also refer permanent classroom teachers to peer assistance.
2. Any documentation of the teacher receiving peer assistance will remain the property of the teacher receiving peer assistance and will not be placed in the teacher’s personnel file. All communication and documentation between the teacher receiving peer assistance and the Support Teacher Provider will be confidential and will not be shared with other individuals, including the site principal unless the Support Teacher Provider has written consent from the teacher receiving peer assistance.
3. With the approval of the site administrator, Participating Teachers shall be released two (2) days per semester to participate in the Program and receive assistance and guidance from their Support Teacher Provider.
B. Support Teacher Providers
1. A support Teacher Provider is a permanent teacher selected by the District to provide support to a Participating Teacher. With the approval of the site administrator, the Support Teacher Provider shall be released two (2) days per semester, per Participating Teacher for which the Support Teacher Provider is providing support, to observe the Participating Teacher and provide assistance and guidance to Participating Teacher.
2. Support Teacher Providers shall observe Participating Teacher(s) and meet with them to plan and provide support and assistance. support Teachers Providers shall assist Participating Teachers by demonstrating, observing, coaching, conferencing, referring or providing other activities that, in their judgment, will assist the Participating Teacher. The Support Teacher Provider, in cooperation with the site principal, may arrange opportunity for the Participating Teacher to observe other teachers teaching.
3. Support Teacher Providers shall receive a five hundred dollar ($500.00) stipend per Participating Teacher annually as compensation. Compensation will be pro- rated to reflect when the Support Teacher Provider begins providing services to the Participating Teacher. Support Teacher Providers will be limited to providing support to no more than two (2) Participating Teachers.
