Probationary Appointments (P Clause Samples

Probationary Appointments (P a. No teacher shall be placed on probation except for reasons related to the performance of educational duties. b. Prior to any recommendations to place a teacher on probation, the teacher’s Principal shall have met with the teacher and at the request of the teacher, a representative of the Union, to discuss the teacher’s performance. Weaknesses in performance shall have been brought to the attention of the teacher and suggestions for improvement given. A remedial plan of assistance shall be prepared in consultation with the teacher and, if requested by the teacher, the Union, which includes observation and assistance by available resource persons. No formal report shall be made for a two (2) month period following development of the remedial plan. c. No recommendation to place a teacher on probation shall be made without reasonable further observation of the teacher’s performance, and a formal teaching report under the School Act and in accordance with Article C.22 (TEACHER PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS). d. In the event that the Board places a teacher on probation, it shall provide written reasons to the teacher. e. If a teacher who has been placed on probation for the next school year so requests, the Board shall make all reasonable efforts to arrange a transfer of the teacher to a mutually agreeable assignment or school. For the purposes of such a transfer, a probationary teacher shall be considered to have the same priority as a continuing teacher under Article E.20 (