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PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION Section 1 General Provisions. 1.1 The District shall provide for the evaluation of all unit members using one of the following formats: (1) Formal Conference evaluation or (2) Self-Assessment evaluation. Probationary unit members shall be evaluated every year using the Formal Conference format. Unit members with permanent status shall be evaluated every other year using the Formal Conference format or the Self-Assessment format if Article VIII, Section 6 is applicable. At the discretion of the principal, permanent status members may skip one evaluation cycle. Those members who have selected to skip a cycle will be notified by the principal within 30 calendar day following the first work day of the school year for unit members. 1.1.1 Formal Conference evaluations require identification of three (3) standards, and for a classroom teacher, a minimum of three formal classroom observations conducted by the designated evaluator. 1.1.2 Self-Assessment evaluation requires agreement between evaluator and unit member regarding three (3) standards to be assessed and assessment methods as described in section 6.2 of this article. 1.1.3 A permanent unit member will be on Formal Conference evaluation at least once in every six (6) years. 1.1.4 Consulting teachers will be eligible for Self-Assessment, notwithstanding other provisions in this article. 1.2 The evaluator shall be any certificated administrator at the same school site as the unit member so designated by district management. Unit members shall not evaluate other bargaining unit members. 1.3 Unit members who are to be evaluated will be so notified by the principal or program administrator within thirty (30) calendar days following the first work day of the school year for unit members or within thirty (30) calendar days of initial employment, whichever is later. Such notice will contain a brief explanation of evaluation procedures and will include a copy of the Standards, the Key Elements, the Performance Evaluation Rubric (herein referred to as the Rubric) for determining whether or not the Key Elements have been met, and a sample copy of documents and forms to be used. Other bargaining unit members will receive similarly purposed and relevant documents at this same time. 1.4 With the exception of classroom teachers assigned to participate in the Partnership Program, unit members scheduled for evaluation will have the right to one (1) change in designated evaluator, provided the request is made after the notification provided in Section 1.3 above and before the preliminary review conference provided in Section 1.5 below. The request shall be in writing. 1.4.1 A Referred Teacher will be evaluated by the site principal while participating in the Partnership Program. 1.4.2 In the case of Redwood Continuation School, the member may request a change of evaluator to an administrator selected by the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources. 1.5 At least one (1) preliminary conference will be held within fifty (50) calendar days following the first work day of the school year for unit members or sixty (60) calendar days for those on Self-Assessment at which time the evaluator and evaluatee will determine the nature of the assessment that will be done, prepare the Pre Evaluation Conference form and review the manner in which the evaluation will be carried out. 1.5.1 Any Standard on which a teacher referred to the Partnership Program receives a designation of "Not Met" shall be included in the Formal Conference evaluation during the Partnership Program year. 1.6 The Association and the District shall mutually agree to forms used to initiate evaluation goals and objectives and to summarize an annual evaluation. Current forms are included in Exhibit 2 of this Agreement and shall remain in use until modified by mutual agreement.

PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION Section 1 General Provisions. 1.1 The District shall provide for the evaluation of all unit members using one of the following formats: (1) Formal Conference evaluation or (2) Self-Assessment evaluation. Probationary unit members shall be evaluated every year using the Formal Conference format. Unit members with permanent status who do not qualify under Education Code 44664(a)(3) shall be evaluated every other year using the Formal Conference format or the Self-Assessment format if Article VIII, Section 6 is applicable. At Unit members who qualify under Education Code 44664(a)(3), who have permanent status, who have been employed at least 10 years with the discretion school district, whose previous evaluation rated the unit member as meeting standards, and with the approval of the principalPrincipal and the certificated employee, permanent status may be evaluated every third school year using the Formal Conference format or the Self-Assessment format according to Section 6 of this Article. The length of the evaluation cycle for these unit members will be communicated in the final evaluation document of the prior cycle. However, the certificated employee or the Principal may skip one withdraw approval to the every third school year evaluation cycle. Those members who have selected to skip a cycle If the Principal withdraws approval, the certificated member will be notified by of the principal within 30 change in writing thirty calendar day following days prior to the first work day end of the school year. Such notification will also include specification of the year for unit membersin which they will next be evaluated. 1.1.1 Formal Conference evaluations require identification of three (3) standards, and for a classroom teacher, a minimum of three formal classroom observations conducted by the designated evaluator. 1.1.2 Self-Assessment evaluation requires agreement between evaluator and unit member regarding three (3) standards to be assessed and assessment methods as described in section 6.2 of this article. 1.1.3 A permanent unit member will be on Formal Conference evaluation at least once in every six (6) years. 1.1.4 Consulting teachers will be eligible for Self-Assessment, notwithstanding other provisions in this article. 1.2 The evaluator shall be any certificated administrator at the same school site as the unit member so designated by district management. Unit members shall not evaluate other bargaining unit members. 1.3 Unit members who are to be evaluated will be so notified by the principal or program administrator within thirty (30) calendar days following the first work day of the school year for unit members or within thirty (30) calendar days of initial employment, whichever is later. Such notice will contain a brief explanation of evaluation procedures and will include a copy of the Standards, the Key Elements, the Performance Evaluation Rubric (herein referred to as the Rubric) for determining whether or not the Key Elements have been met, and a sample copy of documents and forms to be used. Other bargaining unit members will receive similarly purposed and relevant documents at this same time. 1.4 With the exception of classroom teachers assigned to participate in the Partnership Program, unit members scheduled for evaluation will have the right to one (1) change in designated evaluator, provided the request is made after the notification provided in Section 1.3 above and before the preliminary review conference provided in Section 1.5 below. The request shall be in writing. 1.4.1 A Referred Teacher will be evaluated by the site principal while participating in the Partnership Program. 1.4.2 In the case of Redwood Continuation School, the member may request a change of evaluator to an administrator selected by the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources. 1.5 At least one (1) preliminary conference will be held within fifty (50) calendar days following the first work day of the school year for unit members or sixty (60) calendar days for those on Self-Assessment at which time the evaluator and evaluatee will determine the nature of the assessment that will be done, prepare the Pre Evaluation Conference form and review the manner in which the evaluation will be carried out. 1.5.1 Any Standard on which a teacher referred to the Partnership Program receives a designation of "Not Met" shall be included in the Formal Conference evaluation during the Partnership Program year. 1.6 The Association and the District shall mutually agree to forms used to initiate evaluation goals and objectives and to summarize an annual evaluation. Current forms are included in Exhibit 2 of this Agreement and shall remain in use until modified by mutual agreement.