Common use of Professional Growth Plans Clause in Contracts

Professional Growth Plans. After the evaluation has been completed, counselors with a rating of “Accomplished” shall develop a professional growth plan and may choose their evaluator for the evaluation cycle from a list of available evaluators supplied by the administration in compliance with this agreement. Counselors with a rating of “skilled” shall develop a professional growth plan jointly with their evaluator and shall have input into who will evaluate them from a list of available evaluators supplied by the administration in compliance with this agreement. Counselors with a rating of “Developing” shall develop a professional growth plan that is guided by their evaluator. Counselors with a rating of “ineffective” shall be placed on an improvement plan by their evaluator. If an evaluator has a concern about a counselor who is not rated ‘ineffective”, s/he may meet with the teacher to discuss the concern and add a goal to the teacher’s professional growth plan at any time during the counselor’s evaluation cycle. If there is no progress towards the added goal within a sixty (60) day period, the counselor will then be placed on an Improvement Plan. 1. The Board shall provide for the allocation of financial resources to support professional development for all counselors within the guidelines of the annual budget appropriations. The Board will ensure that poorly performing counselors are provided professional development to improve counselor performance. The improvement plan, as outlined in this document, details: A. Specific performance expectations, resources and assistance to be provided. B. Timelines for its completion. C. Professional indicators documented as “Ineffective” through the formal evaluation process. D. Reasonably sufficient time, as to allow the counselor to improve performance to a “Developing”, “Skilled” or “Accomplished” level. 2. Not later than May 10th of the school year, the evaluator of record will complete a final evaluation report, and meet with and provide a copy of it to the counselor. If the final report indicates the counselor meets the criteria for the professional indicators for satisfactory performance as outlined in the improvement plan, the evaluator of record will recommend that the counselor be returned to a non-improvement plan status. 3. The evaluator may use a smart pen during an observation if the individual counselor signs off his/her permission in writing. Any recording shall be reduced to writing and destroyed not later than fifteen (15) workdays after the observation.

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