Common use of PROFESSIONAL STAFF EVALUATION Clause in Contracts

PROFESSIONAL STAFF EVALUATION. 24.1 Members of the bargaining unit to whom R.C. 3319.111 applies shall be evaluated in compliance with the law and with the Ohio Department of Education’s Ohio Teacher Evaluation System (OTES), including the prescribed forms, as may be amended by action of the Board pursuant to this Article. Each year a district committee of administrators and professional staff shall work cooperatively in developing, reviewing, revising, or updating the evaluation process as it applies to members of the bargaining unit. The Superintendent or his/her designee shall be a member and the chair of the committee, which shall also consist of three (3) persons appointed by the Superintendent and three (3) persons appointed by the Association President. This standing committee shall meet no later than November 15th of each school year and otherwise at the call of the chair. Its function shall be to formulate proposals concerning the development, review, revision, or updating of the professional evaluation instrument(s) used for members of the bargaining unit. Once any such proposal is formulated by the committee, it shall be presented to the Superintendent, who shall make a recommendation to the Board to approve, modify, or reject same. Any action by the Superintendent in making such a recommendation and by the Board in acting or not acting thereon shall be final in each of those regards and not grievable or otherwise subject to appeal. The current evaluation process is included at Appendix A for directory purposes in this document and will be distributed to all certificated/licensed staff and administrators to inform all parties of the stages of the evaluation process and any applicable definitions to assist with its implementation. A second attachment, labeled Appendix B, will be developed and distributed to staff who are not evaluated under OTES showing the stages of their evaluation process. Procedures and dates not required by statute shall be directory rather than mandatory in nature. 24.2 Student Growth Measures (SGMs) and Metrics of Student Outcomes Committee The Association and the Board agree to establish a joint committee for the purpose of assessing, reviewing, and making recommendations with regard to Student Growth Measures and Metrics of Student Outcomes. The committee will be comprised of the DEA President or designee, representatives for each school building selected by the DEA President, and up to six (6) administrators appointed by the Superintendent or designee. 24.3 Evaluators shall be credentialed pursuant to statute and shall be employed by the Board, except that, under circumstances when the designated evaluator is unavailable to conduct observations/evaluations, the Board may employ outside, credentialed evaluators. Dublin teachers who are “administrative interns” employed by the ESC shall be considered “employed by the Board” for the purposes of this Article. 24.4 Professional staff members who wish to comment on or disagree with their evaluation may submit a written rebuttal to their evaluation that will be included with the evaluation document.