Professional Teachers Sample Clauses

Professional Teachers. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs 4 (c) and 4 (d) below, evaluation and supervision of Professional Teachers will proceed on a four year evaluation and supervision cycle as follows: Year 1: Full Narrative Evaluation Report Year 3: Performance Profile Sheet Year 2: Professional Development Year Year 4: Professional Development Year (b) For school year 1998-99, professional teachers in each building will be randomly placed on the four years of the cycle, so that as equal a division as possible is achieved. In subsequent years, principals may place teachers who newly attain Professional Teacher Status on whichever year of the cycle will most evenly distribute across the cycle the Professional Status teachers within the building. Once teachers are placed on the cycle, their placement may not be changed without the consent of the teacher and the ASSOCIATION except as provided in sections (c) and (d) below. (c) Teachers who receive an overall rating of “needs improvement” (2) or “does not meet requisite standards” (1) in any year will not move to a professional development year, but will receive full narrative evaluations until they receive an overall rating of “meets or exceeds standards (3).” (d) Teachers receiving a rating of 1 or 2 will be placed on a formal Improvement Plan and the building principal shall be the primary evaluator. The Improvement Plan will specify: i) the areas of performance in which improvement is needed; ii) suggested strategies and activities to effectuate the needed improvement; and iii) ways in which the teacher will be supported in fulfilling the goals of the Improvement Plan. (e) Teachers who begin a professional development year may be moved to a Full Narrative or Performance Profile Sheet year if, by April 15, their primary evaluator notifies them and the ASSOCIATION in writing that the evaluator has a significant concern about a possible decline from performance levels reflected in the previous Full Narrative or Performance Profile year.

Professional Teachers. (A) Except as provided in paragraphs 4(C) and 4(D) below, evaluation and supervision of Professional Teachers will proceed on a four-year evaluation and supervision cycle as follows: Year 1: Full Narrative Evaluation Report Year 2: Professional Development Year Year 3: Performance Profile Sheet Year 4: Professional Development Year (B) For school year 1998-99, professional teachers in each building will be randomly placed on the four years of the cycle, so that as equal a division as possible is achieved. In subsequent years, principals may place teachers who newly attain Professional Teacher Status on whichever year of the cycle will most evenly distribute across the cycle the Professional Status teachers within the building. Once teachers are placed on the cycle, their placement may not be changed without the consent of the teacher and the ASSOCIATION except as provided in sections (C) and (D) below.