Common use of RECIPIENT TEACHERS Clause in Contracts

RECIPIENT TEACHERS. 1. A Recipient PAR teacher is a unit member who receives assistance and coaching to improve instructional skills, classroom management, knowledge of subject, and related aspects of teaching performance. There are four categories of Recipient Teachers. a. Beginning Teacher Participants (BT). (1) In order to assist new unit members successfully begin their careers in the District, all newly-hired unit members with less than two full years of fully credentialed teaching experience will be required to participate in the new teachers component of the PAR/BTSA program. (2) A teacher new to teaching and/or the District who is fully credentialed. b. Intern, Preliminary, or Emergency Credential Participants (IT). (1) All unit members who possess an Intern Credential, a Preliminary Credential, or Emergency Credential are required to participate in the PAR/BTSA program. (2) The PAR/BTSA program for beginning unit members will be the Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Program (BTSA). (3) All new unit members will be assigned a trained BTSA Support Provider (SP) or a Peer Coach (PC) from the PAR/BTSA program. (4) Guidelines for the BTSA Support Provider and Consulting Teacher will be developed and distributed by the Review Panel. c. Volunteer Teacher Participants (VT). (1) A Volunteer Participating Teacher is a teacher with permanent status who volunteers to utilize PAR services in order to enhance teaching skills. The purpose of participation in the PAR Program for the Volunteer Participating Teacher is for coaching and mentoring only. The Peer Coach shall not participate in a performance review of the VT, unless specifically requested by the participant for his or own use. (2) The Volunteer Participating Teacher may terminate his or her participation in the PAR Coaching Program at any time. d. Participating PAR Teacher (PPT). (1) A PPT, an Experienced/Referred Participating Teacher, is a teacher with permanent status who exhibits serious job- related deficiencies, and has received an Unsatisfactory by the Principal or Evaluating Supervisor on the Certificated Final Summary Evaluation Report. All permanent teachers receiving such a rating will be required to participate in the PAR Program. The purpose of the program is to help veteran teachers in need of development in subject matter knowledge or teaching strategies or both.