Common use of Referred Teachers Clause in Contracts

Referred Teachers. 10.2.1 The Referred Teacher is a permanent teacher who receives assistance in an area in which the teacher received an unsatisfactory evaluation as provided in Article 3 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. 10.2.2 The purpose of participation in the PAR Program is to assist permanent teachers who have received an unsatisfactory evaluation. Permanent Teachers shall be required to participate in the PAR Program as a result of an unsatisfactory final evaluation in any domain of the California Standards for the Teaching Profession as provided in Article 3 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. 10.2.3 The Consulting Teacher shall provide assistance to the Referred Teacher until the Referred Teacher is removed from the PAR Program or until the Joint Panel concludes that further assistance will not be productive. The Consulting Teacher shall continue to provide assistance until the Joint Panel determines otherwise. The Referred Teacher shall have the right to submit a written response to any report submitted by the Consulting Teacher to the Joint Panel. 10.2.4 The Referred Teacher shall have the right to challenge one Consulting Teacher assigned to the Referred Teacher by the Joint Panel. The Referred Teacher shall not have to give any reasons for the challenge of the assigned Consulting Teacher. However, after the Referred Teacher challenges a Consulting Teacher assigned by the Joint Panel, the Referred Teacher must accept the subsequent assignment(s) of Consulting Teacher(s). 10.2.5 The evaluation process, pursuant to Article 3 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, for any Referred Teacher shall not be altered as a result of participating in the PAR Program except as negotiated by the District and the Association. 10.2.6 This article does not expand nor diminish the Referred Teacher’s ability to grieve an evaluation pursuant to Article 3 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.