STANDING JOINT COMMITTEE FOR TEACHER EVALUATION. The Association and Board agree to establish a standing joint Evaluation Committee. This committee will establish the policies, procedures, and processes, including the evaluation instrument and determination of HQSD, for the evaluation of teachers in the District and to regularly review the effectiveness of the aforementioned items.
STANDING JOINT COMMITTEE FOR TEACHER EVALUATION. A. Committee Composition
STANDING JOINT COMMITTEE FOR TEACHER EVALUATION. The Association and Board agree to establish a standing joint Evaluation Committee. This committee will establish the policies, procedures, and processes, including the evaluation instrument and determination of HQSD, for the evaluation of teachers in the District and to regularly review the effectiveness of the aforementioned items. Committee Composition The committee shall be comprised of four (4) Association members appointed by the Association Co- Presidents and four (4) members appointed by the Superintendent/designee. In addition, each party may appoint up to one ad hoc non-voting member to assist and/or attend committee meetings. Committee members shall serve staggered terms of not more than three (3) years. Committee members shall be representative of the primary, elementary, middle school, high school, and specialty areas (i.e., music, art, special education) and programs (i.e. career tech) within the District. After the Association member’s term, or removal therefrom, the Association Co-President shall appoint a successor. Committee Operation The District shall provide members of the committee with training in all aspects of OTES, the standards for the teaching profession, HQSD, and teacher of record prior to service on the committee. The cost, if any, shall be borne by the Board of Education. The committee shall be chaired jointly by a committee member from the Association and a committee member appointed by the Superintendent/designee. The committee shall establish, by mutual agreement, a meeting calendar, tasks for the committee to complete, and timelines for the completion of specific tasks. The calendar of committee meetings shall be published internally to all bargaining unit members. The committee agenda shall be developed jointly by the co-chairpersons of the committee. All decisions of the committee shall be achieved by consensus. At each initial committee meeting, the committees shall develop the ground rules by which the committee shall operate. At each meeting, the committees shall select an individual to act as the official scribe for that meeting. All notes and official minutes, if any, shall be stored and available to members of the committee, Association President, and District Superintendent electronically within 10 (ten) days following each meeting of the committee. Members of the committee shall receive release time for committee work and training during the contractual work day or any committee work. Training and committee mee...
