Common use of TEACHER EVALUATION AND PROGRESS Clause in Contracts

TEACHER EVALUATION AND PROGRESS. A. Probationary teachers shall be evaluated at least two (2) times during the school year. The first evaluation will be completed not later than December 1, and the second not later than March 1 of each year. These evaluations shall take place for a minimum of thirty (30) minutes as a partial basis for evaluation. Informal observations may be made by the Administration at any time. B. Tenure teachers may be observed at any time. When written evaluations are made the teacher will receive a copy. Tenure teachers may, once a year, request a formal observation and written evaluation. C. The Administration will make teachers aware of any possible problem developing. All monitoring or observation of the performance of a teacher shall be conducted openly and with full knowledge of the teacher. D. A personal conference between the teacher and the evaluator shall take place within ten (10) days of the classroom observation. Two (2) copies of the written evaluation shall be submitted to the teacher at the time of the conference, one (1) copy to be signed by the teacher and returned to the Administration, and the other copy to be retained by the teacher. In the event that the teacher feels that his evaluation is incomplete or unjust, he/she may put his/her objections in writing and have them attached to the evaluation report to be placed in his/her personnel file. E. If it becomes clearly evident that the services rendered by a tenure teacher is becoming progressively less satisfactory with the passage of time and/or if it is determined at the time of evaluation that such teacher's service is unsatisfactory, the administrator shall notify the teacher, in writing that such condition(s) exist and shall direct the teacher to take the specific, constructive, stated action deemed necessary to improve the quality of service rendered to the school district. Such notice with corrective recommendations shall be deemed by the teacher to constitute a just and fair warning.