Tenure Teachers Clause Samples

Tenure Teachers. Professional evaluation of the work of tenure teachers shall be accomplished in writing under the following circumstances: 1. At least once every three (3) years or at the written request of the teacher, building administrators or immediate supervisors shall submit a written description of the professional performance of each teacher under their supervision. The report shall not make use of formal comparative criteria. It shall consist of a descriptive statement of the teacher’s performance in the following areas: a. Knowledge of subject matter b. Technique of instruction c. Classroom management d. Relationships with pupils and professional colleagues 2. Each teacher’s evaluation shall include at the conclusion of the report the statement: “Considering all factors, the performance of this teacher is satisfactory unsatisfactory.” 3. In preparing this report, the building administrator or supervisor may involve other administrative personnel familiar with the teacher’s performance such as administrative assistants provided that signed statements from these individuals are made a part of the final performance report. 4. All reports must be discussed thoroughly with each teacher before they are submitted to the Superintendent and shall bear both the signature of the building administrator or supervisor and the teacher. A teacher’s signature on his/her Performance Report will not necessarily constitute his/her approval, but is merely an indication that the teacher is completely familiar with the report. 5. After consultation with the building administrator or supervisor, the teacher will have the right to add remarks, statements, or other information pertinent to the report. Such remarks shall be attached to the original performance report and shall contain the signature of both the teacher and the person preparing the report. Signatures on these additions will not necessarily constitute approval, but merely indicate that both are completely familiar with the additions. 6. Building administrators or supervisors may at any time submit additional reports to the Superintendent concerning the performance of individual teachers with the provision that such reports have been seen and signed by the teacher concerned and that he/she is completely familiar with its contents.

Tenure Teachers. After completing the first ten (10) days of instruction in any school year, a tenure teacher will be entitled to a maximum of five (5) personal business days per school year.

Tenure Teachers. In reaching a decision within categories, a, b, and c in 2, above, the following criteria will be followed in the order listed:

Tenure Teachers. Tenure teachers shall be evaluated at least once every three- (3) years prior to May 1st. The evaluation will be based upon a minimum of two (2) classroom observations. A personal interview will be held with each tenure teacher within five (5) school days following an observation, except by mutual agreement in writing; the time may be extended to ten (10) days. If a tenured teacher receives a less than satisfactory performance evaluation, the district will provide the teacher with an Individualized Development Plan for the next school year. The current (April 20, 1999) Classroom Observation and Teacher Summative Performance Evaluation forms and Ground Rules for Teacher Evaluation will be used by the administration. These documents shall be attached to the Master Agreement as Appendix A.

Tenure Teachers. The first observation will take place between the end of the third week of school and the beginning of the week prior to the start of winter break. The second observation will take place between the first week after winter break and May 1st. The final evaluation conference will take place by May 1. If a tenure teacher’s overall evaluation is unsatisfactory, then an Individualized Development Plan (IDP) will be developed at the final evaluation conference. The IDP will be reviewed and revised at the first post-observation conference and at the final evaluation conference at the end of the year. This process will continue until the teacher has a satisfactory evaluation. The above cited evaluation periods will be modified as warranted and appropriate, by the mutual agreement of the Board and Association, for probationary teachers employed for less than a full school year.

Tenure Teachers. 1. The administration shall be responsible for a cyclical program of evaluation for all tenured teachers directed toward helping the teacher succeed in his/her respective assignment. Each tenured teacher shall be formally evaluated once every three (3) years of continuous employment as stated with the Teacher Tenure Law. If, for a valid reason, the school administrator fails to complete an evaluation during its scheduled cycle, the evaluation may be done the following year upon notice to the teacher and the Association. 2. The total evaluation process for any individual teacher shall be completed during one-half of a school year unless extenuating circumstances occur. 3. The evaluator will conduct a minimum of two and a maximum of four formal classroom observations which will be a minimum of thirty minutes in duration. 4. A pre-evaluation conference between the evaluator and the evaluatee will be held a minimum of one week prior to the first formal classroom observation. 5. A post-evaluation conference will be held between the administrator and the teacher within ten (10) school days subsequent to the final formal observation. Extenuating circumstances may necessitate an extension of this timeline. At said conference, a discussion including but not limited to the following areas will take place between the evaluator and evaluate: the conclusions of the evaluator, the reactions of the teacher, and a plan of action if applicable (goals). 6. If there is any item marked “unsatisfactory” on the written evaluation, the administrator conducting the evaluation must write out specifically what the areas of concern are. 7. Should the teacher receive an unsatisfactory evaluation, he/she must be given an Individualized Development Plan (IDP) that is developed in consultation with the teacher. The IDP shall set forth the specific goals to be met by the teacher during the ensuing school year and the steps or actions necessary to reach those goals. The goals and actions stated in the IDP must be consistent with the criteria for evaluation contained in the tenure teacher evaluation form.

Tenure Teachers. 1. Each tenure teacher shall be evaluated in writing at least once every three (3) years. The evaluation will be based upon at least two (2) thirty (30) minute classroom observations within the same school year. The classroom observations will be at least twenty (20) school days apart, unless otherwise agreed to by the evaluator and teacher being evaluated, and be completed prior to June 1st of the year that the tenure teacher is being evaluated. 2. If an observation summary is such that it would result in the tenured teacher receiving a less than satisfactory performance evaluation after a classroom observation of thirty (30) minutes or more, the principal shall indicate areas of unacceptable performance and suggest minimum expectations to improve the overall performance rating to satisfactory. "Less than satisfactory" shall be defined as an unsatisfactory overall performance rating. An overall unsatisfactory performance rating will result when the teacher receives an observation summary rating of unsatisfactory in one (1) of the seven (7) areas being evaluated. The teacher will receive at least twenty (20) teaching days from the post observation conference before another formal classroom observation occurs, unless otherwise agreed to by the evaluator and the teacher being evaluated. 3. If the tenured teacher receives more than one observation summary in the same evaluation cycle which contains an overall unsatisfactory performance rating in one (1) or more of the seven (7) areas being assessed, the evaluator will conduct at least one (1) additional observation before completing that teacher's evaluation. A third (or any subsequent) observation within the same evaluation cycle shall not be conducted earlier than ten (10) school days after the immediately preceding observation, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph C-2 of this Article. If the third observation results in any unsatisfactory ratings, an IDP will be issued. If the third observation does not result in any unsatisfactory ratings, an IDP will not be issued unless the evaluator performs an additional observation. If that observation results in any unsatisfactory ratings the principal and the teacher will meet and develop an IDP to be implemented. The tenured teacher shall be consulted for input in the formulation of the IDP and shall sign a statement on the IDP attesting to that involvement and acknowledging receipt of the IDP. The principal shall have the right on the IDP to include all ar...

Tenure Teachers. 1. All members of the bargaining unit will be covered by the Michigan Teacher Tenure Act as amended. A yearly evaluation of tenure teachers is not mandatory. However, the administration shall have the authority to conduct such yearly evaluations as it deems necessary. Formal evaluations of a tenure teacher will be completed no later than two (2) weeks after April 1, unless mutually agreed upon by the teacher and the administrator. 2. The Board reaffirms its policy that any dismissal of or disciplinary action against any member of the bargaining unit shall be based on reasonable and just cause and that the affected employee will be accorded due process. In the event that the Tenure of Teachers Act (Public Act 4 of the extra session of 1937, being section 38 71-191 of the Compiled Laws of 1948) is repealed, those members of the unit who had acquired tenure shall have full access to the grievance procedure including the right to appeal to binding arbitration.

Tenure Teachers. Teachers on tenure shall be granted fifteen (15) days at full pay during any school year. The unused sick days may be accumulated without limit.