Common use of Tenured Teachers Clause in Contracts

Tenured Teachers. Tenured teachers shall be evaluated on a scheduled basis. The schedule shall be constructed by the Teacher Evaluation Committee and shall be consistent with RIGL 16-12-11. Subject to 8-14.4, teachers identified with an overall effectiveness rating as “Effective” shall be evaluated every other year, while teachers identified with an overall effectiveness rating as “Highly Effective” shall be evaluated every third year. The Teacher Evaluation Committee shall be responsible for identifying evaluation year and rotation for initial implementation using a random process. Notwithstanding the above, every teacher shall participate in a beginning and end of the year conference with their administrator. Any teacher scheduled to be evaluated in a given year who is not evaluated for any reason shall be evaluated in the succeeding year. Tenured teachers, as designated by the teacher evaluation committee, shall be evaluated by of the tenured teacher’s home base school principal or by the appropriately certified evaluator consistent with the Teacher Evaluation Handbook. The procedure to be utilized by the evaluator in conducting said evaluation is described in the Teacher Evaluation Handbook. The Teacher Evaluation Handbook is a document mutually agreed to by the parties and can be amended only by the parties. The Director of Human Resources shall provide a copy of the Teacher Evaluation Handbook to each tenured teacher.