Third Year Teachers. Teachers in their third year of teaching at LREI, if rehired by the School, will be rehired for a TWO year term. The final decision as to whether or not to rehire a third year teacher shall be made by the Director. Factors to be considered include, but are not necessarily limited to; information contained in the faculty member's personal file; reports of informal and/or formal observations; and written comments submitted by faculty and administrators and material submitted by the faculty member in support of his/her application for reappointment pursuant to Section D of this Article. The decision of the Director shall not be arbitrary or capricious and shall be subject to challenge under Article XIX. On or about February 15, teachers rehired for a two year term shall be given a list of concerns, if any, to be worked on in the up-coming year. This list will be revised, if necessary, prior to the end of the fourth year.
Third Year Teachers. All teachers will develop appropriate goals for every school year. A minimum of three (3) observations shall be required each school year, of which two (2) must be formal observations (formal observations include both a pre and post observation conference). Included in the process is a rating of Excellent, Proficient, Needs Improvement, or Unsatisfactory and a summative evaluation written by the evaluator. Under the law, non-tenured teachers who receive three successive excellent ratings on the annual summative evaluation would be eligible for tenure.
