Common use of Ancillary Staff Clause in Contracts

Ancillary Staff. A. The Employer shall be responsible for the evaluation of each ancillary staff employee in the performance of his/her professional duties. Formal evaluations shall conform to the following guidelines: 1. The primary purposes of evaluation shall be to maintain a high quality of instruction in the Allegan Public School system. 2. The formal evaluation instrument shall be the same for all ancillary staff employees. (See Appendix D) 3. Employees hired after July 19, 2011 with more than five (5) years experience in another district shall be termed probationary for up to two (2) years, but shall not be subject to the requirements of Section 1526 of the School Code. Employees hired before July 19, 2011 with more than four (4) years experience in another district shall be termed probationary for up to two (2) years, but shall not be subject to the requirements of Section 1526 of the School Code. Employees in their first three (3) years of employment shall be subject to the terms of Section 1526, calling for the IDP process, identification of mentor, and professional development requirements as described in parts: a. A mentor will be assigned by the Administration to the Association member probationary employee upon entrance of the employee into the system. The mentor insofar as possible shall be a tenured employee in the same building, grade or discipline as the probationary employee. It shall be the duty of the mentor to assist and counsel the probationary employee in acclimating to the teaching profession and the school system. b. As a condition of continued employment, each probationary employee subject to the professional development requirements of Section 1526 of the School Code of 1976 (or its successor provision) shall complete those requirements within the time provided by statute. The Board shall not be obligated to compensate the probationary employee for either the time connected with completion of the requirements, or for other associated costs such as enrollment courses and/or registration fees. B. A Mentor Teacher will be assigned to each probationary employee for the duration of their probationary period. The Mentor Teacher will be assigned by the Administration to provide support, instruction and guidance. The purpose of the Mentor is to provide a peer who can offer assistance, resources, and information in a non-threatening collegial fashion, to acclimate the employee to the duties of the job, and to provide necessary assistance to provide quality instruction. The Board and Association agree the relationship shall be voluntary, confidential and shall not, in any fashion, be a matter included in an evaluation. A Mentor Teacher shall be assigned in accordance with the following: 1. Every effort will be made to match a probationary employee with a Mentor who works in the same building. 2. Mentor Teachers will be assigned only one (1) mentee at a time, unless the Mentor agrees to take more than one (1) at the request of the Administration. Once a Mentor accepts the position, he/she will continue in that position for the duration of the probationary period unless the Administration agrees to release the Mentor from the responsibilities or the Administration re-assigns the Mentor. 3. The Administration has the right to assign a Mentor Teacher from the ranks of retired professional or college professionals in the event where no one on the staff will willingly serve or where there isn’t a staff member with the same certification as the probationary employee.