Common use of Charge of the Teacher Evaluation Committee Clause in Contracts

Charge of the Teacher Evaluation Committee. The Teacher Evaluation Committee shall use program data and other sources to review the system for evaluating teacher performance and to ensure that it includes the following specifications: • Emphasizes inter-rater reliability • Based on a fall-to-spring evaluation cycle • Uses well-developed rubrics articulating different levels of teacher performance • Makes clear distinctions between professional evaluation and corrective action • Incorporates formative and summative peer evaluation • Incorporates peer assistance for teachers whose performance is found unsatisfactory • Includes a Collaborative Action Plan that begins upon the successful completion of a remediation plan but runs a minimum of one year’s length if the teacher is successful on the remediation plan. • Allows for “special evaluation” should a teacher’s performance be identified as unsatisfactory in years out of the evaluation cycle • Incorporates a self-evaluation component

Charge of the Teacher Evaluation Committee. The Teacher Evaluation Committee shall use program data and other sources to review the system for evaluating teacher performance and to ensure that it includes the following specifications: •  Emphasizes inter-rater reliability •  Based on a fall-to-spring evaluation cycle •  Uses well-developed rubrics articulating different levels of teacher performance •  Makes clear distinctions between professional evaluation and corrective action •  Incorporates formative and summative peer evaluation •  Incorporates peer assistance for teachers whose performance is found unsatisfactory •  Includes a Collaborative Action Plan that begins upon the successful completion of a remediation plan but runs a minimum of one year’s length if the teacher is successful on the remediation plan. •  Allows for “special evaluation” should a teacher’s performance be identified as unsatisfactory in years out of the evaluation cycle •  Incorporates a self-evaluation component