Formal Classroom Observations. Formal observations are primarily initiated by the principal or designee. Employees may, however, request a formal observation. These are not less than 30 minutes in duration and are conducted by the principal, director or his/her designee. The 30 minute time period may be shortened by mutual agreement between the principal and the affected employee. All observations of employees for the purpose of assessment shall be conducted openly with the full knowledge of the employee. A conference is conducted after each formal observation. The FPMS or other educationally sound observation instruments which may be used for formal observations.
Formal Classroom Observations. The Supervising Administrator or designee per Article
Formal Classroom Observations a. No formal observations will occur in the first three (3) weeks or the last ten (10) student days of the year. No formal observations shall be conducted the day before or after a day of vacation. Formal observations shall be for a continuous length of time no shorter than thirty (30) minutes or longer than ninety (90) minutes.
Formal Classroom Observations. For classroom teachers each formal classroom observation is to be an in- depth observation, which means at least thirty (30) minutes in length. The first observation cycle will include 1 formal Holistic classroom observation and must be completed on or before the last day of the first semester. The second observation cycle will include a formal focused classroom observation and must be completed on or before April 30, unless the bargaining unit member requests an earlier observation mutually agreed upon by both the bargaining unit member and the evaluator. Both observations will be announced. A teacher who is being considered for nonrenewal will have a third formal focused observation by May 1 which will announced. If after the second (2nd) focused formal observation, the bargaining unit member is no longer being considered for non-renewal, the Superintendent may waive the third (3rd) observation. The post-observation conference for the third formal observation, if needed, must be completed by May 10. If an improvement plan is issued to the teacher it will commence in the subsequent school year.
Formal Classroom Observations. The Supervising Administrator or designee per the Intent 2208 subsection of the Faculty Evaluation Article, for each full-time faculty member in the 2209 department, may conduct one or more classroom visitations each year. The Supervising 2210 Administrator for each library and counselor faculty may conduct one or more visitations in 2211 the faculty member’s workplace each year. The observation should be at least one contact 2212 hour in duration. No formal observation of a faculty member shall be conducted covertly or 2213 without prior notice. Faculty teaching distance learning courses must give permission for the 2214 Supervising Administrator to have “student level” access to their course(s) upon request for 2215 evaluation purposes for a period not to exceed seven calendar days. Faculty who teach both 2216 online and face-to-face shall be observed once face-to-face and once online for their 2217 evaluation cycle. 2218 I. Faculty Self-Evaluation Performance Review: Faculty will complete the applicable 2219 contractual responsibilities outlined in the appropriate appendix and document this review 2220 on the evaluation form.
Formal Classroom Observations. New teachers and probationary teachers will have formal observations at least two (2) times per school year, once per semester. All other teachers will receive at least one formal observation per school year. All formal observations will last no less than forty-five (45) minutes. All formal classroom observations will be preceded by a pre- observation conference and followed by a post-observation conference. Formal observations shall take place no sooner than the fourth week of a semester, and no later than two (2) weeks prior to student final examinations. The Parties agree that once each year a teacher or the evaluation team may request an additional formal observation, with the understanding that priority is given to teachers at risk of or in the process of discipline or performance management.
Formal Classroom Observations. 1. Non-tenured teachers will have at least two formal classroom observations conducted prior to February 15, of each year, one of which will be conducted on or before November 15.
Formal Classroom Observations. The Supervising Administrator or designee per the Intent 2211 subsection of the Faculty Evaluation Article, for each full-time faculty member in the 2212 department, may conduct one or more classroom visitations each year. The Supervising 2213 Administrator for each library and counselor faculty may conduct one or more visitations in 2214 the faculty member’s workplace each year. The observation should be at least one contact 2215 hour in duration. No formal observation of a faculty member shall be conducted covertly or 2216 without prior notice. Faculty teaching distance learning courses must give permission for the 2217 Supervising Administrator to have “student level” access to their course(s) upon request for 2218 evaluation purposes for a period not to exceed seven calendar days. Faculty who teach both 2219 online and face-to-face shall be observed once face-to-face and once online for their 2220 evaluation cycle. 2221 I. Faculty Self-Evaluation Performance Review: Faculty will complete the applicable 2222 contractual responsibilities outlined in the appropriate appendix and document this review 2223 on the evaluation form. 2224 J. Written Evaluation: The faculty member’s Supervising Administrator shall formally evaluate 2225 the faculty member’s performance using the Faculty Self-Evaluation Performance Review 2226 form in the Appendices. 2227 1. Evaluation frequency: Non-tenured faculty will be evaluated once per year until the 2228 awarding of tenure and tenured faculty will be evaluated following the Faculty 2229 Evaluation Intent subsection.
Formal Classroom Observations. Two times per evaluation cycle, all teachers will receive a formal classroom observation, lasting forty-five minutes or the length of the class period. All formal classroom observations will be preceded by a pre-observation conference and followed by a post-observation conference. Formal observations shall take place no sooner than the fourth week of the first semester, the second week of the second semester with the exception of teachers assigned a new subject matter, and no later than one week prior to student final examinations. Teachers on biennial evaluation cycles shall have one formal observation per semester during the year in which they will receive a summative rating. Teachers on annual evaluation cycles shall have one formal observation per semester.
Formal Classroom Observations. At least two times per school year, once per semester, all teachers will receive a formal classroom observation, lasting forty- five (45) minutes or the length of the class period. All formal classroom observations will be preceded by a pre-observation conference and followed by a post-observation conference. Formal observations shall take place no sooner than the fourth week of a semester, and no later than four (4) weeks prior to the last day of student attendance. Each school year, an evaluator must perform at least one (1) informal observation of a teacher’s classroom prior to his/her first pre-observation conference with the teacher. This initial informal observation must be at least fifteen (15) minutes in duration. Formal observations shall not be performed during the administration of a student examination.
