Common use of IMPROVEMENT PLAN PROCESS Clause in Contracts

IMPROVEMENT PLAN PROCESS. The Federation and District jointly affirm that individual improvement plans are an appropriate method through which to identify job-related performance areas of concern for educational assistants and a way to provide help for area(s) in which an educational assistant needs improvement. Educational assistants who are identified as needing assistance will be notified by their principal/program administrator that they are being considered for placement on an improvement plan. This notification will provide the principal/program administrator and educational assistant an informal opportunity to discuss performance issues so corrections may be made on an informal basis. If, at a date no earlier than six weeks after notification, an improvement plan is necessary, the educational assistant and principal/program administrator will meet to discuss and develop the components of the plan. The educational assistant has the right to Union representation at this meeting if he/she so chooses. 1. When a supervisor identifies job-related performance areas of concern, he/she shall complete a formal performance evaluation of the employee. A meeting shall be scheduled with the employee and his/her union representative (if desired by the employee) and a Human Resources representative, at which time the performance evaluation shall be discussed. The employee must be given written notice of the meeting at least one (1) working day advance notice of the meeting in order to have time to contact a union representative. The notice shall inform the employee of their right to have a union representative present. 2. The supervisor, employee, union representative (if desired by the employee) and Human Resources representative shall jointly develop a written performance improvement plan that addresses the identified areas of concern with the understanding that the supervisor may implement a plan if no consensus can be reached.