Common use of Program for Improvement Clause in Contracts

Program for Improvement. 9.10.1 Any Member who receives a “Does Not Meet Standards/Unsatisfactory or a Partially Meets Standards for three consecutive years per Article 9.8.1” rating on any element of the written Summative Evaluation, or as an overall rating on the written Summative Evaluation shall be required to participate in a formal Program for Improvement (“PFI”) designed to improve the appropriate areas of the Member’s substandard performance. 9.10.2 The PFI may be initiated at any time following receipt by the Member of the written Summative Evaluation and shall last at least eighty (80) of the Member’s school days (work days if 12-month employee). The Member shall be notified of the designated length of the initial PFI period. 9.10.3 The PFI shall include the following: 9.10.3.1 Notification to the Member shall be required to participate in a PFI as described in Article 9.9. 9.10.3.2 A meeting is held between the evaluator and the Member at which the PFI is presented to and reviewed with the Member. 9.10.3.3 A specific program to improve substandard areas of the Member’s performance designed by a committee consisting of the evaluator, Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources, and resource persons designated by the evaluator and/or the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources. Members may be used as a resource, but they will not serve on the committee and are specifically excluded from participation in any evaluation of another Member or in making recommendations for dismissal procedures. 9.10.4 As part of the PFI, the Member will be formally observed by the evaluator at least once every twenty (20) school days. Each formal observation shall be preceded by a Pre-Observation Conference (Article 9. 7.2.1) and followed by a Post-Observation Conference, held as soon as possible after the observation. These observations will occur for at least a period of eighty (80) of the Member’s school/work days. In the Post-Observation conference, the evaluator will present specific details regarding areas in which improvement has been demonstrated by the Member and areas in which improvement is necessary. Suggestions for improvement will be given to the Member. 9.10.5 Whenever necessary, a memorandum documenting the evaluator’s specific concerns regarding the Member’s performance and specific suggestions for improvement will be given to the Member while the Member is participating in the PFI. 9.10.6 During this period of no less than eighty (80) school/work days, the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources and/or their designee, other than the site administrator, will also formally observe the Member on at least two (2) occasions, providing both a Pre-Observation Conference and a Post-Observation conference held as soon as possible after the observation. In the Post-Observation conference, the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources and/or their designee will present specific details regarding areas in which improvement has been demonstrated by the Member and areas in which improvement is necessary. Suggestions for improvement will be given to the Member. 9.10.7 After the expiration of the initial PFI, and before May 15 of the school year in which the initial PFI was completed, a supplemental written Summative Evaluation will be provided to the Member, and notification will be given to the Member regarding one of the following: (1) Release of the Member from the PFI. (2) Overall and/or individual performance standard rating(s) of “Does Not Meet Standards/Unsatisfactory” on the supplemental written Summative Evaluation and mandatory referral to PAR if the substandard performance is in the area(s) of curriculum and/or instruction, and notification of whether the Member may be required to simultaneously participate in a PFI (e.g. to supplement participation in PAR or to address deficiencies outside the scope of PAR). (3) Procedures for dismissal as provided for in the Education Code.