Common use of Required Observations Clause in Contracts

Required Observations. a. Tenured employees shall be observed by a member or members of the administrative staff at least once per year. b. Non-tenured employees will be observed by a member or members of the administrative staff at least three (3) times a year. At least one (1) observation will be completed October 1 and November 15. The second required observation will be completed between November 16 and January 31. The third required observation will be completed between February 1 and March 31. c. A pre-observation conference will be held prior to two (2) of the three (3) required observations. d. All observations should be long enough to enable the employee to demonstrate the full activity being observed. An observation can be conducted for a shorter period of time if it is explicitly intended to focus only on a particular element of the lesson. e. All employees shall be given a copy of any observation report prepared by a member or members of the administrative staff one day before a conference is held. f. Response Employees are required to sign observation and evaluation report forms which indicate acknowledgment of the report. The employees shall have the right to submit an explanation or other written statement regarding any evaluation for inclusion in their personnel file. The absence of comments by the Employee shall indicate agreement with the evaluation. The Employer shall sign and reply acknowledging receipt of same. Employees will not be required to sign blank or incomplete report forms. g. All employees will receive a year-end evaluation. h. The observation/evaluation reports will include references to the commendations and recommendations of the employee being evaluated. i. All observations and evaluation report forms will be placed in the central administrative office files.