Common use of RETIRING TEACHERS Clause in Contracts

RETIRING TEACHERS. Any teacher who is eligible to retire pursuant to the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio’s rules and regulations and who submits a binding notice of retirement to the Board of Education on or before October 1 of his/her last year of employment, shall not be evaluated or required to complete any of the requirements that an Accomplished or Skilled teacher is required to complete the year or years in which the teacher is not evaluated. For example, if a teacher, eligible for retirement, submits a binding notice of retirement to the Board on or before October 1, 2015, he/she shall not be evaluated during the 2015-2016 school year. The teacher’s retirement must take effect the day after the last contracted work day of the applicable school year. It is expected that the employee shall submit such notice of retirement in good faith. The Board of Education shall have the discretion to permit the employee to rescind his/her notice of retirement in the event that the employee’s spouse passes away or the employee’s spouse becomes terminally ill, the employee unexpectedly loses his/her primary residence, or other catastrophic major life event. In such event, the employee’s effectiveness rating from the previous school year shall be carried forward to the next school year. The employee shall be subject to a full evaluation the following school year. For example, if an employee is permitted to rescind his/her notice of retirement which would have taken effect the day after the last contracted work day of the 2014-2015 school year, he/she shall be subject to a full evaluation for the 2015-2016 school year regardless of previous effectiveness ratings, including the rating carried over from the 2013-2014 school year. The employee must submit notice of intent to rescind his/her retirement in writing to the Treasurer within ten (10) calendar days from the date on which the event occurred. In no event, shall an employee be permitted to submit notice of intent to rescind his/her retirement more than once for the duration of his/her employment. The Board’s decision shall be final and shall not be subject to the Grievance Procedure in the Master Agreement between the Board and the Versailles Education Association. A teacher who is on leave for fifty percent (50%) or more of the school year need not be evaluated. The Board may elect not to evaluate a teacher who is participation in the Ohio Teacher Resident Educator Program in the year during which the teacher takes at least half of the performance-based assessments as prescribed by the State Board of Education for the first time. Evaluations will be completed by May 1 and each teacher will be provided a written report of the results of his/her evaluations by May 10. If nonrenewal is being considered written notice of nonrenewal will be provided by June 1. In evaluating teacher performance in these areas, the Board shall utilize the measures set forth by the Ohio Department of Education’s OTES "Teacher Performance Evaluation Rubric" for instructional planning, instruction and assessment, and professionalism, as demonstrated in the rubric: The first formal observation shall be preceded by a conference between the evaluator and the employee prior to the observation in order for the employee to explain plans and objectives for the classroom situation to be observed. The first formal observation shall be completed during the first semester of the applicable school year. The second observation shall also have pre-observation and post-observation conferences during which time the teacher may provide additional evidence to support his/her evaluation rating. The second formal observation shall be completed during the second semester of the applicable school year. A post-observation conference shall be held within ten