SUPPORT FOR BASIC AND UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE. A. The Association will be notified when any teacher is judged below Proficient -3, within seven (7) school days following completion of the teacher’s final evaluation. B. When a teacher is judged below Proficient, any of the following conditions and provisions may be implemented to support the employee’s professional development mutually agreed to by the employee and evaluator: 1. The teacher’s class size will not exceed the limits established in this Agreement; 2. Assignment of a mentor; 3. Other supports and resources mutually agreed to by the teacher and evaluator. 4. Any of these support activities shall be compensated at the employee’s per diem rate of pay for any time that occurs outside the normal work day /year. C. In such cases that a teacher with more than five (5) years of experience receives a summative evaluation score below Proficient, the teacher must be formally observed before October 15th the following year. If the 1st Formal Observation in that following year results in ongoing and specific performance concerns, a support plan for professional growth will be mutually developed by the evaluator and teacher within seven (7) days following the 1st First Post-Observation Conference.
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