Timeline and Observations Sample Clauses

Timeline and Observations a. Staff members newly hired by the District shall be placed in the Comprehensive Evaluation and shall be observed at least once for a minimum of thirty (30) minutes within the first ninety (90) calendar days from the commencement of their employment. b. During the school year, each staff member on the Comprehensive Evaluation shall be observed for the purpose of evaluation at least twice in the performance of their majority work assignment unless mutually agreed to by both parties. c. Total observation time each school year for every staff member shall not be less than sixty (60) minutes, including a minimum of two (2) formal observations of at least thirty (30) minutes each. Additional observations or a series of observations may be conducted as deemed necessary by either party. d. A series of formal observations held within a three (3) week period may have a common pre-observation conference and will have a common post-observation conference. Each observation conducted as part of the series must be a minimum of thirty (30) minutes. One Preliminary Evaluation Rating (PER) form will be completed for the series of observations. e. An employee in the third (3) year of provisional status as defined in RCW 28A.405.220 shall be observed at least three (3) times in the performance of his or her majority assignment and the total observation time for the school year shall not be less than ninety (90) minutes. f. The timeliness of meetings around evaluations and observations is essential to the process. The pre-observation meeting must be held no more than five (5) working days prior to the observation(s). g. A pre-observation conference shall be held between the staff member and observing evaluator prior to each observation or series of observations. At the pre-observation conference, the staff member and the evaluator shall elaborate on/discuss the staff member’s specific objectives, instructional strategies and assessments to be used and other information relating directly to the Preliminary Evaluation discussion topics as outlined on the pre-observation form. Elements of the conference/discussion that provide evidence for the evaluation framework will be considered. h. Cancellations of meetings and observations by evaluator or employee should only occur under emergency circumstances. i. A post-observation conference shall be held between the employee and evaluator within seven (7) working days after an observation. The evaluator shall provide the employee with...