11.1. California Standards for the Teaching Profession
11.1.1. The basis for the evaluation of bargaining unit members shall be the California Standards for the Teaching Profession, to the extent that the Standards apply to job responsibilities.
11.1.2. There are six (6) Standards. These Standards are:
Standard 1: Engaging and supporting all students in learning.
Standard 3: Understanding and organizing subject matter for student learning.
Standard 5: Assessing student learning.
Standard 6: Developing as a professional educator.
11.2. Rating Scale
11.2.1. The rating scale for purposes of this Article shall be:
Proficient
Needs Improvement
Unsatisfactory
11.3 PURPOSES
11.3.1 To improve instruction provided by certificated unit member personnel.
11.3.2 To improve the performance of certificated unit member
personnel in instructional and related responsibilities.
11.3.3. To contribute to the professional growth of the evaluatee.
11.3.4. To provide for the continuous progress of students in a
productive learning environment.
11.4. FREQUENCY
11.4.1. Evaluation of certificated unit member personnel is a continuing process. Certificated personnel with permanent status in the District shall be evaluated according to these procedures at least every other year. If an evaluatee or evaluator requests an annual evaluation, the evaluation shall be conducted according to the Standard Evaluation. An annual evaluation of a permanent employee shall be required according to the Standard Evaluation procedure if that employee's final evaluation from the preceding year was needs to improve and stated specifically a need for such immediate follow-up evaluation which is consistent with the purposes as specified in §11.3 and contained specific recommendations to help the employee.
11.4.2. Probationary certificated unit member personnel will be evaluated annually according to Standard Evaluation procedures.
11.5. ANNOUNCEMENT OF EVALUATEES
11.5.1. No later than the end of the fifteenth academic day of the academic year the principal/program administrator of each school/program shall post a list of those persons to be evaluated during the current year. This notice shall also identify who the evaluator will be and specify a date for the initial conference. Within the first two (2) weeks of the academic school year the following shall be made available to the evaluatee: job description, MDUSD Educational Goals, other appropriate goals, and the MDUSD grade level expectations or courses of study.
11.6 GENERAL PROVISIONS
11.6.1 Scope of Evaluation
11.6.1.1
Each evaluation cycle will cover two Standards.
After consultation, the teacher and the evaluator
shall each select one. In addition, by mutual
agreement a third Standard may be included. If,
over the course of the year’s evaluation process the
evaluator has concerns falling outside these two or
three standards, such concern shall be
communicated in the comments section of the
evaluation form.
11.6.2 Final Conference
11.6.2.1 The final
Evaluation Conference and Form are obligatory
for all unit members being evaluated and must
be completed at least forty-five (45) days prior to the
end of the academic year.
11.6.3 Signatures
11.6.3.1
The final evaluation form shall be signed. Such
signature does
not constitute agreement with the judgments of the evaluator,
but only that the evaluatee has read it and has had
the opportunity to respond in writing.
11.6.4 Unit Member Response
11.6.4.1 A
unit member shall be given an opportunity to prepare written
comment on both the interim and final evaluation
for that unit member. Such written comment shall
be attached to the report and placed with it in the unit
member's personnel file. 11.6.5 Forms
11.6.5.1 Any forms used for evaluation shall
be mutually agreed
upon by the District and the Association.
11.6.6 Judgments Not Grievable
11.6.6.1 The
judgments reached by the evaluator are not subject
to the grievance procedure.
11.7 Standard Evaluation
11.7.1 Evaluator
Each evaluation shall be conducted by the principal/program
administrator or his/her designee.
11.7.2 Required Evaluative Data
11.7.2.1 Judgments concerning the professional practice of members of the bargaining unit shall be based on evidence and data.
11.7.2.2 Type of required evaluative data are:
11.7.3 Initial Conference and Resolution of Disagreements
11.7.3.1 An initial conference shall be held prior to October 31 between evaluator(s) and evaluatee for the purpose of selecting Standards to be evaluated, types of required evaluation data in §11.7.4 and the number and types of classroom observations as well as the person(s) to perform the observations if the Standard Evaluation is to be used.
11.7.3.2 The Standards being evaluated may be revised during the course of the year with the mutual agreement of both parties. If agreement on revision cannot be reached, the matter shall be referred to the Assistant Superintendent, Personnel for a decision in writing within five (5) work days. In no event shall a unit member be required to be evaluated on more than three (3) Standards in any one year.
11.7.4 Observations
11.7.4.1 A unit member shall be formally observed at least twice as part of the evaluation by the evaluator(s). All formal observations shall last a minimum of twenty (20) minutes. If requested by the unit member at the time of the initial conference, these observations shall be held upon twenty-four (24) hours notice.
11.7.4.2 All formal observations which are part of the evaluation process shall be reduced to writing and discussed with the unit member within five (5) work days of their occurrence. The unit member shall have a right to attach a written response.
11.7.4.3 Observations of less than twenty (20) minutes duration need not be reduced to writing, nor discussed with the unit member.
11.7.5 Interim Evaluation Conference and Interim Evaluation Form
11.7.5.1 An Interim Evaluation Conference and a completed Interim Evaluation Form are obligatory for nontenured unit members. The Interim Evaluation Conference and Interim Evaluation Form are to be completed by December 10th.
11.7.5.2 For permanent unit members, an Interim Evaluation Conference and a completed Interim Evaluation Form are required only if requested by either the evaluatee or evaluator. The Interim Evaluation Conference and Interim Evaluation Form are to be completed no later than January 15th.
11.8 Collaborative Option
11.8.1 Unit members who have received an overall rating of proficient or better under the Standard Evaluation shall have the option to collaborate on their evaluation with another unit member who has also received an overall rating of proficient or better under the following conditions:
11.8.1.1 Two unit members expressing an interest at least forty-five (45) days prior to the end of the academic year, and
11.8.1.2 The non-reviewable approval of their site principal.
11.8.2 If approved by the principal, the year’s evaluation process would include the following elements:
11.8.2.1 Each participating unit member would identify one or two of the Standards as the element(s) to be evaluated with the concurrence of the evaluator;
11.8.2.2 Each member of the evaluation team would complete two cycles of pre-observation conference, observation, and post observation conference of their partner’s professional practice.
11.8.2.2.1 To facilitate this work, each member of the team shall be granted two (2) substitute release days over the course of the year. The cost of this provision shall be incorporated into the salary formula.
11.8.2.3 Each member of the team would document their work on the standard evaluation forms of the District in accordance with the usual timelines; and
11.8.2.4 At the end of the year, on the same timeline as provided elsewhere in this article, each participant in this process shall, on a form to be developed, describe his/her learnings from the process; said form shall be provided to the principal who shall sign and optionally make comments prior to the evaluation being made a part of the employee’s personnel file.
11.8.2.4.1 This final step also includes a meeting with the site principal wherein the parties shall reflect on the year’s experience with the principal.
11.8.3 Nothing herein shall preclude the principal from observing the work of the unit member during the course of the year.
11.8.4 The parties shall seek an Education Code waiver to change the frequency of evaluation from each two (2) years to each three (3) years.
11.8.5 Furthermore, the parties will, through the Professional Development Academy, provide professional development in support of this program; such support shall be concurrent with any unit member’s first utilization of this option.
11.9. Special Provisions
11.9.1 Unit members employed on temporary contracts on or before October 1 and employees in job share positions other than one-semester alteration shall be subject to all preceding provisions of Article 11.
11.9.2 Special provisions for evaluation of temporary teachers hired after October 1 and for teachers participating in the job sharing program on a one-semester-each basis.
Special Timelines
Announcement Fifth day after assignment begins.
Materials Within first two (2) weeks after assignment begins.
Initial Conference Complete prior to thirty (30) days after assignment begins.
Interim Evaluation Temporary employees hired prior to December 1, if requested at initial conference.
One-semester job sharers: Final evaluation only.
Final Evaluation Two (2) weeks prior to end of last semester of employment for the year.