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ARTICLE VII: EVALUATION
7.1
The purpose of formal evaluation is to improve the
quality of instruction. Each full-time non-tenured
bargaining unit member shall be formally evaluated at
least twice in each school year for a minimum of four
(4) complete school years. Each part-time bargaining
unit member shall be evaluated at least once every year.
Each full-time tenured bargaining unit member shall be
formally evaluated at least once every other year.
7.2
By September 15, the building principal or
designated administrator shall orient all bargaining
unit members under that administrator's supervision as
to the formal evaluation procedures. No formal
evaluation may take place until such orientation has
been completed. Such orientation shall include the
evaluation procedure, standards expected, and evaluation
instruments to be used. Each bargaining unit member
shall be advised as to who shall observe and evaluate
the bargaining unit member’s teaching performance. Once
dates have been established for the pre-conference,
observations, and post-conference, the evaluator shall
notify the bargaining unit member of any change in dates
as soon as possible and the bargaining unit member and
the evaluator shall confirm, in writing, the revised
date(s). The evaluation procedure for a member new to
the unit shall not begin prior to October 1.
7.3
Each formal written evaluation of classroom teaching
performance shall be preceded by no less than
twenty-five (25) minutes of classroom observation.
7.4
A qualified administrator shall formally evaluate
each bargaining unit member in writing, consistent with
the Evaluation Plan and utilizing the agreed upon
evaluation instrument. All formal evaluations of the
bargaining unit member shall be conducted with full
knowledge of the member. The District Evaluation
Committee, composed of administrators and bargaining
unit members, shall annually review the evaluation
procedures and make recommendations to the
administration of any changes in the District Evaluation
Plan.
7.5
The formal evaluation process shall not exceed
twenty (20) student attendance days in duration from the
pre-observation conference to the final post-observation
conference, except for extenuating circumstances. The
evaluator and the bargaining unit member shall have a
post-observation conference within five (5) school days
of the final in-class observation to discuss the formal
evaluation. All observations which form the basis for
the formal evaluation shall be reduced to writing by the
evaluator. Evaluations will be completed by May 16.
7.6
The bargaining unit member shall have the right to
attach, at any time, comments to any formal evaluation
or other materials placed in the member's personnel
file, exclusive of privileged material.
7.7
No later than sixty (60) days before the end of the
school term, the administrator and/or evaluator shall
complete a written evaluation report and make
recommendations as to reemployment for each probationary
bargaining unit member.
7.8
The parties acknowledge that this procedure set
forth in the article pertains to the formal evaluation
of classroom teaching performance. Nothing herein shall
be construed as prohibiting or limiting the normal
day-to-day observation and evaluation of a bargaining
unit member's general performance as a district
bargaining unit member, nor shall it hinder or limit the
right of the Board to terminate the employment of a
bargaining unit member under the applicable provisions
of The Illinois School Code.
7.9
Standardized test results shall not be used for the
purpose of bargaining unit member evaluation.
7.10
A committee consisting of the following members is
to be selected by the Board and the Association
respectively:
Assistant Superintendent of
Operations and Human Resources, Co-Chair
Immediate Past President of Unit Five Education
Association or Designee, Co-Chair
One (1) Elementary Administrator
One (1) Junior High/Middle School Administrator
One (1) High School Administrator
Director of Special Education-Instruction
Director of Elementary Education
Director of Secondary Education
One (1) Elementary Bargaining Unit Member
One (1) High School Bargaining Unit Member
One (1) Junior High/Middle School Bargaining Unit
Member
One (1) Special Education Bargaining Unit Member
One (1) Area Bargaining Unit Member
One (1) Type 73 Bargaining Unit Member
The committee shall meet as
necessary but not less than quarterly. It is the
intention of the parties that the committee shall make
recommendations annually to the Association and to the
Board regarding the process to be used for evaluation of
all bargaining unit members.
It is further understood that, if necessary, any
recommended changes to the evaluation system adopted by
the Board would be agreed to in a letter of
understanding during the period covered by the existing
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