ARTICLE III TEACHER EVALUATION

Burrillville School District

A. All monitoring or observation of the work performance of a teacher will be conducted openly and with full knowledge of the teacher. The use of eavesdropping, public address or audio system, and similar surveillance devices shall be strictly prohibited. Teachers will be given a copy of any evaluation report prepared by their evaluator and will have the right to discuss such reports with their evaluator before they are submitted to central administration or put into their personnel files. The RIDE evaluation model will be adhered to.

B. Complaints against teachers

1.  Any complaints regarding a teacher made to the administration by anyone will be promptly called to the teacher's attention.

2. Any meetings held subsequent to the complaint to discuss its substance shall be either informal or formal in nature. An informal meeting shall be one for which no formal complaint has been filed. A formal meeting shall be one for which a formal complaint has been filed.  A formal complaint shall be defined as a written, signed complaint, or a recorded complaint in which the complainant is identified.

3. If a formal meeting is held to discuss a formal complaint, the accused teacher shall be given dated, written notice of the impending meeting within two (2) school days of the administrator's receiving the complaint or at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the meeting. Said notice shall include the content of the complaint; the name of the complainant; the date, time and place of the meeting to discuss the complaint; and the notation that the accused teacher may be accompanied by his/her union representative or legal counsel, at his/her own expense, if he/she so chooses.

4. The following are understood:

a. No anonymous material or informal complaints will be placed in a teacher's permanent file.

b. No teacher  shall  be disciplined,  reprimanded, reduced  in rank or compensation; or deprived of a professional advantage without just cause. Whether just cause exists in any case shall be subject to the grievance procedure.  The dismissal of a teacher shall be governed by the General Laws of Rhode Island.