ARTICLE XIV TEACHER EVALUATION

East Greenwich School District

14-1 Teachers and support professionals will be evaluated in compliance with current, existing applicable state law including RIDE regulations, as amended. Any alteration to the District implementation of the RIDE model, referred to as "Rhode Island Model Evaluation and Support System" (hereinafter "RIDE Model"), will be mutually agreed upon unless mandated by RIDE. The terms of the Guidebooks, as amended from time-to-time, for teachers and support professionals are incorporated into this Agreement. Teacher Guidebook Ed V 2019.pdf
SP Guidebook Ed IV 2019.pdf.

14-2 Consistent with guidance from RIDE as to the composition of the District Evaluation Committee ("DEC") a DEC shall be established and comprised of the Superintendent and three (3) administrators appointed by the Superintendent, the EGEA President and three (3) teachers appointed by the EGEA President.

14-3 No classroom observation shall be conducted for the purpose of evaluation except by an evaluator who is trained in the RIDE Model.

14-4 Teachers will be notified within 30 days of the convening of the DEC or commencement of school, whichever later occurs, who their primary and secondary evaluators will be. Additionally, teachers will have the opportunity to request a different evaluator within 5 school days of said notification. Evaluators for specialists with either be the Director of Special Services or building principal.

14-5 Teachers shall be given a minimum one week notice prior to the announced classroom observation. Teachers have the opportunity to request the day of the week the announced visit will occur. A meeting to discuss the evaluator's observation shall take place between teacher and evaluator within a reasonable amount of time following the observation and receipt of written comments from the evaluation.

14-6 Any teacher who has a dispute concerning her/his evaluation may within five (5) school days of receipt of the evaluation discuss any concerns with the evaluator. If the teacher continues to dispute the evaluation, she/he may within ten (10) school days appeal the dispute to the EGEA President who will request the formation of an evaluation review committee ("ERC") for the purpose of hearing and deciding the appeal.

a. The ERC shall be comprised of members of two (2) teachers appointed by the EGEA President and two (2) administrators appointed by the Superintendent, with any tie or deadlock broken by the Superintendent. The ERC's charge shall be to hear appeals and assist in resolution of matters of disputes concerning the establishment of Student Leaming Objectives ("SLO"), Professional Growth Goals and evaluation ratings. Disputes concerning the establishment of an SLO shall be brought forward for resolution to the ERC no later than two (2) weeks following of the establishment of the SLO.

b. In no case shall a member of the ERC include the evaluator of the teacher with the appeal.

c. The decision of the ERC shall be final except in matters concerning the final evaluation which is subject to the EGEA grievance procedure commencing with Level Four of the grievance procedure.

d. The parties agree that expedited labor arbitration rules shall be followed in all disputes concerning final evaluations.

14-7 No observation will be conducted on the Friday before or the Monday following a holiday/vacation period unless mutually agreeable.

14.8 All methods of observation of work performance of a teacher shall be conducted openly with full knowledge of the teacher. The use of public address or audio systems, and similar devices shall be strictly prohibited. Teachers will be given a copy of any evaluation report prepared by their superiors and will have a right to discuss such report with their superiors.

14.9 Before being entered into the teacher's records, any complaints regarding a teacher made to the administration by any parent, student, or other person must be in writing and promptly called to the teacher's attention through proper channels.

14.10 No less than ten (10) workdays prior to the last day of school, end-of-year conferences shall be completed, and each teacher's final effectiveness rating shall be calculated and reported to the teacher.