ARTICLE XVI TEACHER EVALUATIONS

Jamestown School District

A. All monitoring or observation of the work performances of a teacher will be conducted openly and with full knowledge of the teacher except in connection with a police investigation. The use of eavesdropping by public address or audio systems, and similar surveillance devices shall be strictly prohibited except in connection with a police investigation. Teachers will be given a copy of any evaluation report prepared by their supervisor before it is submitted to the Administration or personnel files.

B. Any complaints regarding a teacher made to the Administration by any parent, student, or other person will be promptly called to the teacher's attention.

C. No member of the bargaining unit will be disciplined or reprimanded without just cause. Whether just cause exists in any case shall be subject to the grievance procedure.

D. The Administration will evaluate the performance of each teacher in accordance with School Committee Policy. The RIDE model evaluation has been adopted and implemented by the Jamestown School Committee.

E. Preferably before a teacher receives an unfavorable "year-end evaluation" the Administration agrees to hold a conference with the teacher as soon as reasonably practicable to provide feedback, and identify specific topics in need of remediation and how to address those areas.