ARTICLE VII PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Narragansett School District

A. Performance Evaluations shall be conducted in a fair and equitable manner and in accordance with the procedures developed by the District Evaluation Committee as long as those procedures align with the Rhode Island Model of Teacher Evaluation developed by the Rhode Island Department of Education. The parties agree that the procedures may be amended by the District Evaluation Committee from time to time as long as they are in compliance with the Rhode Island Model described herein.

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 in privacy. Similarly, teachers are to register complaints in privacy.

C. No teacher will be disciplined, reprimanded, reduced in rank or compensation, or deprived of any professional advantage without just cause and in privacy.

D. Reference from outside sources secured with regard to initial employment, and for advancement, shall not be subjected to examination and reproduction by the teachers.

E. Teachers and Coaches at all three (3) schools shall not have a role as evaluators in the Performance Evaluation process.