ARTICLE 6 TEACHER EVALUATION

Tiverton School District

A.  All formal monitoring or observation of work performance of a teacher will be conducted openly, and with the full knowledge of the teacher. The use of eavesdropping public address or audio systems, and similar surveillance  devices shall be strictly prohibited in the formal evaluation process.

B. After any formal observation or evaluation, the evaluator and the teacher evaluated will agree on a time for a conference to be held as soon as possible.

C. Teachers will be allowed to review a copy of any evaluation report prepared by their evaluators and will have the right to discuss such reports with their evaluators and initial such reports before the reports are placed in the personnel files

D. During the evaluative process, all non·tenured teachers will have the benefit of three (3) observations and supervisory conferences before any written  evaluations are submitted for permanent filing.  Subsequent visitations and evaluations will be reported on evaluation forms designed by the administration- The three (3) observations and conferences will be completed by the immediate supervisor no later than December 15 or ten (10) weeks after school commences, whichever occurs first.

Performance evaluations shall be conducted in a fair and equitable manner and in accordance with the procedures established with the Rl Model of Teacher Evaluation developed by the RI Department of Education.

E. Any complaints regarding a teacher, made to the administration by any parent, student, or other person, that are considered in evaluating said teacher's performance will be promptly called to the teacher's attention.

F. No teacher will be disciplined,  reprimanded or reduced in compensation without just cause.

G. All evaluation forms will be standardized within groups and grades K-4; 5-8; and 9-12. These shall be forms which are mutually approved by the Association and Superintendent, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld by either the Association or the Superintendent.             

H. All evaluation forms shall be reviewed by the Association and the Superintendent every three (3) years.

I. Teachers shall receive three (3) years of no evaluations if they received a rating of Highly Effective with their evaluation occuring in their fourth year. Teachers shall receive two (2) years of no evaluations if they receive a rating of Effective with their evaluation occurring in their third year. Teachers with a rating of Developing, will be evaluated the following year. A teacher can be evaluated more frequently if they received a rating of Developing or based upon their job performance.