EVALUATION
OF TENURED AND NONTENURED TEACHING STAFF MEMBERS: Policy # 3221
The
Board of Education recognizes that the evaluation of teaching staff
members is essential to the achievement of the educational goals
of the district. This policy and its accompanying procedures specify
the rationale and methods for teaching staff evaluation.
The
purpose of this evaluation program shall be to promote professional
excellence and improve skills of teaching staff members, improve
student learning and growth, and provide a basis for the review
of staff performance.
Each
tenured and non tenured teaching staff member, except the Superintendent,
shall be evaluated annually by appropriately certified and trained
administrators and/or supervisors against criteria which evolve
logically from the instructional priorities and program objectives
of each staff member’s position as specified in the staff
member’s job description.
For
purposes of this policy and process, teaching staff member is defined
in accordance with the provisions of NJSA18A:27-3.1 as “any
person employed in a position which requires a certificate issued
by the State Board of Examiners with the exception of the Superintendent.
Further for purposes of this policy and process the State Board
of Education definition of an observation as, “a visitation
to an assigned work station by a certified supervisor for the purpose
of formally collecting data on the performance of a teaching staff
member’s assigned duties and responsibilities and of a duration
appropriate to same” and of an evaluation as, “a written
evaluation report (of the observation) prepared by the administrator
or supervisor who did the observation” will apply.
The
Superintendent shall develop, in consultation with the teaching
staff members, job description with the teaching staff members,
job descriptions for each teaching staff member position and evaluation
criteria for said positions based directly upon job descriptions.
The job descriptions should be concise stating major responsibilities
as briefly as possible. All job descriptions are to be provided
to the Board for approval.
It
shall be the responsibility of the Superintendent to ascertain
that each teaching staff member is provided and copy of this policy
statement, his/her job description, and his/her evaluation criteria
annually by October 1 and to distribute amendments thereto within
ten working days of their adoption. For staff new to the district,
these items are to be provided at the time of hiring. The Superintendent
shall report, at least annually, on the effectiveness of the evaluation
system and shall recommend means to improve it whenever desirable.
The
Superintendent shall, in the implementation of this policy, develop
procedures in consultation with the tenured teaching staff members
for:
1.
The collection and reporting of data which is appropriate to
the job description and minimally includes the observation of
classroom instruction and the evaluation of classroom instruction.
A minimum of one observation and associated evaluation conference
for tenure teaching staff and three for nontenured teaching staff
members.
2. The preparation of the Individual Professional Improvement Plan.
3.
The procedural conduct of the annual performance summary evaluation
conferences.
N.J.S.A. 18A: 27-3.1 et seq.
N.J.S.C.
6:3-4.1; 6:11-5.4
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