A. The evaluation of all non-permanent teachers shall follow the BTSA requirements by being evaluated on the first five (5) Standards and one (1) element of Standard Six (6). 

B. Every evaluation year: the evaluation of permanent unit members shall be based on three (3) of the Standards (one of which must be Standard 1, 3, or 4) and one element of Standard 6: Develops as a Professional Educator. 

C.  Permanent unit members may voluntarily agree to be evaluated on the first five (5) Standards and two (2) Elements of Standard Six (6): Develops as a Professional Educator.  A list of unit members who volunteer under this Article shall be provided by October 31st of each year to the SAEA office.  Should the SAEA President suspect irregularities in the voluntary nature of the process, the President of the Association or designee and the Associate Superintendent of the Human Resources or designee will meet within 5 days to resolve the issue.

A. Within five (5) duty days following determination of the Standards for the teaching profession, the unit member may submit to the designated evaluator written constraints which the unit member believes shall prevent him/her from attaining the Standards.

B.  If agreement is not reached regarding Standards, the unit member may appeal to the Associate Superintendent, Human Resources, or designee, who shall make the final decision.

C. All non-permanent unit members shall be formally evaluated in writing no more than twice annually.

D. Permanent unit members with a satisfactory evaluation the preceding year, including ROP teachers and categorically funded unit members who have been employed in the district at least three (3) consecutive preceding years, shall be evaluated every other school year except per Ed. Code 44664.

E. Permanent unit members with at least ten (10) years of District service who meet the following criteria:

1.   are highly qualified (pursuant to ESEA/NCLB);

2.   at the 5.1.1 meeting, voluntarily choose to be evaluated on the first five (5) Standards for the Teaching Profession plus two (2) elements of Standard 6: Develops as a Professional Educator;

3.   voluntarily choose to have an unscheduled classroom evaluation;

4.   meets standards in all areas;

shall be evaluated every five (5) years, per Ed. Code 44664.  The unit member or evaluator shall be permitted to rescind this voluntary agreement and return to the evaluation process outlined in CBA Articles 5.1.1 through 5.1.2-D prior to November 30th of that school year.

F.  If a unit member transfers or changes assignments during the five (5) year period, a new agreement shall be signed, if mutual agreement continues.

G. No reprisals of any kind shall be taken by any party, nor anything construed, regarding teachers who do or do not volunteer under this section or 5.1.1-C.

A. During the course of the evaluation period circumstances may change which require modification of the original schedule.  The unit member and designated evaluator shall agree in writing upon a revised schedule.

A. Prior to an observation, the unit member and the designated evaluator shall review the Standards and elements to be observed.

B. No formal observations shall be scheduled before one (1) week after the beginning of a trimester/semester or after one (1) week before the end of a trimester/semester or winter break

C. Formal classroom observations shall last for at least fifteen (15) minutes and no more the sixty (60) minutes.

D. Unit members shall have no more than two (2) formal observations per each evaluation.  A third formal observation shall be added if:

1. The unit member was marked “Below Standard” on three (3) or more elements on a Standard in the second observation, in which case the unit member shall be observed on that Standard a third time.

2. With agreement of both the unit member and the evaluator, the number of classroom observations may be reduced in cases of obvious satisfactory performance by permanent unit members

A. The progress towards achieving the selected element(s) of Standard 6 shall be discussed at each formal post observation conference.

A. Specific written recommendations for improvement;

B.  District assistance to implement such recommendations;

C. Provision of additional resources, without cost to the unit member, to be utilized to assist with improvements;

D.  Techniques to measure improvement;

E.  A time schedule to monitor progress;

F. These written suggestions shall be presented to the unit member at the time of the post-observation conference.  It is the unit member’s responsibility to take appropriate action to correct any deficiencies.

A. By mutual agreement the Association and the District shall convene an Evaluation Forms Committee to review, update, and modify evaluation forms in the Appendix of this Agreement.

1. The committee shall have an equal representation (1:1) of members from the Association and the District.

2. The committee’s work will be limited to making recommendations regarding evaluation forms limited to the scope of Article V, Evaluation.

3. Any forms created and approved by the Evaluation Forms Committee related to this Article will need approval through a Memorandum of Understanding prior to being added to the Appendix and used in the evaluation process outlined in this article.