The Governing Board believes that regular and comprehensive evaluations can help instructional staff improve their teaching skills and raise students' levels of achievement. Evaluations also serve to hold teachers accountable for their performance. The Superintendent or designee shall evaluate the performance of certificated staff members in accordance with law and negotiated contracts. He/she shall ensure that evaluation ratings have uniform meaning throughout the district.
(cf. 4141/4241 - Collective Bargaining Agreement)
(cf. 4315 - Evaluation/Supervision)
Evaluations shall be used to recognize the exemplary skills and accomplishments of staff and to identify areas needing improvement. When areas needing improvement are identified, the Board expects employees to accept responsibility for improving their performance and encourages them to take initiative to request assistance as necessary, including participation in appropriate staff development and/or individualized teacher support and guidance programs.
(cf. 4117.6 - Decision Not to Rehire)
(cf. 4118 - Dismissal/Suspension/Disciplinary Action)
(cf. 4131 - Staff Development)
(cf. 4131.1 - Teacher Support and Guidance)
The Superintendent or designee shall assess the performance of certificated instructional staff as it reasonably relates to the following criteria: (Education Code 44662)
1. Students' progress toward meeting district standards of expected achievement for their grade level in each area of study and, if applicable, towards the state-adopted content standards as measured by state-adopted criterion-referenced assessments
(cf. 6011 - Academic Standards)
(cf. 6162.5 - Student Assessment)
(cf. 6162.51 - State Academic Achievement Tests)
2. The instructional techniques and strategies used by the employee
3. The employee's adherence to curricular objectives
4. The establishment and maintenance of a suitable learning environment within the scope of the employee's responsibilities
The Board encourages certificated instructional staff to request further observations and/or professional advice to promote effective teaching.
(cf. 1220 - Citizen Advisory Committees)
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
33039 State guidelines for teacher evaluation procedures
35171 Availability of rules and regulations for evaluation of performance
44500-44508 Peer assistance and review program for teachers
44660-44665 Evaluation and assessment of performance of certificated employees (the Stull Act)
GOVERNMENT CODE
3543.2 Scope of representation
UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 20
6319 Highly qualified teachers
7801 Definition of highly qualified teacher
Management Resources:
COMMISSION ON TEACHER CREDENTIALING PUBLICATIONS
California Standards for the Teaching Profession, 2009
WEB SITES
CSBA: http://www.csba.org
California Department of Education: http://www.cde.ca.gov
Commission on Teacher Credentialing: http://www.ctc.ca.gov
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: http://www.nbpts.org
Policy MENIFEE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT
adopted: July 28, 1987 Menifee, California
revised: January 25, 1994
revised: February 11, 1997
revised: December 12, 2017