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EVALUATION  OF  PROFESSIONAL /  
SUPPORT  STAFF  MEMBERS

Classroom  Teacher  Evaluations

The Governing Body shall establish a system to evaluate the performance of teachers in the charter school that results in the following:

A.  At least one (1) evaluation of each teacher by a qualified evaluator each school year.  

A qualified evaluator is a school principal or other person who is trained to evaluate teachers, is recommended by the Executive Director as a qualified evaluator, and subsequently designated by the Governing Body to evaluate teachers.

B.  The teacher performance evaluation system shall meet all the following criteria:

1.  Is designed to improve teacher performance and student achievement.

2.  Includes the use of quantitative data on the academic progress for all students, which shall account for between twenty percent (20%) and thirty-three percent (33%) of the evaluation outcomes.

3.  Includes four (4) performance classifications, designated as highly effective, effective, developing and ineffective.

Principal  Evaluations

The Governing Body shall adopt in a public meeting the policy/policies to implement for principal evaluations at the charter school.

Before adopting principal evaluation policies, the Governing Body shall provide opportunities for public discussion on the proposed policy/policies.

For charter holders, the principal evaluation policies apply to each charter school's instructional leader whose primary responsibility is to oversee the academic performance of the charter school.  This does not apply to an officer, director, member or partner of the charter holder.

The Governing Body shall adopt principal evaluation criteria that meet all the following requirements:

A.  Are designed to improve principal performance and student achievement.

B.  Include the use of quantitative data on the academic progress for all students, which shall account for between twenty percent (20%) and thirty-three percent (33%) of the evaluation outcomes.

C.  Include four (4) performance classifications, designated as highly effective, effective, developing and ineffective.

D.  Describe both of the following:

1.  the methods used to evaluate the performance of principals, including the data used to measure student performance and job effectiveness.

2.  the formula used to determine evaluation outcomes.

Adopted:  December 2, 2019

LEGAL REF.:
A.R.S.
15-189.06
15-203
15-537.01
15-977
A.A.C.
R7-2-605

CROSS REF:
GCF - Professional Staff Hiring
GCFC - Professional/Support Staff Certification and Credentialing Requirements
                (fingerprinting requirements)
GCQF - Discipline, Suspension, and Dismissal of Professional/Support Staff Members