49-5-5204 - Criteria for teachers' evaluations.
49-5-5204. Criteria for teachers' evaluations.
(a) The minimum criteria for the evaluation of apprentice teachers, teachers applying for a professional license or career level I certificate and career level I teachers by the LEAs shall be approved by the state board of education. The criteria shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) Classroom or position observation and assessment;
(2) Review of evaluations;
(3) Personal conference;
(4) Examination of professional development activities undertaken by the applicant; and
(5) Other appropriate criteria.
(b) The criteria for the initial evaluation of career level II and III teachers shall include, but not be limited to, the following, and the criteria for the interim and recertification of career level II and III teachers may include the following:
(1) Classroom or position observation and assessment by a team of properly trained career level III teachers or career level III principals, assistant principals or supervisors in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) from outside the applicant's school system; professionally qualified evaluators; or properly trained career level III teachers, principals, assistant principals or supervisors in kindergarten (K) from outside the applicant's school system, except that the team may include one (1) local administrator who may be a noncareer ladder employee, as agreed upon by both applicant and proposed evaluator, who shall conduct one (1) of the required evaluations and participate in the post-evaluation interview required by § 49-5-5205(b)(5);
(2) Review of evaluations by principals, supervisors and others in authority;
(3) Personal interview;
(4) Examination of professional development activities undertaken by the applicant, except that the state board of education shall take care that the applicant's preparation and paperwork are kept to the minimum necessary for adequate evaluation; and
(5) Other appropriate criteria.
[Acts 1984 (1st E.S.), ch. 7, § 29; 1985, ch. 465, §§ 10-12, 31; 1986, ch. 933, §§ 4, 6; 1987, ch. 308, §§ 38, 54; 1988, ch. 740, §§ 1, 2; 1993, ch. 32, § 12; 1999, ch. 34, § 7.]