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Personnel -- Certified

Supervision and Evaluation

Teaching is the most important component of education; therefore, effective teacher and administrator supervision is a primary leadership responsibility for all administrators.  A major component of supervision is cooperative, continuing, teacher evaluation which serves to:

A.  improve the quality of instruction and educational services to children;

B.  elevate standards of the teaching profession;

C.  help each teacher grow professionally;

D.  assist with administrative decisions on teacher retention/dismissal.

The Superintendent shall evaluate or direct the evaluation of all certified employees. Teachers and administrators share responsibility for developing effective evaluation procedures and instruments and for establishing and maintaining professional standards and constructive attitudes toward staff evaluation.

The Superintendent and all employees whose administrative and supervisory duties equal at least 50% of their time shall include a minimum of fifteen hours of training in the evaluation of teachers pursuant to Section 10-151b, as part of the required professional development activity during each five year period for reissuance of their professional educator certificate.

The Board of Education directs the Superintendent and the certified employee representatives to develop, in harmony with guidelines of the Connecticut State Board of Education, a system-wide program for evaluating instruction and administrative leadership as one means to ensure instructional excellence.

(cf. 4112.1/4212.1 Provisions of Negotiated Agreements)

(cf. 4112.6/4212.6 Personnel Records)

Legal Reference:   Connecticut General Statutes

10-151a Access of teacher to supervisory records and reports in personnel file.

10-151b Evaluation by superintendent of certain educational personnel.

10-151c Records of teacher performance and evaluation not public records.

P.A. 95-58 An Act Concerning Teacher Evaluation, Tenure and Dismissal.

Policy adopted:  7/19/10