The Board of Education of the School District (the
"District"), acting in public session on August 31, 2011, hereby
adopts this Annual Professional Performance Review Plan (the "APPR
Plan") for those of its classroom
teachers and principals/instructional administrators who will become covere=
d by
the annual professional performance review provisions of Chapter 103=
of
the Laws of 2010 during the 2011-12 school year.
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Definition of Covered Teachers/Principals/Instructi=
onal
Administrators
This APPR Plan will apply only to
classroom teachers of common branch subjects or English language arts or
mathematics in grades four through eight and their principal/instructional
administrators.
2.
Ensuring Accurate Principal/Instructional
Administrator, Teacher and Student Data
The District shall provide accur=
ate
data to the State Education Department (the "SED") in a format an=
d timeline
prescribed by the Commissioner. The District shall also provide an opportun=
ity
for every covered teacher and principal/instructional administrator to veri=
fy
the subjects and/or student rosters assigned to him/her. The Superintendent
shall be designated as the Data Coordinator who shall be in charge of
collecting the required data, overseeing changes in and maintenance of the
local data management systems, and ensuring the accuracy of the data. The D=
ata
Coordinator shall have the authority to assign tasks and deadlines, as
required.
3. Reporting
Individual Subcomponent Scores
The Data Coordinator shall be
responsible for reporting to the SED the individual subcomponent scores and the total
composite effectiveness score for each covered classroom teacher and
principal/instructional administrator in the District, and shall do so in a
format and timeline prescribed by the Commissioner.
4.
Development, Security and Scoring of Assessments
The Data Coordinator shall be
responsible for overseeing the assessment development, security, and scoring
processes utilized by the District under this APPR Plan, and shall take ste=
ps
to ensure that any assessments and/or measures used to evaluate teachers and
principals/instructional administrators are not disseminated to students be=
fore
administration, and that teachers and principals/instructional administrato=
rs
do not have a vested interest in the outcome of the assessments they score.=
5. Details of the District's Eval=
uation
System
The details of the District's
Chapter 103 evaluation system cannot be described at this time because those
details must be determined through collective negotiations with the bargain=
ing
agent of the covered teachers and principals/instructional administrators
(where applicable), and such negotiations have not been finalized. Upon the
completion of the negotiations, this APPR Plan will be amended to reflect t=
he
agreed-upon procedures.
6.
Details of Timely and Constructive Feedback Provided to Teachers and=
Principals/Instructional
Administrators
The details of how the District
shall provide timely and constructive feedback to teachers and principals/instructional
administrators under Chapter =
103
cannot be described at this time because
those details must be determined through collective negotiations with the bargaining agent of the
covered teachers and principals=
/instructional
administrators (where applicable), and
such negotiations have not been finalized. Upon the completion of the
negotiations, this APPR Plan will be amended to reflect the agreed- upon
procedures.
7. Appeals of Annual Professional
Performance Reviews
The details =
of
the District's procedure for resolving appeals of annual professional
performance reviews under Chapter 103 cannot be described at this time beca=
use
those details must be determined through collective negotiations with the
bargaining agent of the covered teachers and principals/instructional
administrators (where applicable), and such negotiations have not been
finalized. Upon the completion of the negotiations, this APPR Plan will be
amended to reflect the agreed-upon procedures.
8. Duration and Nature of Training
Provided to Evaluators and Lead Evaluators
A.
The "lead evaluator" is the administrator wh=
o is
primarily responsible for a teacher's or principal’s/instructi=
onal
administrator’s APPR composite rating under Chapter 103. The term "evaluator" sha=
ll
include any administrator who conducts an observation or evaluation of a te=
acher
or principal/instructional administrator.
B. All
evaluators shall successfully complete a training course that meets the min=
imum
requirements prescribed in Chapter 103. Such training shall include applica=
tion
and use of the State-approved teacher and principal/instructional administr=
ator
practice rubric(s) selected for use in evaluations.
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To be deemed a district certified le=
ad
evaluator one must successfully complete a training course meeting the mini=
mum
requirements prescribed in the law and regulations.
D. Other
details of the District's training for evaluators and lead evaluators
(including the duration and nature of such training and the process for
certifying lead evaluators) cannot be described at this time. Those details
must be determined through collective negotiations with the bargaining agen=
t of
the covered teachers or principals/instructional administrators (where
applicable) over the selection of a practice rubric and other related
negotiable issues. Upon the completion of these negotiations, this APPR Plan
will be amended to reflect the agreed-upon procedures.
E. Nothing
herein shall be construed to prohibit an evaluator who is properly certifie=
d by
the State as a school administrator from conducting classroom observations =
or
school visits as part of an annual professional performance review under
Chapter 103 prior to completion of the training required by said Chapter or=
the
regulations thereunder, as long as such trainin=
g is
successfully completed prior to completion of the annual professional
performance review.
9. Required
Certificates
The District shall include with
this APPR Plan any certifications required by the law or regulations upon t=
he
completion of collective negotiations with the bargaining agent of the cove=
red
teachers and principals/instructional administrators (where applicable).
10.
Effect on Existing Collective Bargaining Agreements=
Nothing herein shall be construed to abrogate a=
ny
conflicting provisions of collective bargaining Agreements.
11.
Filing and Publication of APPR Plan
This APPR Plan shall be filed in the District Office,=
and
shall be made available to the public on the District's website by September
10, 2011, or within ten days after its adoption, whichever shall later occu=
r.
Adoption Date:
Legal Reference(s): Education =
Law
§3012-c., 8 N.Y.C.R.R. Part 30-2 and Section 100.2(o).