The Board of Education recognizes the importance of implementing a program for the evaluation of teachers on limited contracts for the purpose of improving the quality of instruction received by the students, strengthening professional competence by identifying and correcting deficiencies, and for establishing a means for determining reemployment.

Each District teacher on a limited contract or an extended limited contract shall be evaluated according to the terms of this policy in any school year in which the Board may wish to declare its intention not to reemploy said teacher.

The evaluation of each such teacher shall be conducted at least twice in the school year in which the Board may wish to declare its intention not to reemploy. One (1) evaluation shall be conducted and completed not later than December 15th. Each teacher being evaluated shall receive a written report of the results of this evaluation not later than January 15th. The second evaluation shall be conducted and completed between February 10th and April 1st. Each teacher being evaluated shall receive a written report of the results of this second evaluation not later than April 10th.

Each evaluation shall consist of two (2) observations of the teacher instructing students, each of which is to be of at least thirty (30) minutes duration.

Each written report of the results of an evaluation in which the administrator includes specific recommendations regarding improvements needed in the performance of the teacher shall also include the means by which the teacher may obtain assistance in making such improvements.

The administrator conducting the evaluation is to ensure that each evaluation is submitted to the teacher for his/her acknowledgement by written receipt. If signed, by the teacher, the receipt is to be sent to the Superintendent as soon as received.

Administrative guidelines shall be established by the Superintendent regarding the criteria for evaluating expected job performance in the areas of responsibility assigned to each teacher being evaluated as well as the evaluation procedures which will provide for compliance with the conditions of evaluation stated in this policy.

This policy does not apply to the Superintendent, administrators, teacher supplemental contracts, or teachers employed as substitutes for less than 120 days during a school year.

R.C. 3319.11, 3319.111