Section 44664 Of Article 11. Evaluation And Assessment Of Performance Of Certificated Employees From California Education Code >> Division 3. >> Title 2. >> Part 25. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 11.
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. (a) Evaluation and assessment of the performance of each
certificated employee shall be made on a continuing basis as follows:
(1) At least once each school year for probationary personnel.
(2) At least every other year for personnel with permanent status.
(3) At least every five years for personnel with permanent status
who have been employed at least 10 years with the school district,
are highly qualified, if those personnel occupy positions that are
required to be filled by a highly qualified professional by the
federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301, et
seq.), as defined in 20 U.S.C. Sec. 7801, and whose previous
evaluation rated the employee as meeting or exceeding standards, if
the evaluator and certificated employee being evaluated agree. The
certificated employee or the evaluator may withdraw consent at any
time.
(b) The evaluation shall include recommendations, if necessary, as
to areas of improvement in the performance of the employee. If an
employee is not performing his or her duties in a satisfactory manner
according to the standards prescribed by the governing board, the
employing authority shall notify the employee in writing of that fact
and describe the unsatisfactory performance. The employing authority
shall thereafter confer with the employee making specific
recommendations as to areas of improvement in the employee's
performance and endeavor to assist the employee in his or her
performance. If any permanent certificated employee has received an
unsatisfactory evaluation, the employing authority shall annually
evaluate the employee until the employee achieves a positive
evaluation or is separated from the district.
(c) Any evaluation performed pursuant to this article which
contains an unsatisfactory rating of an employee's performance in the
area of teaching methods or instruction may include the requirement
that the certificated employee shall, as determined necessary by the
employing authority, participate in a program designed to improve
appropriate areas of the employee's performance and to further pupil
achievement and the instructional objectives of the employing
authority. If a district participates in the Peer Assistance and
Review Program for Teachers established pursuant to Article 4.5
(commencing with Section 44500), any certificated employee who
receives an unsatisfactory rating on an evaluation performed pursuant
to this section shall participate in the Peer Assistance and Review
Program for Teachers.
(d) Hourly and temporary hourly certificated employees, other than
those employed in adult education classes who are excluded by the
provisions of Section 44660, and substitute teachers may be excluded
from the provisions of this section at the discretion of the
governing board.