a. Due to insufficient or undeveloped skills, lack of knowledge or aptitude, poor attitude, or insufficient effort; and b. Remediated through training, study, mentoring, practice or greater effort. 12. Valid and Reliable Measurement Tools means an instrument that has proved consistent over time and uses non-subjective criteria that require minimal interpretation. Utah Code Ann. § 53A 8a-402(2012) Formative Feedback and Summative Evaluation Formative Feedback School administrators will conduct formative observations of all teachers each school year and provide feedback to the teacher of instructional strengths and areas that could be improved. Summative Evaluations Summative evaluations will occur once every five years for non-provisional teachers unless data or evidence indicates a need for more frequency. For all other teachers it will occur twice yearly until provisional status has been lifted. State requirements and district protocol will be followed. Summative Evaluation and Review of Evaluation— The person responsible for administering an educator’s evaluation shall, at least fifteen (15) days before an educator’s first evaluation, notify the educator of the evaluation process and give the educator a copy of the evaluation instrument, if an instrument is used. The person responsible for administering an educator’s evaluation shall allow the educator to respond to any part of the evaluation and, if the response is written, attach the educator’s responses to the evaluation. Within fifteen (15) days after the evaluation process is completed, the person responsible for administering an educator’s evaluation shall: 1. Discuss the written evaluation with the educator; 2. Based on the educator’s performance, assign one of the four levels of performance. An educator who is not satisfied with a summative evaluation has fifteen (15) days after receiving the written evaluation to request a review of the evaluation. If a review is requested, the superintendent or the superintendent’s designee shall appoint a person, not an employee of the District, who is a certified rater and has expertise in teacher or personnel evaluation to review and make written findings reported to the superintendent regarding the educator’s summative evaluation. A review of an educator’s summative evaluation shall be conducted in accordance with Utah Admin. Rules R277-533-8. Utah Code § 53G-11-508 (2020) Utah Admin. Rules R277-533-8 (June 7, 2018)
3.0730.03 APPLICATION OF EVALUATIONS Issue Date: 9/12/96 Updated: 11/14/19
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