Sec. 2.
(a) For
implementation during the 2012-2013 school year, each school corporation shall
develop or adopt a staff performance evaluation plan to evaluate the
performance of each certified employee per IC
20-28-11.5-4.
(b) Any staff performance evaluation plan
shall include the following performance level descriptors and definitions for
category designation under the plan. A school corporation may supplement, but
not replace, definitions of the performance level descriptors to appropriately
reflect the selected or developed evaluation system.
(1) Highly effective. A highly effective
teacher consistently exceeds expectations both in terms of student outcomes and
instructional practice. This is a teacher who has demonstrated excellence, as
determined by a trained evaluator, in locally selected competencies reasonably
believed to be highly correlated with positive student learning outcomes. The
highly effective teacher's students, in aggregate, have exceeded expectations
for academic growth and achievement based on guidelines suggested by the
department, which shall be published annually by August 1.
(2) Effective. An effective teacher
consistently meets expectations both in terms of student outcomes and
instructional practice. This is a teacher who has consistently met
expectations, as determined by a trained evaluator, in locally selected
competencies reasonably believed to be highly correlated with positive student
learning outcomes. The effective teacher's students, in aggregate, have
achieved an acceptable rate of academic growth and achievement based on
guidelines suggested by the department, which shall be published annually by
August 1.
(3) Improvement
necessary. A teacher who is rated as improvement necessary requires a change in
performance before he/she meets expectations either in terms of student
outcomes or instructional practice. This is a teacher who a trained evaluator
has determined to require improvement in locally selected competencies
reasonably believed to be highly correlated with positive student learning
outcomes. In aggregate, the students of a teacher rated improvement necessary
have achieved a below acceptable rate of academic growth and achievement based
on guidelines suggested by the department, which shall be published annually by
August 1.
(4) Ineffective. An
ineffective teacher consistently fails to meet expectations both in terms of
student outcomes and instructional practice. This is a teacher who has failed
to meet expectations, as determined by a trained evaluator, in locally selected
competencies reasonably believed to be highly correlated with positive student
learning outcomes. The ineffective teacher's students, in aggregate, have
achieved unacceptable levels of academic growth and achievement based on
guidelines suggested by the department, which shall be published annually by
August 1.
