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Arizona Revised Statutes Title 15. Education § 15-189.06. Charter schools; teacher performance evaluation systems; principal evaluation policies

Current as of March 08, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

A. Each charter school governing body shall establish a system to evaluate the performance of teachers in the charter school that results in at least one evaluation of each teacher by a qualified evaluator each school year. Each governing body shall establish a teacher performance evaluation system that meets all of the following criteria:

1. Is designed to improve teacher performance and student achievement.

2. Includes the use of quantitative data on the academic progress for all students, which shall account for between twenty percent and thirty-three percent of the evaluation outcomes.

3. Includes four performance classifications, designated as highly effective, effective, developing and ineffective.

B. Each charter school governing body shall adopt in a public meeting policies to implement for principal evaluations at the charter school. Before adopting principal evaluation policies, the governing body shall provide opportunities for public discussion on the proposed policies. For charter holders, the principal evaluation policies apply to each charter school's instructional leader whose primary responsibility is to oversee the academic performance of the charter school. This subsection does not apply to an officer, director, member or partner of the charter holder. Each governing body shall adopt principal evaluation policies that meet all of the following criteria:

1. Are designed to improve principal performance and student achievement.

2. Include the use of quantitative data on the academic progress for all students, which shall account for between twenty percent and thirty-three percent of the evaluation outcomes.

3. Include four performance classifications, designated as highly effective, effective, developing and ineffective.

4. Describe both of the following:

(a) The methods used to evaluate the performance of principals, including the data used to measure student performance and job effectiveness.

(b) The formula used to determine evaluation outcomes.

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