La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXLVII-301

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section CXLVII-301 - Overview of Personnel Evaluation

A. Evaluation Process. The evaluation cycle shall consist of communicating the job description; developing the professional growth plan; setting student learning targets; observation, conferencing, and data collection; and communicating the final effectiveness calculation.

1. A copy of the job description developed in accordance with §303 of this Chapter shall be distributed to each teacher and administrator prior to beginning employment in the position with the school system and prior to the beginning of the school year each time the job description is revised.

2. Each evaluator and evaluatee shall meet to discuss the student learning targets set in accordance with §305 of this Chapter. Student learning targets not discussed in a meeting between the evaluator and evaluatee shall not be used in the evaluation.

a. - b. Repealed.

3. Observation and conferencing shall be conducted in accordance with §309 of this Chapter, with opportunities for reflection, professional learning, and informal data collection available throughout the evaluation cycle.

4. Each teacher and administrator shall develop a professional growth plan collaboratively with the evaluator(s) based on an area of refinement identified through the first observation of the evaluation cycle. Each plan will serve as a differentiated coaching plan based on the area of refinement to assist the educator in demonstrating effectiveness and will include professional learning objectives as well as the strategies and means of support that the teacher or administrator intends to use to attain each objective.

5. At the end of the evaluation cycle, the final evaluation score will be calculated by the evaluator(s), with effectiveness determined according to Subsection B of this Section. A copy of the evaluation results must be provided to the evaluatee within 15 days of the final effectiveness determination.

B. Calculating Evaluation Scores. Fifty percent of the evaluation shall be composed of applicable measure(s) of growth in student learning. The remaining 50 percent shall be based upon a qualitative assessment of teacher or administrator skills, knowledge, and professionalism. The combination of the applicable measure of growth in student learning and the qualitative assessment of performance shall result in a composite score used to distinguish levels of overall effectiveness for teachers and administrators.

1. Student Growth Score. Value-added data, if available, shall comprise 35 percent of the evaluation score, with 15 percent of the score based on student learning target attainment. If value-added data are not available, attainment of student learning targets will comprise 50 percent of the evaluation score.

2. Qualitative Assessment Score for Teachers. Data collected by evaluators during the evaluation cycle will be averaged by domain and weighted along with the teacher self-assessment rating to calculate the 50 percent of the evaluation based upon qualitative assessment.

a. The teacher observation rating will be calculated by averaging the domain score from each observation, with the Planning domain weighted at 15 percent, Environment domain weighted at 5 percent, Instruction domain weighted at 75 percent, and Professionalism domain weighted at 5 percent.

b. The teacher self-assessment rating from each observation will be averaged.

c. The teacher observation rating will constitute 90 percent of the qualitative assessment score; the remaining 10 percent will be the teacher self-assessment rating.

3. Qualitative Assessment Score for Principals. Artifacts and data collected by evaluators during the evaluation cycle will be weighted to comprise the qualitative assessment score, with administrator middle-of-year conference weighted at 25 percent, end-of-year summative conference weighted at 50 percent, administrator self-assessment rating weighted at 10 percent, and principal survey rating weighted at 15 percent. A principal with more than three years of experience in the role and a rating above 3.50 in the previous school year may be exempted from the middle-of the year conference, weighting the end-of-year summative conference at 75 percent.

4. Qualitative Assessment score for Counselors and Non-Principal School Leaders. Artifacts and data collected by evaluators during the evaluation cycle will be weighted to comprise the qualitative assessment score, with middle-of-year conference weighted at 30 percent, end-of-year summative conference weighted at 60 percent, and self-assessment rating weighted at 10 percent.

5. The composite score shall be the average of the student growth score and the qualitative assessment score. Each score shall be represented as a decimal rounded to the hundredths place.

C. Determining the Effectiveness Rating. The effectiveness rating shall be determined according to the composite score ranges as follows.

1. A composite score from 1.00 to 1.49 will constitute a rating of Ineffective.

2. A composite score from 1.50 to 2.49 will constitute a rating of Emerging.

3. A composite score from 2.50 to 3.49 will constitute a rating of Proficient.

4. A composite score from 3.50 to 4.49 will constitute a rating of Highly Effective.

5. A composite score from 4.50 to 5.00 will constitute a rating of Exemplary.

D. Repealed.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXLVII-301

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 38:1215 (May 2012), amended LR 38:2359 (September 2012), LR 39:1273 (May 2013), Amended LR 411266 (7/1/2015), Amended LR 432480 (12/1/2017), Amended LR 47354 (3/1/2021), Amended LR 48413 (3/1/2022), Amended LR 481006 (4/1/2022), Amended LR 49650 (4/1/2023), Amended LR 50949 (7/1/2024).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6(A)(10), R.S. 17:391.10, R.S. 17:3881-3886, and R.S. 17:3901-3904, R.S. 17:3997, and R.S. 17:10.1.