La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXLVII-315

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

Section CXLVII-315 - Intensive Assistance [Formerly section 329]

A. An intensive assistance plan shall be developed by evaluators and evaluatees when an evaluatee has received an overall rating of Ineffective or has consistently demonstrated Ineffective performance, as determined by the evaluator, prior to receiving such a rating.

B. An intensive assistance plan designed to address the complexity of the educator deficiencies shall be developed with the evaluatee within 30 school days of an evaluation resulting in the initiation of the intensive assistance plan.

C. The evaluatee shall be informed in writing of placement in an intensive assistance plan, as well as the reasons for such placement, and be formally re-evaluated within one calendar year of the initiation of the intensive assistance plan.

D. Upon completion of a formal evaluation, if the evaluatee receives an ineffective rating immediately upon completion of the intensive assistance plan or if the intensive assistance plan is not completed in conformity with its provisions, the LEA shall timely initiate termination proceedings.

E. The intensive assistance plan shall be developed collaboratively by the evaluator and the evaluatee and must contain the following information:

1. what the evaluatee needs to do to strengthen his/her performance including a statement of the objective(s) to be accomplished and the expected level(s) of performance according to student growth and/or qualitative measures;

2. an explanation of the assistance/support/resource to be provided or secured by the school district and/or the school administrator;

3. the date that the assistance program shall begin;

4. the date when the assistance program shall be completed;

5. the evaluator's and evaluatee's signatures and date lines (Signatures and dates shall be affixed at the time the assistance is prescribed and again after follow-up comments are completed.);

6. the timeline for achieving the objective and procedures for monitoring the evaluatee's progress (not to exceed one calendar year);

7. an explanation of the provisions for multiple opportunities for the evaluatee to obtain support and feedback on performance (The intensive assistance plans shall be designed in such a manner as to provide the evaluatee with more than one resource to improve.); and

8. the action that will be taken if improvement is not demonstrated.

F. Completed intensive assistance plans and appropriate supporting documents, such as observations, correspondence, and any other information pertinent to the intensive assistance process, shall be filed in the evaluatee's single official file at the central office. The evaluatee shall receive a copy of the signed intensive assistance plan and any supporting documents.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXLVII-315

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 36:2251 (October 2010), amended LR 38:1218 (May 2012), Amended LR 451054 (8/1/2019).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6, 17:391.10, 17:3871-3873, 17:3881-3884, and 17:1309-3904.