Section 511IAC10-6-2. Plan development and adoption

   (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.

(Indiana State Board of Education; 511 IAC 10-6-2; filed May 4, 1988, 8:30 a.m.: 11 IR 3036; readopted filed Oct 12, 2001, 12:55 p.m.: 25 IR 937; readopted filed Nov 20, 2007, 11:36 a.m.: 20071219-IR-511070386RFA; filed Feb 6, 2012, 3:05 p.m.: 20120307-IR-511110405FRA)