UTAH CODE (Last Updated: January 16, 2015) |
Title 53A. State System of Public Education |
Chapter 8a. Public Education Human Resource Management Act |
Part 4. Educator Evaluations |
§ 53A-8a-405. Components of educator evaluation program.
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- An educator evaluation program adopted by a local school board in consultation with a joint committee established in Section 53A-8a-403 shall include the following components:
(1) a reliable and valid evaluation program consistent with generally accepted professional standards for personnel evaluation systems; (2) (a) the evaluation of provisional and probationary educators at least twice each school year; and (b) the annual evaluation of all career educators; (3) systematic evaluation procedures for both provisional and career educators; (5) a reasonable number of observation periods for an evaluation to insure adequate reliability; (6) administration of an educator's evaluation by: (a) the principal; (b) the principal's designee; (c) the educator's immediate supervisor; or (d) another person specified in the evaluation program; (7) an orientation for educators on the educator evaluation program; and (8) a summative evaluation that differentiates among four levels of performance.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 425, 2012 General Session