SECTION I - OBSERVATION/EVALUATION PROCEDURES
PROFESSIONAL GROWTH PROCESS AND EVALUATION
Professional Growth Process
Quality education can be achieved by teachers employees
and administrators who are accountable for the advancement of teaching and
learning in Miami-Dade County Public Schools classrooms through ongoing
professional growth. This
professional activity must be embedded into the everyday culture of the work
environment and throughout the careers of educators.
Professional
Growth is a process for enhancing the skills essential to effective
teaching and learning. For instructional personnel, professional growth
emanates from the Indicators in the PACES
Teaching and Learning Professional Growth Manual.
Professional growth is the responsibility of the teacher employees
as well as the administrator and must focus on student learning.
For school support/resource personnel, professional growth emanates
from the indicators in the PACES Professional Growth
and Evaluation Manual for School Support/Resource Personnel (SSRP).
The
PACES Professional Growth Process is
implemented each year with each Annual Contract (AC) teacher employee.
All AC teachers employees are supported by a PACES
Professional Growth Team to assist them in the Professional Growth Process.
Specific procedures for the PACES Professional
Growth Process for instructional personnel are detailed on
pages 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. Procedures
for school support/resource personnel are detailed on pages 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
Evaluation
is a decision made by comparing observation data to an established standard.
This comparison reflects the extent to which employees meet performance
expectations and is used to make employment decisions.
For instructional personnel each year, the principal, or an
administrator designated by the principal or the supervising administrator
must observe all teachers employees regardless of their contract
status. The purpose of these observations is to formulate an annual evaluation
decision that is recorded on the annual evaluation form. Evaluation is a
statutory responsibility of the principal or the supervising administrator of
the non school-based support/resource personnel.