Section 38.83a - Teacher in probationary period; individualized development plan; performance evaluation; failure to comply with subsection (1) as evidence of satisfactory performance.
TEACHERS' TENURE (EXCERPT)
Act 4 of 1937 (Ex. Sess.)
38.83a Teacher in probationary period; individualized development plan; performance evaluation; failure to comply with subsection (1) as evidence of satisfactory performance.
Sec. 3a.
(1) If a probationary teacher is employed by a school district for at least 1 full school year, the controlling board of the probationary teacher's employing school district shall ensure that the teacher is provided with an individualized development plan developed by appropriate administrative personnel in consultation with the individual teacher and that the teacher is provided with at least an annual year-end performance evaluation each year during the teacher's probationary period. The annual year-end performance evaluation shall be based on, but is not limited to, at least 2 classroom observations held at least 60 days apart, unless a shorter interval between the 2 classroom observations is mutually agreed upon by the teacher and the administration, and shall include at least an assessment of the teacher's progress in meeting the goals of his or her individualized development plan. This subsection does not prevent a collective bargaining agreement between the controlling board and the teacher's bargaining representative under Act No. 336 of the Public Acts of 1947, being sections 423.201 to 423.216 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, from providing for more performance evaluations or classroom observations in addition to those required under this subsection. Except as specifically stated in this subsection, this section does not require a particular method for conducting a performance evaluation or classroom observation or for providing an individualized development plan.
(2) Failure of a school district to comply with subsection (1) with respect to an individual teacher in a particular school year is conclusive evidence that the teacher's performance for that school year was satisfactory.
History: Add. 1993, Act 59, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1993
Popular Name: Teachers' Tenure Act