District Requirements

Related to Teacher Evaluation for Licensure and Professional Development Plans from PED Regulation 6.69.4 Performance Evaluation System Requirements for Teachers

6.69.4.8 Requirements

C. The school district must ensure, through proper annual teaching assignment and through annual professional development plans and evaluations that all teachers assigned to teach in core academic subjects are highly qualified as provided in subsections A and B of this section [6.69.4.7] and as required in section 1119 of the No Child Left Behind Act in Title I of 20 USC 6301.

D. Every public school teacher must have an annual performance evaluation based on an annual professional development plan that meets the requirements of the state's high objective uniform standard of evaluation as provided in 6.69.4.10 NMAC. The format for this evaluation shall be established by the department and shall be uniform throughout the state in all public school districts.

6.69.4.10 Implementation of the High Objective Uniform Standard of Evaluation — Annual

A. No later than April 1, 2004, each school district shall submit for approval to the department, policies, guidelines, and procedures for annual teacher performance evaluation that meet the requirements of this regulation. The annual evaluation plan will be combined with the evaluation plan for licensure advancement provided in subsection A of 6.69.4.11 NMAC to form an overall system for teacher evaluation and support.

B. No later than forty school days after the first of school of each school year, each teacher and his or her school principal shall establish a professional development plan for the teacher, with measurable objectives, for the coming year based on, among other things:

1. The State Board of Education's nine teaching competencies and indicators for the teacher's licensure level
2. The previous year's annual evaluation, if applicable
3. Assurance that the teacher is highly qualified in the core academic subject(s) the teacher teaches and that the district has appropriately assigned the teacher to teach in the subject(s) in which the teacher is highly qualified, as defined in this rule.

C. Annual performance evaluations shall be based on, among other things, how well the professional development plan was carried out and the measurable objectives were achieved.

D. The school principal shall observe each teacher's classroom practice at least once annually to determine the teacher's ability to demonstrate state adopted competencies and indicators for each teacher's licensure level.

E. If a level II or level III-A teacher does not demonstrate essential competencies for a given school year, the school district shall provide the teacher with professional development and peer intervention, including mentoring, for a period the school principal deems necessary. If by the end of that school year the teacher still fails to demonstrate essential competencies, a district may choose not to contract with that teacher.

F. If a level III-A teacher does not demonstrate essential competencies at level III-A for a given school year, the school district shall provide the teacher with professional development and peer intervention, including mentoring, for a period the school principal deems necessary. If by the end of the following school year the teacher still fails to demonstrate essential level III-A competencies, the superintendent may recommend to the state superintendent of public instruction that the teacher's level III-A license be suspended until such time as the teacher demonstrates the essential competencies at level III-A. Depending on the outcome of any due process proceeding under the Uniform Licensing Act, Sections 61-1-1 through 61-1-31, NMSA 1978, and if the superintendent verifies that the teacher meets the standards for a level II license, the teacher may be issued a level II license during the period of level III-A licensure suspension. A suspended level III-A license may be reinstated by the state superintendent of public instruction either upon verification by a local superintendent that the teacher now demonstrates the essential competencies at level III-A or through the process described in 6.69.4.11 NMAC.

H. At least every two years, school principals shall attend a training program approved by the department to improve their teacher evaluation skills.

6.69.4.12 New Mexico Teacher Competencies and Indicators for Licensure Levels I, II, III:

E. Each school district shall select and/or develop additional standards and indicators determined appropriate by the local school district to complete the local teacher performance evaluation system.

F. Each school district shall provide training in evaluation of performance, classroom observation techniques, conference skills, and growth planning to all teachers and personnel assigned performance evaluation duties.

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