Section 1.320  Evaluation of Certified Staff in Contractual Continued Service

Each school district shall develop an evaluation plan (the Plan) for the evaluation of all certified school district employees in contractual continued service.  Where cooperative educational programs operate between or among school districts, or are operated by Regional Superintendents of Schools, pursuant to Sections 3-15.14, 10-22.31 and/or 10-22.31a of the School Code [105 ILCS 5/3-15.14, 10-22.31, and/or 10-22.31a], the Plan shall be developed by the administrative agent who is the fiscal and legal agent for the cooperative program, or the governing board, or the board of control of the entity.  In this Section all such entities are included in the term "school district".

a)         The Plan shall conform to the requirements of Article 24A of the School Code [105 ILCS 5/Art. 24A], and the school district shall involve teachers in the development of the Plan or, where applicable, develop the Plan in cooperation with the exclusive bargaining representatives.

b)         Consulting Teachers

1)         The school official responsible for selecting a consulting teacher when required under Section 24A-5(j) of the School Code must undertake a diligent effort to identify a consulting teacher, which effort must include, but should not be limited to:

A)        contacting qualified teachers within the district;

B)        requesting the regional superintendent of schools to supply a roster of qualified consulting teachers; and

C)        requesting the exclusive bargaining agent for the district to supply a roster of qualified consulting teachers.

2)         If the school official cannot identify a qualified consulting teacher after completing the effort described in subsection (b)(1) of this Section, the employing school district's regional office of education shall supply a qualified consulting teacher.

3)         If the consulting teacher becomes unavailable during the course of a remediation plan, a new consulting teacher shall be selected in the same manner as the initial consulting teacher.  The remediation plan shall be amended as necessary upon consultation with the new consulting teacher for the balance of the remediation period.  The consulting teacher shall be informed, through conferences with the evaluator and the teacher under remediation, of the results of the periodic evaluations conducted pursuant to Section 24A-5(k) of the School Code in order to continue to provide assistance to the teacher under a remediation plan.

(Source:  Amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 1056, effective January 3, 2011)