| (a) District option. A school district that does not
choose to use the commissioner's recommended appraisal system must
develop its own teacher appraisal system supported by locally adopted
policy and procedures and by the processes outlined in the Texas Education
Code (TEC), §21.352.
(1) The school district-level planning and decision-making
committee shall:
(A) develop an appraisal process;
(B) develop evaluation criteria, including discipline
management and performance of the teacher's students; and
(C) consult with the campus planning and decision-making
committee on each campus in the school district.
(2) The appraisal process shall include:
(A) at least one appraisal each year, or less frequently
if in accordance with the TEC, §21.352(c);
(B) a conference between the teacher and the appraiser
that is diagnostic and prescriptive with regard to remediation needed
in overall performance by category; and
(C) criteria based on observable, job-related behavior,
including:
(i) the teacher's implementation of discipline management
procedures, as defined in §150.1001(f)(1) of this title (relating
to General Provisions); and
(ii) beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the
performance of teachers' students, as defined in §150.1001(f)(2)
of this title.
(3) The school district-level planning and decision-making
committee shall submit the appraisal process and criteria to the superintendent,
who shall submit the appraisal process and criteria to the school
district board of trustees with a recommendation to accept or reject.
The school district board of trustees may accept or reject an appraisal
process and performance criteria, with comments, but may not modify
the process or criteria.
(b) Campus option. A campus within a school district
may choose to develop a local system as provided in this subsection.
(1) The campus planning and decision-making committee
shall:
(A) develop an appraisal process;
(B) develop evaluation criteria, including discipline
management and performance of the teacher's students; and
(C) submit the process and criteria to the district-level
planning and decision-making committee.
(2) The appraisal process shall include:
(A) at least one appraisal each year, or less frequently
if in accordance with the TEC, §21.352(c);
(B) a conference between the teacher and the appraiser
that is diagnostic and prescriptive with regard to remediation needed
in overall performance by category; and
(C) criteria based on observable, job-related behavior,
including:
(i) the teacher's implementation of discipline management
procedures, as defined in §150.1001(f)(1) of this title; and
(ii) beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the
performance of teachers' students, as defined in §150.1001(f)(2)
of this title.
(3) Upon submission of the appraisal process and criteria
to the school district-level planning and decision-making committee,
the committee shall make a recommendation to accept or reject the
appraisal process and criteria and transmit that recommendation to
the superintendent.
(4) The superintendent shall submit the recommended
campus appraisal process and criteria, the school district-level planning
and decision-making committee's recommendation, and the superintendent's
recommendation to the school district board of trustees. The school
district board of trustees may accept or reject, with comments, an
appraisal process and performance criteria, but may not modify the
process or criteria.
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