Utah Code 53G-11-508. Summative evaluation timelines — Review of summative evaluations
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(1) The person responsible for administering an educator‘s summative evaluation shall:
Terms Used In Utah Code 53G-11-508
- district: means :(14)(a) a public school district; or(14)(b) the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. See Utah Code 53G-11-501
- Educator: means an individual employed by a school district who is required to hold a professional license issued by the state board, except:(7)(a) a superintendent; or(7)(b) an individual who works less than three hours per day or is hired for less than half of a school year. See Utah Code 53G-11-501
- Person: means :(24)(a) an individual;(24)(b) an association;(24)(c) an institution;(24)(d) a corporation;(24)(e) a company;(24)(f) a trust;(24)(g) a limited liability company;(24)(h) a partnership;(24)(i) a political subdivision;(24)(j) a government office, department, division, bureau, or other body of government; and(24)(k) any other organization or entity. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Summative evaluation: means an evaluation that:(15)(a) a supervisor conducts;(15)(b) summarizes an educator's performance during an evaluation cycle; and(15)(c) a supervisor or school district may use to make decisions related to an educator's employment. See Utah Code 53G-11-501
- Writing: includes :(48)(a) printing;(48)(b) handwriting; and(48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(1)(a) at least 15 days before an educator’s first evaluation:
(1)(a)(i) notify the educator of the evaluation process; and
(1)(a)(ii) give the educator a copy of the evaluation instrument, if an instrument is used;
(1)(b) allow the educator to respond to any part of the evaluation;
(1)(c) attach the educator’s response to the evaluation if the educator’s response is provided in writing;
(1)(d) within 15 days after the evaluation process is completed, discuss the written evaluation with the educator; and
(1)(e) based upon the educator’s performance, assign to the educator one of the four levels of performance described in Section 53G-11-507.
(2) An educator who is not satisfied with a summative evaluation may request a review of the evaluation within 15 days after receiving the written evaluation.
(3)
(3)(a) If a review is requested in accordance with Subsection (2), the school district superintendent or the superintendent’s designee shall appoint a person not employed by the school district who has expertise in teacher or personnel evaluation to review the evaluation procedures and make recommendations to the superintendent regarding the educator’s summative evaluation.
(3)(b) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the state board shall make rules prescribing standards for an independent review of an educator’s summative evaluation.
(3)(c) A review of an educator’s summative evaluation under Subsection (3)(a) shall be conducted in accordance with state board rules made under Subsection (3)(b).